After a month of reading, I finally finished The Count of Monte Cristo! Best book ever, seriously. The ending was fantastic. I kind of wish it wasn't over. :( My mom took me out to Dairy Queen tonight to celebrate, hahaha.

Psst, JENNY, if you want some ideas for my birthday, get me THIS or THIS or THIS or THIS or THIS. Or anything black or ( Read more... )

So on Friday, during my last ever Roman History lecture, the professor was droning on about Rome's military strength and size during a certain period. Someone at the back put up their hand and goes "Excuse me, I'm sorry Professor, but are you saying that we are currently stronger then Sparta and could kick their ass?" To which someone else in the ( Read more... )

In both Urban Geography and Geographies of the Global Political Economy right now, we are talking about big box retail and Wal-Mart, specifically. I've watched half a dozen documentaries about Wal-Mart in the past week, and they are all so depressing. I think I'm developing a twitch ( Read more... )

In response to my last post, if you have never watched the TV series Firefly (the series that brought us the movie Serenity), then you are not a true sci-fi fan. It is right up there with The X-Files as the best sci-fi series ever made.

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Okay, it's been awhile. I've been kept somewhat busy with work and... well, work. Just learned today that I might have some overnight shifts coming up. They don't sound too bad though - the store won't be open, so I don't have to serve customers and I don't have to wear the Ugly Uniform. I just need to be there in case the renovation guys want ( Read more... )

So, I wrote the Aptitude test this morning at the recruiting center. I thought I did terrible, but apparently I did great! They don't give out marks, but the recruiter just mentioned that I did "really, really well". In a month I go for the medical test and the interview, and as long as I don't bomb the interview (which is definitely a ( Read more... )

Does anyone on my flist watch Lost? I haven't watched in sooooo long, and I'm watching the new episode right now and I am SO SO SO SO SO CONFUSED. I have no idea what the heck is going on. And why is everyone calling Sawyer 'James'? Yes, I know his first name really is James, but he is called SAWYER. SAWYERRRRR ( Read more... )

Well. It's funny that I applied to Queen's University back in October, and I won't get an offer of admission (or declined, whichever) until JULY, but I applied to the University of Ottawa in February, and I've already got accepted into their geography program ( Read more... )