While I rarely post strong views in full-fledged blog posts about current political issues (those are more likely to be followed on Twitter or talked about in person or something but not nearly as likely to make up a full-fledged blog post), I think now is a good time to type about some of my understanding of Canadian politics as a kid ( Read more... )

So as you may or may not know (depending on how well you do or do not know me), I was a student for a very long time. Now that I'm not a formal student, I'm still trying to continue learning. And so, I keep trying to learn new things be they through social media, videos, in person lectures, or simply by trying something new. Learning keeps me ( Read more... )

Life has a tendency to provide ups and downs but one thing that's a constant is change. And change is hard (and I don't just mean the change that is given back after a financial transaction though that too is hard! ;) ). 2014 has been a year of change for me, and that might be one of the reasons I chose not to blog for months at a time and why I'm ( Read more... )

I'm finally done the research phase of my thesis. Which means that now I'm beginning the writing phase (well the writing phase post the thesis proposal from WAY back) and that means I'm back in a stage of procrastination (though I seem to be getting better at that, thanks in part to my gamification strategy and also to the fact that my health is ( Read more... )

So how on earth did I manage to not blog here at ALL throughout the month of January? This is completely unlike me! And I've had my LJ since 2004 so it's not like this is a new habit or something! Well part of the reason was purely being physically run down this month. At the beginning of the month I was mainly dealing with a really painful/numb- ( Read more... )

So this morning was my annual fun of participating in Read In Week! And this time I went to Brander Garden Elementary School and met with a French Immersion grade three class and an English grade one class. In total I read three books (all of which I brought -- I gave the kids a choice between 4 books and so it was nice to read three of them ( Read more... )

... and an entertaining DishCrawl among other things have occupied my time this week! Although my efforts to exercise have been mostly productive as well my knee hurts today due to the fact that I did something weird to it while doing a wall sit this morning I think. Otherwise I'm doing well ( Read more... )

So I'm good at procrastinating. That's a well known fact. And to break some of my more frustrating productivity habits, I've decided that when I have unstructured time at home I'll roll a D20 to decide which of a number of tasks I will concentrate on. The list currently has thesis represented more than anything else (and this representation will ( Read more... )

So today was all about completing errands. Mostly mundane though necessary ones: picking up mail, mailing parcels, grocery shopping, picking up a cheque (yay!), picking up my new agenda book (thanks to the GSA), checking the mail (campus), taking out the garbage and the recycling, etc ( Read more... )

... and I still haven't finished my degrees. *sighs* This really is my own doing. I've been in a funk when it comes to school work since at least January and I'll admit it now, it's hard to get motivated to do anything about it. It's easier to just focus on other areas of my life (which admittedly I've been doing a so-so job at), but this month I ( Read more... )