2004/02/29

Nocturnal War

. . .That was one crazy weekend! Met three "new" people; hoping to get their contacts soon. ^^ We even got some work done on Saturday! I was so surprised. Shells sorta crashed on the couch. But Huklin and I got work done. =) Speaking of whom.... I'm never sleeping with a guy ever again! Men are so anti-social in bed! grr...
. . .Hrrmm... that might be misinterpreted a great many ways, so I think I should probably explain. Most guys have a certain level of homophobia, and to "prove" themselves, they end up doing silly things... such as sleeping as far away from each other as possible... ...even though the blankets only have so much area they can cover. SO, this silly gesture results in a large tunnel of air being created between the two (or more) bodies, lending to a lot of ventilation (and therefore) a drastic drop in body temperature.
. . .Arguably, the opposite isn't necessarily better either. I remember one time where the guy moved around so much in his sleep... the waking up experience was ehh... ... ... a bit of an adventure. I won't speak much on the subject cuz it happened so long ago. But yes. No more last-minute sleepovers. Either that or I should get an emergency stash of sleeping bags for my overnight guests. haha...

2004/02/27

Crestfallen

. . .Finished my two midterms today. They were better than I thought, but the more I think about it, the less sure I am of how well I did. Originally wanted to work in Illustrator, but was whisked away back to Toronto in the early afternoon (at around 1:30pm). It feels... good to be home? The ride back wasn't as bad as last time, where I was suffocated for most of the trip. Different people really do have different physiologies... the driver apparently cared more for warmth than oxygen... o_O
. . .Strangely, this evening is just about to get started... so let the good times roll! =D

2004/02/26

Fractured

. . .Went grocery shopping last night. I now have $1.82 in cash. But with enough food for the rest of the week... ... and six TTC tokens.. lol. You know, this poverty thing actually isn't so bad, once one gets used to it. =) It *really* teaches me how to budget -- something I once was only mediocre at doing.
. . .Moving on from my financial update, I have 2 midterms coming up tomorrow. Calculus, which I've been averaging a 60% in (from the assignments... well, actually, I think 60% was the best mark of the three assignments.. o_O) and German, for which I sorta have the grammar down, but really need to memorize those irregular verbs... ... and all their funky conjugations. I barely even know the dative/genitive pronouns... lol.... or the possessive pronouns... crappit... lol.
. . .I've recently become an "artist" at dA (deviantart.com)! ^_____^ Unfortunately, I don't have a lot posted right now, but hopefully once I get more time/resources (e.g. scanner), I hope to quickly increase my lil' gallery. Additionally, it should give me the incentive I need to manage my time better. Aside from that, nothing too interesting happening today.. Gotta finish that calc assignment!

Updated 5:44pm

. . .K, I was sorta off... Apparently, my calc. assignment average was slightly higher than I thought -- 66.56% And since everybody else in that class is like, a genius, my marks aren't really gonna enjoy any bell-curving. And still not panicked, though I really should be... Two midterms tomorrow!!! GAHH!!!

2004/02/24

Skewed

. . ....And that's why I shouldn't blog when I'm really really tired. Makes me sound more depressed and scary than things really should be. I think I've worried every reader of this blog, and freaked out yet another friend from one of those weird e-mails I'm infamous for. But after a LOT of sleep (went to bed at around 9:30pm) I think I'm feeling better. =) The money situation is rather factual, but I can certainly change my perspective on the matter, can't I? As for the OSAP thing, the Canada Post guy told me around 5 business days.. so that means this Friday or next Monday. ^_^
. . .And so, I hope to finish studying for German today and get half of my Calc assignment done. ...And quite possibly study for Stat 230 as well. Stupid math. grr... I gotta remind myself to drink more water... lol... bad habits die hard. haha...

Added 10:17pm
I've come to the conclusion that one should always do things without thinking about how it might affect others. After all, it's easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission. =P

2004/02/23

Believe

. . .With around $-66.something in my bank account, I have $20 in my wallet to get me through the next two weeks that OSAP takes to give me the money. Isn't life fun? I also have 2 midterms this friday. Yay! And my overdue essays are dreadfully overdue. Funny how the internet makes the sense of urgency less stressful.
. . .But the weekend was a lot of fun. And although I didn't get to see everybody, it was fun nonetheless. ^^; Though strangely enough, most of these people were new... well, "new"... lol.
. . .Sorta makes me wonder 'bout life. Why couldn't we get that uni-education WHILE we're on the job? what's wrong with the apprentice system? just because it's old doesn't mean it can't be modified. But not like one man can change the world... ...well, not me anyways. ^^; I'd best get back to work now... ... and wondering if I can live on liquids for 2 weeks.

Edited 8:12pm

. . .Grr... I gave in to hunger today... T_T In total, I had an egg muffin, 591 mL of Sprite and two sandwiches. I hope I can do better tomorrow... I'm so mad at myself for wasting my resources like that... ...and for those of you who don't really know me, I'm not anorexic! I'm simply in a hellish state of poverty.

2004/02/22

Asymptotic

. . .Wow... today was a nice, long day. If only I knew it was gonna start at 2:30pm, I wouldn't have woken up at 9:00am. So anyways, met up with Ichniba for "lunch" at around 3:00pm or so. Chatted for a bit, then drove around for a bit, trying to find this bowling place thing. Finally found it, and met up with Morning_dew and her HS friends. Aside from the rather awkward first few moments, they turned out to be a pretty cool and interesting bunch.
. . .Anyways.. So we met up for bowling, but then Ichniba's family called and he had to go to a family dinner cuz it was his uncle or grandfather's b-day... :( So he left us. And the lot of us (morning_dew's HS friends and I) went to Korean BBQ for dinner (this being now about 6:00 or 6:30pm). Little did I know that it would largely entail lots and lots of meat. Everybody thought I was vegetarian or vegan or something... haha.. I had a hard time tersely explaining that I just like to have 2 parts green for every one part of meat I consume.
. . .So while the dinner was filled with em... less-than-tasteful conversation, it did give me a pretty honest oppertunity to get to know all of them a bit. And all of them turned out to be pretty cool. =)
. . .After dinner was karaoke. Which was sorta different cuz originally we were supposed to go bbt... which I guess means that "next time" will have to be bbt? I don't know how well I mix with the group though... I think one thinks I'm chasing after someone, while another thinks I'm a japanophile or something... T_T and the fact that that I was introduced as a mathie doesn't really help my case either... Though I guess if I were introduced to someone as a mathie, I wouldn't be terribly eager to get to know him either. Ah well...
. . .Karaoke lasted 'til midnight. At Twister!! They have fully automated computers now! The indexing and listing could still use some sort of order, but aside from that it was pretty good. Searching for songs wasn't as painful anymore... unlike those days when one had to hopelessly flip through volumes of books for a song that they might not have by a group they might not have heard of. =/ It's too bad there's no central karaoke data system for asian songs... that'd make things so much easier for all us assorted groups of CBC/fob's.

2004/02/21

Plans and Actions

. . .Wow... spent another 24+ hours with a boy... *sighs* wait... crap, that sounded wrong. haha. It's been one crazy reading weekend for me. Mainly cuz of the sheer number of hours I spent with the boy, I didn't get as much studying as I would have liked.... =/
. . .But it's all good... cuz uhh... yah... hehe. It's good to just laze around and not do anything in particular, eh? Though I'm now stressing about how much German I can possibly cram in before Monday... ... with a Calculus midterm on the friday... eeps... luckily, German is only an elective for me, but I'm supposed to be a linguist, dammit.... T_T dunno what's gonna happen. I'm supposed to be meeting someone for lunch today... I still haven't decided what we're doing though... eep...
There simply isn't enough time!!! Well, that and I have this curious inclination to NOT work when I have more than 8 hours between lectures..

2004/02/17

Butterfly~

. . .*Yawn* Just woke up... ... well, maybe about 15 minutes ago... I had a voiceless/wordless conversation with a butterfly last night. That was fun. At least there's ONE person in the world with whom it's not necessary for me to be blunt/direct. On the other hand, it becomes more a fact of knowing a person than actual subtlety, but subtlety in itself requires knowing a person anyways, right?
. . .I've been working so hard at math the last few days... Most of Saturday and half of Sunday was devoted to calculus (all but 2 questions! yay!). And the rest of Sunday and most of non-classroom Monday was devoted to Combinatorics. It's "interesting", but ehh... ... well, I had to get in an hour of TV, an hour of PSX and 2 hours of Adobe Illustrator to try to distract myself from the onslaught... (it's proving to be a bit much.)
. . .I'll blog some more later; I have a 2-hour Calc session today... fun... ... and 2 math assignments due tomorrow... double fun.

2004/02/14

WTF?!?!

. . .Man, I'm really disliking my neighbour now... the blessed man really loves his bass... ... turns it up all the way, 'twould appear... Friggin' woke me up... ... and it'd deafening; I can't think or concentrate with that damned rhythmetic droning.

Happy Valentine's Day

. . .Wow, an actual topic to blog about. Love. What is love? Well, I'm gonna slay that opening with "blah!!". =) There's this moth/butterfly inside joke going around between myself and my friends... haha. For me, it's nothing big; just maybe a day for couples to splurge that money to show their affection for one another?
. . .But after browsing a few of my personal favourite online artists (at deviantart.com) I was sorta inspired to draw something "love-y"... haha. So I basically have yin-yang in human form in a sort of embrace. Only I sorta lost perspective half-way down and now it looks like the guy has kangaroo legs. o_O
. . .Meanwhile, I gotta somehow muster the strength and willpower to actually work this weekend. Cuz I'll be so screwed if I don't. T_T But at least I get the apartment to myself this weekend. haha, yay! One roommate is off on a winter retreat, and t'other is off in Texas trying to save the planet. Good for them. And then there's me, with a fun-filled weekend of math. *sobs* I don't know how much more of this I can take...
. . .Oh yah!! And happy birthday to Jörick! With a b-day so dangerously close to a "day of love" one wonders what all relationships for you portend...