i'm DONE! and now safe and sound in the company of my ambrosial relatives.
the snow (15-22" that has people acting like it's The End of Days) followed me from canada, which will make the hiking even better.
stumbleupon.com
ok, so maybe my studying last week wasn't totally focused. i spent about an hour distracted by this site, where you enter your interests and then "stumble" from one random site to another. the only thing that saved me from getting sucked into an endless vortex was accidentally closing the window. here are some of the great nuggets that entertained me:
parody interpretations of homeland security icons:
http://www.safenow.org/
jackson pollack painting with your cursor:
http://www.jacksonpollack.org/
an artist who makes "inflatable monsters" from trash bags:
http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/08/24/inflatable-bag-monsters-born-from-new-york-subways/
finding music in nature/interpreting bird behaviour:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeUD263ou5w
a scientific assessment of why dating's hard if you have standards:
http://en.nothingisreal.com/wiki/Why_I_Will_Never_Have_a_Girlfriend
pranking telemarketers? genius!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5z4Vs26-TI
liu bolins, the "invisible man" artist:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/5886805/The-invisible-man-Liu-Bolins-camouflage-artwork.html
it also sent me to this site, where i found an application clearly written by dad... :)
http://justuff.net/uslessology/application.html
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
anti-racism rally
some students at trent have been attacked over the course of the past couple weeks. all attacks were random acts of violence (one guy even got slashed on the face and arms with some kind of razors), and all involved racial slurs. at our OPIRG board meeting there was talk of doing something in the new year (speakers, seminars, etc), but i was all in favour of "doing it old school" and just throwing a rally together. i definitely appreciate organized events, but i think there's a time and place to just do things. and we did! there was a sudden mini blizzard on the day of our rally, but that didn't dissuade the vigor of the committed group that showed up. you can check for the details at http://www.trentarthur.ca/ on monday, or let google find the local news briefs on it. it was a great success.
seasonal shtick
yeah yeah i know, christmas hype drives me crazy too. but i do really love snow and bundling up and spiced drinks and evergreen boughs and hugs and cheery people. i also get a kick out of the fact that the clocktower downtown plays carols. it could easily be obnoxious, but it's tremendously cute instead. the carols are purely instrumental and loud enough to get the job done without overpowering anyone trying to have a conversation on the street.
icing
the storm this week (finally!) was followed by a night of sleet and everything's now a sheet of ice. i'm sure old ladies are breaking hips all over town -and i really am sorry for that- but i love it. while everyone does the familiar shuffle-step to avoid slipping, i prefer the run-skate. it's quick and fun and the chance of falling is lower because of my momentum!
this time next week
my stats exam will be behind me, i'll have graded the 60? 70? 80? labs waiting for me, and i'll be reveling in the company of my adored VA folks. if only i didn't have to make it through this week to get there...
plus a most adoring Happy Birthday (and congrats for a sparkly new M.Sc.) to sweet, sweet Julia!
..and although the lyrics have nothing to do with julia, that got this song by our lady peace (another canadian pride band that most americans have never heard of) hopelessly stuck in my head:
http://www.dizzler.com/music/Our_Lady_Peace (double click on julia)
some students at trent have been attacked over the course of the past couple weeks. all attacks were random acts of violence (one guy even got slashed on the face and arms with some kind of razors), and all involved racial slurs. at our OPIRG board meeting there was talk of doing something in the new year (speakers, seminars, etc), but i was all in favour of "doing it old school" and just throwing a rally together. i definitely appreciate organized events, but i think there's a time and place to just do things. and we did! there was a sudden mini blizzard on the day of our rally, but that didn't dissuade the vigor of the committed group that showed up. you can check for the details at http://www.trentarthur.ca/ on monday, or let google find the local news briefs on it. it was a great success.
seasonal shtick
yeah yeah i know, christmas hype drives me crazy too. but i do really love snow and bundling up and spiced drinks and evergreen boughs and hugs and cheery people. i also get a kick out of the fact that the clocktower downtown plays carols. it could easily be obnoxious, but it's tremendously cute instead. the carols are purely instrumental and loud enough to get the job done without overpowering anyone trying to have a conversation on the street.
icing
the storm this week (finally!) was followed by a night of sleet and everything's now a sheet of ice. i'm sure old ladies are breaking hips all over town -and i really am sorry for that- but i love it. while everyone does the familiar shuffle-step to avoid slipping, i prefer the run-skate. it's quick and fun and the chance of falling is lower because of my momentum!
this time next week
my stats exam will be behind me, i'll have graded the 60? 70? 80? labs waiting for me, and i'll be reveling in the company of my adored VA folks. if only i didn't have to make it through this week to get there...
plus a most adoring Happy Birthday (and congrats for a sparkly new M.Sc.) to sweet, sweet Julia!
..and although the lyrics have nothing to do with julia, that got this song by our lady peace (another canadian pride band that most americans have never heard of) hopelessly stuck in my head:
http://www.dizzler.com/music/Our_Lady_Peace (double click on julia)
Saturday, December 5, 2009
snow
i've been thinking "this'll likely be my last rollerblading for the year" for the last two months. well, this week we had our first taste of powder. it was a nice yawny-stretching-oh-OOH-yip! experience. and then it melted by 10am.
i'm still rollerblading.
things to do!
it may be getting colder, but events are not dwindling. as a matter of fact, on any given day of the week there are two or even three overlapping invitations. i've found that in canada, more than any other place i've lived, treacherous weather equates increasing activity. i mean, why sit in your lonely, cold house (except in my case- salome seems to think a 70 degree winter house is perfectly acceptable. i personally don't think i should be wearing tank tops in december.) when you could be out at a cozy social event?
i just signed up for the grad intramural innertube ultimate frisbee team for the spring semester (actually, here the terms are 'fall' and 'winter', probably because spring doesn't arrive until after school's out...). i'm not exactly sure what it entails, but it sounds tremendous.
dead birds
i remembered last night that i have birds waiting for me in virginia! i do have two shoved in my tiny freezer here, but for some reason having some stowed in nana's freezer makes me happier.
hey kevin, wanna learn how to stuff birds over break? :)
spanish
i met two new spanish-speaking friends this week, and it made me terribly melancholy. i really think i need to live in central or south america for a bit. at least long enough to nail down my spanish;
i just wildly adore it.
i've been thinking "this'll likely be my last rollerblading for the year" for the last two months. well, this week we had our first taste of powder. it was a nice yawny-stretching-oh-OOH-yip! experience. and then it melted by 10am.
i'm still rollerblading.
things to do!
it may be getting colder, but events are not dwindling. as a matter of fact, on any given day of the week there are two or even three overlapping invitations. i've found that in canada, more than any other place i've lived, treacherous weather equates increasing activity. i mean, why sit in your lonely, cold house (except in my case- salome seems to think a 70 degree winter house is perfectly acceptable. i personally don't think i should be wearing tank tops in december.) when you could be out at a cozy social event?
i just signed up for the grad intramural innertube ultimate frisbee team for the spring semester (actually, here the terms are 'fall' and 'winter', probably because spring doesn't arrive until after school's out...). i'm not exactly sure what it entails, but it sounds tremendous.
dead birds
i remembered last night that i have birds waiting for me in virginia! i do have two shoved in my tiny freezer here, but for some reason having some stowed in nana's freezer makes me happier.
hey kevin, wanna learn how to stuff birds over break? :)
spanish
i met two new spanish-speaking friends this week, and it made me terribly melancholy. i really think i need to live in central or south america for a bit. at least long enough to nail down my spanish;
i just wildly adore it.
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