25 June 2009

Vive le roi!

Michael Jackson is dead.

So is Farrah Fawcett.

What a day. No wonder there were epic thunderstorms (in which I was caught and by which I was drenched).

I don't have much to say, other than work and school are peachy keen.

But I did have to blog. About this. Farrah is a sad case, of course, but she Michael Jackson dying is momentous. It is BIG. He was an icon.

I feel old.

But not sad.

I'm starting to be happy for the people who die.

Even though death terrifies me, I'm wondering if there is anything afterwards that would justify us saying, "He's in a better place".

If there is, I'm happy.

07 June 2009

It's a new dawn, it's a new day... have I used this as a blog title before?

Well well well my lovelies, it has been a while since I have blogged. Sorry...ish.

It has been quite an eventful week really! Except for Monday, which I pretty much spent naked under the covers while watching Queer as Folk. That was summer vacay. I did go to Hall in the morning though, which was super nice. I popped in on Reist, Kennedy, and Lloyd (who was under-appreciative). I missed Reist so much!

Tuesday I started work and was nervous as hell but honestly, after that first day things were fine. Everyone I work with is really nice and even though there's a lot of pressure to help the students enroll during the sessions, it's actually kind of fun. You just barrel through it.

And the people really make it worth it! In the office there are Marcia, Hannah (my direct supervisor), Ruane (love her!), Becky (another oddity from Fac of Arts), Lejeune, Elena, Susy (obviously!), Jennifer, and Gail. There are the student advisors too, who are all really cool. Nick is the nicest and most helpful, but Andrew and Greg are pretty great as well. Tieg is alright but has this weird aura about him, I'm not really sure why. Two new advisors showed up Thursday... I remember that one is named Ina, but I can't remember the other girl's name. Eek!

So the week has been really great and Susy's been singing my praises because I apparently do an excellent job with the online advising thing. :) Ruane's also very happy because my here-and-there work in the office is speeding things along. I like feeling appreciated at work.

I got my grades back, by the way! Final result:
  • Greek: A+
  • Latin: A+
  • Myth: A
  • History: A
As a result, my GPA is 8.44. SCHOLARSHIP! Thank you, two thousand dollars to me. :)

Friday I was star-spotting because they're filming an episode of Flashpoint on campus so Mom and I went to check it out on lunch. I also saw the people for next season of So You Think You Can Dance Canada heading into Vanier res for seclusion, haha.

Yesterday we went to visit Nonna in the hospital and ended up going to Sicilian for dinner/ dessert, which was super nice. Then Emi and I watched Goldfinger and ate ketchup chips. I like Sean Connery. I like not working weekends.

I'm also reading The First Man in Rome finally, because The Fall of Carthage is boring me at the moment (sorry Adrian Goldsworthy!)

I think that's all I have to say.

Oh and, I have my lover once more. He's still as far away as usual. But I am happy I think.