i'm scared of the future.
but i'll get to that later.
Last night, went to the wave to watch football with jeff, ryan, ryan, phil, andy and scott. Although the bigscreen was cool, I must admit I was a bit bored. I felt a little like i was invading on an ages-old male tradition. Even the menus said "guys night out". Anyway I'm not a huge fan of scott and andy, and besides i was sitting at the front of the table, so in order to see the tv, i had to be facing away from the guys.. hence.. i wasn't talkin to them all that much. To make matters worse, the raiders were getting clobbered, and the game was getting pretty boring. I prefer watching football when the game is a lot closer. Anyway, the chairs were uncomfortable and my contacts were bothering me. All of that added up, equaled me leaving with Jeff at the half and semi-watching the rest of the game at home. Don't think I'll go to the wave again.
Today... i have NO idea how i managed to drag myself out of bed to go to the gym. Had I not have been going with christine, i dont think i would have gone. Later, she admitted the same to me. Anyhow, we made it to the gym, and I had a good workout, surprisingly. I felt much better afterwards... came home and threw on some sweats and grabbed my wallet (yes, i was driving without it.. whoops) so I could make it to crappy tire to buy an air mattress and still have time to get ready for my 12:00 class. Anyway, got home at 11:15 and figured I didnt' have time for a shower, so i hustled up to class to find out it was CANCELLED. That was good.. because i hate that class, especially when it's 2 hours on tuesday (as opposed to only one on thursday), but b-a-d because i really could have used a shower. Anyway i sat in lucy's and read until my 2:00, after which i went to the kin undergrad office to find some info on the ontario graduate scholarship. I found the booklet, and while i was flipping through it, some broad was like "hey, there's an info session for the OGS like, now." So i went to it, 40 minutes late, only to have any hopes of actually winning this scholarship CRUSHED TO A BLOODY PULP. When i first heard about it from Tracy, it sounded much more attainable. But today gave me an entirely different idea. The 2 reference letters both have to be from profs, and they have to rate you (in top 2%, in top 5%, in top 10%, etc, etc) on things like, research ability, research potential, oral and written work, background preparation, etc. My problem is that none of my classes have been taught in a manner that would provide my profs with a good enough estimation of where my abilities would lie. For the most part, they've been multiple choice exams, or shit like that. But no independent research projects or anything. Ridiculous. I talked to the OGS rep after the meeting and she said that they're sympathetic to that, they understand that undergrad students won't have as much research experience, etc, as say a masters or a phd student. But still, my god. I have no fucking chance! I'm still going to apply just in case there's some little fluke, because such a fluke could be worth $15000, but i'm not going to count on it.
I just emailed my injuries prof, asking him to write me a reference letter for my PT applications when the time comes. I sort of had to justify why i was asking him though, because he's only been my prof for a couple weeks. I really hope he agrees to write it, because I know i can kick ass in this class, and besides, the small class and lab component provide a much better forum for him to start to see my strengths and weaknesses. Hopefully mostly strengths. :D
*praying to the reference letter gods for Garry to agree to my request*
goodnight!
Last night, went to the wave to watch football with jeff, ryan, ryan, phil, andy and scott. Although the bigscreen was cool, I must admit I was a bit bored. I felt a little like i was invading on an ages-old male tradition. Even the menus said "guys night out". Anyway I'm not a huge fan of scott and andy, and besides i was sitting at the front of the table, so in order to see the tv, i had to be facing away from the guys.. hence.. i wasn't talkin to them all that much. To make matters worse, the raiders were getting clobbered, and the game was getting pretty boring. I prefer watching football when the game is a lot closer. Anyway, the chairs were uncomfortable and my contacts were bothering me. All of that added up, equaled me leaving with Jeff at the half and semi-watching the rest of the game at home. Don't think I'll go to the wave again.
Today... i have NO idea how i managed to drag myself out of bed to go to the gym. Had I not have been going with christine, i dont think i would have gone. Later, she admitted the same to me. Anyhow, we made it to the gym, and I had a good workout, surprisingly. I felt much better afterwards... came home and threw on some sweats and grabbed my wallet (yes, i was driving without it.. whoops) so I could make it to crappy tire to buy an air mattress and still have time to get ready for my 12:00 class. Anyway, got home at 11:15 and figured I didnt' have time for a shower, so i hustled up to class to find out it was CANCELLED. That was good.. because i hate that class, especially when it's 2 hours on tuesday (as opposed to only one on thursday), but b-a-d because i really could have used a shower. Anyway i sat in lucy's and read until my 2:00, after which i went to the kin undergrad office to find some info on the ontario graduate scholarship. I found the booklet, and while i was flipping through it, some broad was like "hey, there's an info session for the OGS like, now." So i went to it, 40 minutes late, only to have any hopes of actually winning this scholarship CRUSHED TO A BLOODY PULP. When i first heard about it from Tracy, it sounded much more attainable. But today gave me an entirely different idea. The 2 reference letters both have to be from profs, and they have to rate you (in top 2%, in top 5%, in top 10%, etc, etc) on things like, research ability, research potential, oral and written work, background preparation, etc. My problem is that none of my classes have been taught in a manner that would provide my profs with a good enough estimation of where my abilities would lie. For the most part, they've been multiple choice exams, or shit like that. But no independent research projects or anything. Ridiculous. I talked to the OGS rep after the meeting and she said that they're sympathetic to that, they understand that undergrad students won't have as much research experience, etc, as say a masters or a phd student. But still, my god. I have no fucking chance! I'm still going to apply just in case there's some little fluke, because such a fluke could be worth $15000, but i'm not going to count on it.
I just emailed my injuries prof, asking him to write me a reference letter for my PT applications when the time comes. I sort of had to justify why i was asking him though, because he's only been my prof for a couple weeks. I really hope he agrees to write it, because I know i can kick ass in this class, and besides, the small class and lab component provide a much better forum for him to start to see my strengths and weaknesses. Hopefully mostly strengths. :D
*praying to the reference letter gods for Garry to agree to my request*
goodnight!