Setting: Brandon and I were watching Shaun of the Dead (good film, btw).

Me: "I think it would have been more interesting if the dude with glasses had had a crush on Shaun instead of the blonde woman ( Read more... )

*sigh* Well, today is the last day of break, and I'm back to uni tomorrow. The bus strike in Ottawa is still going on and will continue for at least a week, I think, before the next vote comes up. This is pretty aggravating for people like me, who rely on the bus to commute. Argh, argh. Luckily I have a relative of a relative who works at Carleton ( Read more... )

Happy holiday season, everyone! I hope it's going okay for everyone.

I've been baking like a fool since my last exam, which was on the 11th. Conclusion: raspberry brownies are delicious. I've been bringing my baking to family parties, and serving them when we have people over. I really like this time of year, because I can bake a ridiculous amount ( Read more... )

Goddamn, that was startling!

My mother just left for work about half an hour ago. Apparently she failed to close the door properly, because when I got up to go to the kitchen I noticed it was oddly chilly. Glancing into the sunroom I noticed that the back door was WIDE OPEN and two of my cats were standing outside, including the crazy one who we ( Read more... )

I wrote my second to last exam today, for Linguistics 1001. It was set for two hours ... I finished in 45 minutes. And I wasn't even the first one finished! About ten people left before I did. Admittedly, it was pretty easy, as long as you had been to the classes/read the textbook. Still, it left me VERY BORED for the six hours between my finishing ( Read more... )

-There is a fly or something buzzing crazily around my room.

-Gah, what did they do to Del.icio.us? Not liking the change :-(

-I'm working tomorrow. Not sure how I feel about this.

-Almost finished re-reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, which is good since I have two books sitting here waiting to be read ( Read more... )

The weekend was very busy! My aunt is moving so we've been helping her paint her new house. And we stopped into my great-grandmother's birthday party, which was very nice, but outside. Ooh, it was warm ( Read more... )

We have a bird nest in the nook of the light next to our front door. It's a robin's nest, and there are four baby birds in it. Recently they have started flying, only not so much, because two of them don't really have the hang of it ( Read more... )

I am lactose intolerant and so, not too long ago, I decided to try switching to soy milk. The brand I picked up (So Good) is actually cheaper than the lactose-free milk I normally buy, and it's fortified with calcium as well as vitamins A and D. That all sounds good, right?

Well, no. Turns out (and I only figured this out after having a reaction, ( Read more... )

Happy May to everyone!

May the first I had a Spring Information Meeting right after work (in that I had to leave right after work in order to get there on time), and that's actually the first time I've been on the Carleton University campus. It's about as nice as they say, although the architecture is all over the place - nothing matches and it ( Read more... )