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No problem is so formidable that you can't walk away from it.
-- Charles M. Schulz
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Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Oops ... it seems that somehow almost two years went by. D'oh!!! Okay, so if you're interested in what's changed, here's the rundown:
Winter 2004: Back to class. Class still sucks, but at least I have EngSoc to distract me, including a trip to Vancouver/Victoria. Conference was in Victoria, but I spent a week visiting Scott first. That was nice.
The 4th years didn't destroy everything, also appreciated since I was Prez at the time and had to do damage control. Still working part time for the co-op department because that helps pay the bills. It turns out that class doesn't suck as badly as I thought - by the end of it all my average was back where it started in 1A. I blame the improvement on being able to choose courses I like.
Summer 2004: Working for ESQ (Engineering Science Quest), running a computer camp for kids in grade 7 to 11. Pretty relaxed overall. Spent a week in Sweden for a co-op conference. University travel budgets are cushy, so it worked out to be a completely free trip. No complaints here! The conference was good too - met some interesting people, got harrassed by two frenchmen on the way back home. An experience every girl should go through at some point in her life, to be sure!
Fall 2004: More class. 4A, though, so I still get to pick my courses. More EngSoc Prez fun :) Oh yeah, and organizing OEC 2005. So busy on the whole. My landlord is a jerk, but I should have seen that coming. (Fortunately, he's no longer my landlord.) The windows that were taken out of the basement in September were finally replaced in December. That was considerate of him. Lots of exercise keeping my car at Weber and Union while he repaired the driveway ... for six weeks. If you want the rest of the story please refrain from asking. It's too painful, really. At the same time, I'm working at Fed Hall. The shame of it is that there are certain songs that I will never be able to hear without feeling like I'm in the campus bar.
Winter 2005: Last round of class. Yay IRS! Yay finishing my 4th year project successfully! Yay EngSoc issues being someone else's problem to deal with! And, although my marks weren't quite as good as 3B and 4A, I'd still say I ended on a high note. OEC went off well, thanks to all the volunteers :) Working two part time jobs (Fed Hall, and a evening program for ESQ) kept the rest of my time filled. I started real work in April (at BMO). Money is nice.
Summer 2005: Working for BMO in Scarborough. People are nice, but the area sucks. My roommate, Suzanne, is awesome (even if she is a civil engineer from Queen's). Proof that internet roommate services work. Unfortunately, Scarborough sucks. In August I move from Scarlem (well, technically I was in Markham, but who can tell the difference any more?) to Aurora. Nice house, appartment is small but very comfortable. I've also switched jobs to work downtown again. Definitely happy with that decision :)
Backtracking a little bit, I spent a week in June in Yosemite park with my boyfriend Steve. We started planning the trip as friends in December, but started going out in February. I'm happy to report that we are still together, and having spent weekends at each of our respective parent's cottages it looks like there won't be family problems to interfere. But back to Yosemite.
The park is absolutely gorgeous - highly recommended if you're ever in California that you go visit. If you ask nicely I'll post some photos :)
So that's the update for now. I'm going to try to stay on top of this so people who are far away (like Waterloo, Burlington, and Stratford) and those who are even further away (Hong Kong!) can drop in from time to time. Keep in touch if you feel inclined!!!
posted by Laura at 11:39 PM
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
It's my birthday! Yay! If you can't come for lunch, here's an open invitation for drinking in the evening - Mongolian and Kick-Off, starting around 6:30/7ish. Mmmm ... alcohol ...
posted by Laura at 11:36 AM
Monday, December 01, 2003
So it's my birthday tomorrow ... I will officially turn old (where old:=22 - I'm not making this up, 22 is the official age when people start to feel old). I'm going out for lunch at McGuinnis - if you know me and feel like dropping by, please do!
I did have the pleasure of a good pre-birthday concert on Saturday - Big Sugar, while apparently unable to get along off the stage, managed to grove pretty well and played a very good (albeit long) encore set for a very enthusiastic audience. And I happened to run into Chodos, Lydia and Dan (or rather, they ran into me) ... and I meant to chat with them after the concert but we ended up all separated, so my apologies on that one.
posted by Laura at 7:59 AM
Saturday, November 08, 2003
I'm just showing my friends how I post on my blog!
posted by Laura at 4:41 PM
Friday, October 31, 2003
So, I return to my blog to spread the news of a brilliant piece of political commentary: http://members.cox.net/impunity/endofworld.swf. Fan-fucking-tastic is all I have to say!!! :)
Otherwise, I'm still cell-phone free (Rogers claims they're sending me a new phone ...) and my issues with life, the universe and everything (or just my love life, whichever comes first) seem to have settled into pleasant resolution. Sigh. So here's to another halloween and another party!
posted by Laura at 11:19 AM
Friday, October 03, 2003
So ... here I am in the library absolutely bored out of my skull because I'm waiting for someone to come back with a sari for me for semi-formal this weekend. I hate having to kill time ... seems like the anti-thesis of what I do. But such is life.
I may as well mention, since I'm here, that true to form I am once again single. I was dating briefly after frosh week, but as with all of my past relationships that lasted less than two months. Unfortunately, I can find absolutely no fault with his conduct during the relationship, including the break-up, so I have nowhere to direct my desire to shout. This is probably good for him, but bad for me since the last few days have now been an up and down between "meh, I saw it coming, can't really complain" and "dammit! what's wrong with me that I can't have a meaningful relationship with another human being?" Oh well, I'm sure I'll deal.
In the meantime, for anyone who has my cell number and reads this page, my cell is on the fritz in a very severe way. I may actually break down and get it serviced, or I may just let it sit at home and let me be unreachable since I've discovered that somehow, that's not the end of the world I had imagined it would be. Anyway, gotta run ... it's been a blast. Hahaha ...
posted by Laura at 5:28 PM
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
Hey, I just found what I think is going to be one of my favourite sites on the internet. If you've ever wanted to read a classic novel, but don't have the time for libraries or the money for bookstores, check this out - the Literature Page. It has 200 classic novels (interpreted into English if they were written in a foreign language) and they're adding more. Everything from "War and Peace" to "Pride and Prejudice". So, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go back to reading "The Idiot" now, and then get ready for bed. I'll let you know what I think of the novel as I read :)
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