Today is Canadian Thanksgiving, six weeks before its American counterpart. We got the day off from classes today, which would be much more exciting if I had a class that meets on Mondays. All of my Canadian housemates took advantage of the long weekend to take a trip home, so it was just me and the other international students at home this weekend.

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The Buckeyes are currently leading the Boilermakers 23-0 in the fourth quarter! What makes that even better? The game is nationally televised on ABC, so for the time this season, I can watch the Buckeyes in action! (Finally!) The commentators have started talking about the potential of another National Championship appearance for OSU. After saying ( Read more... )

Today I made a wonderful discovery! The US networks on our cable (NBC, ABC, and CBS) do actually show college football games on Saturdays! Today there were two Big 10 games, not OSU, unfortunately, but it gives me hope. At lest two of the games are scheduled to be on ABC, and hopefully the OSU/Michigan game will also be on ABC.

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Really, I don't. I do miss my iPod though. I asked my sister to ship it to me, but I think maybe she thought I was joking. A couple days after I got here, I went to take my iPod out of my purse, and realized that all I had was the headphones. I left the iPod in my car, which I left in grandma's garage. Once again, I am an idiot. At least, of all ( Read more... )

I kept seeing the career meme pop up everywhere, so I gave in and took the test. I think first it said I should be a tour guide, but then I specified my level of education, and the results changed accordingly. Check it out!

1. Librarian - I guess I'll stay in school then, eh?
   
2. Tour Guide - Um, I used to give tours of the Steinbrenner Band Center. If I ( Read more... )

Today I burnt my hand on one of the heating coils in my oven, which had apparently come loose and was hanging down ominously, just waiting for some hungry, unsuspecting (klutzy) young woman to make her dinner. Skin doesn't like to be baked at 400º. It kinda hurts. I am an idiot ( Read more... )

Especially when you're a grad student with only $10 Canadian to your name.

Yesterday the Post-Graduate Student Society had a free wine and cheese night for first year grad students. It was held, of course, at Thomson House, the house reserved for McGill graduate students. We have our own restaurant and bar there. Because we are awesome.

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Yesterday a group of us walked down the street to Mount Royal Park to check out the Sunday Tam-Tams. The Tam-Tams are a weekly event through the summer. An informal group of drummers plays through the afternoon, and lots of others come to dance along or to simply relax and enjoy. While we were there, several of the roomies got palm readings. I'm ( Read more... )