All My Burning Issues
I finally heard back from Resolve, and they've approved my interest-free status until April, which was unexpected and is a load off my mind. I hope the moments of waking up with sudden insomnia at 4:00 am will now stop. Also, the weird dreams in which I have people invading my home and have forgotten to attend classes all semester. Also, there was one where the cat's head burst into flame like the baby in the Incredibles. This was particularly upsetting because I was dreaming that I couldn't sleep when it happened, and so thought I was awake.
My cousin Paula has emailed me the status application, which is exciting, although nerve-wracking as well. I have to print it off, fill it out, and get my brother to do the same. Then we fax them back to her. I appreciate her work on this for us. I still want to meet with someone at First nations House or someplace similar to get an idea of what changes status might entail.
I'm getting things done with my time off. I applied for a replacement SIN card yesterday. Wow, was the City Hall location ever filled with weirdos. One man tried to convince another not to immigrate to Canada, because "they put you in jail here, for no reason." I bet there's an interesting back story to that opinion. The young guy explained that his home country was full of war. The older guy responded that he could spend six months in a European country, thereby cutting his chances of dying in half. Also, he said this country was full of crime. I guess that's why we out people in jail without reasons. There was also a younger guy who tried striking up a conversation with any woman who sat by herself. His personal philosophy was that he could get along with anyone (except men apparently, or women with men). He said it didn't pay to be smart--that it hadn't helped him any. He said he didn't want people to take him seriously, and that if he could make someone laugh he'd been successful. He talked to a muslim woman and immediately asked numerous questions about her headscarf. She wasn't laughing.
Today I'm going to apply for my new passport. That'll be the end of my big errands. mr_pugh and I have been watching Wonderfalls. We liked Pushing Daisies and this is by the same director. I'm liking it, which is of course why there is so little of it.
I ate some chips called Blair's Death Rain, which claimed to be the hottest chips on the planet. I wasn't convinced, because their ingredient list wasn't very intimidating, perhaps because I failed to appreciate what a habanero chili was. I was very very very wrong. They hurt me badly and I am continuing to regret that I ever let them in my body. I like spicy food, but this is simply ridiculous. It's like a poisoning.
I've been having trouble with Toast Titanium. AT first it was all error messages, which Google helped me find solutions for. Particularly key to eliminating the "buffer underrun" issue was setting "buffer underrun protection" on in the preferences. Now It's taking forever to burn. I had to force quit the program to get it to stop. The next step is trying to burn with a mac utility to see if there's a burning issue (no pun intended) with my computer.
My cousin Paula has emailed me the status application, which is exciting, although nerve-wracking as well. I have to print it off, fill it out, and get my brother to do the same. Then we fax them back to her. I appreciate her work on this for us. I still want to meet with someone at First nations House or someplace similar to get an idea of what changes status might entail.
I'm getting things done with my time off. I applied for a replacement SIN card yesterday. Wow, was the City Hall location ever filled with weirdos. One man tried to convince another not to immigrate to Canada, because "they put you in jail here, for no reason." I bet there's an interesting back story to that opinion. The young guy explained that his home country was full of war. The older guy responded that he could spend six months in a European country, thereby cutting his chances of dying in half. Also, he said this country was full of crime. I guess that's why we out people in jail without reasons. There was also a younger guy who tried striking up a conversation with any woman who sat by herself. His personal philosophy was that he could get along with anyone (except men apparently, or women with men). He said it didn't pay to be smart--that it hadn't helped him any. He said he didn't want people to take him seriously, and that if he could make someone laugh he'd been successful. He talked to a muslim woman and immediately asked numerous questions about her headscarf. She wasn't laughing.
Today I'm going to apply for my new passport. That'll be the end of my big errands. mr_pugh and I have been watching Wonderfalls. We liked Pushing Daisies and this is by the same director. I'm liking it, which is of course why there is so little of it.
I ate some chips called Blair's Death Rain, which claimed to be the hottest chips on the planet. I wasn't convinced, because their ingredient list wasn't very intimidating, perhaps because I failed to appreciate what a habanero chili was. I was very very very wrong. They hurt me badly and I am continuing to regret that I ever let them in my body. I like spicy food, but this is simply ridiculous. It's like a poisoning.
I've been having trouble with Toast Titanium. AT first it was all error messages, which Google helped me find solutions for. Particularly key to eliminating the "buffer underrun" issue was setting "buffer underrun protection" on in the preferences. Now It's taking forever to burn. I had to force quit the program to get it to stop. The next step is trying to burn with a mac utility to see if there's a burning issue (no pun intended) with my computer.