In order to confirm something for my boss, I had to double-check the dates and times of the summer class I'm taking this July.  It turns out that the first day of class is on JULY EFFING FIRST.

M'kay. This is CANADA DAY we're talking about here. Canada Day. As in a statutory holiday.

I don't know about the rest of the world, but here in my neck of ( Read more... )

Percy: *bursts in to academic advisor's office*
Advisor: Hello, Percy! Long time no see.
Percy: *brandishes graduation requirements checklist o' confusion* WHAT THE CRAP IS THIS?

- Fifteen minutes pass. -

Percy: So you're telling me that if I just take these two courses this summer, I'll actually end up AHEAD?
Advisor: Pretty much. Yeah.
Percy: *bursts ( Read more... )

Grandma: Finished breakfast, Percy?
Percy: Yep. I'm gonna take my coffee and retreat to the batcave for a while.
Grandpa: Batcave, huh? Is Robin down there?
Percy: Not today.
Grandma: If he stops by, see if he'll join us for lunch.

Yep. I'm most certainly from this bloodline.

Amber? I blame you. Completely.

Our conversation last night left me feeling wonderfully geeky, and I slept the better for your reassurance that I'm not going to lose it over the course of this semester.

I ended up following your advice -- I got a lift down to Chapters this morning, and I browsed. It felt very good, especially when coupled with a ( Read more... )

My dad's a special one.

That's really all there is to it. The man can go from freaking out about the most inconsequential things (OMG IT'S BEEN HALF AN HOUR SINCE THE DOGS WERE LAST OUT LET'S MOVE PEOPLE GET THEM IN THE YARD!) to being ridiculously immature (you don't want to know what he's been saying about Jaydee Bixbee on Canadian Idol), and it ( Read more... )

Interesting day at work(s) today.

I was almost finished my shift at the restaurant when the owner comes and to chat with me...

Boss: So, we need to talk.
Percy thinks: Shit.
Percy says: Sure, what's up?
Boss: You can come in tomorrow, but..after that, wait until I call you to come down here, okay?
Percy thinks: WTF?
Boss: It's just that things might be ( Read more... )

Considering the whole three fricking jobs thing I have going on right now, one would think that I would know enough to get a decent amount of sleep every night.

Apparently not. Hence the large pot of coffee that I'm slowly chugging back this morning in order to survive the extended shift I've got today.

What makes it all worse is the phone call I ( Read more... )

The curtain goes up to reveal a bakery built in white and red. Immaculately clean, glass cases displaying pastries of all sorts, and racks loaded with every sort of bread one can imagine (and some one might not be able to), serve as a frame for the small, bewildered, and uniformed Percy.

It's late afternoon and both her uniform and hair are rumpled ( Read more... )