tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34392882011-04-21T21:27:25.485-04:00Laura's So-Called Life"Change is not necessary. Survival is not mandatory."<br>
- W. Edwards DemingLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comBlogger471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-1126065468198421912005-09-06T23:39:00.000-04:002005-09-06T23:57:48.206-04:00Oops ... 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 Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-1070383005232774822003-12-02T11:36:00.000-05:002003-12-02T11:37:22.700-05:00It'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 ...Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-1070294831438183212003-12-01T07:59:00.000-05:002003-12-02T11:35:42.513-05:00So 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 Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-1068327716181616682003-11-08T16:41:00.000-05:002003-11-08T16:41:53.923-05:00I'm just showing my friends how I post on my blog!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-1067617144398965882003-10-31T11:19:00.000-05:002003-10-31T11:19:03.406-05:00So, 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 intoLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-1065216496656949712003-10-03T17:28:00.000-04:002003-10-03T17:28:16.413-04:00So ... 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 Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-1064375113975796132003-09-23T23:45:00.000-04:002003-09-23T23:45:13.456-04:00Hey, 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 "Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-1063899759400406382003-09-18T11:42:00.000-04:002003-09-18T11:42:38.956-04:00Wow ... everything looks so different now! When did blogger change it's interface? (Okay, so I haven't written anything here for a long time ... I'm not even sure that people will bother to check this since my last posting was ... oh ... February) Ack! February! What the hell have I been doing?
Well, if you know me, then you know I was busy hating work for the remainder of February, March and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-897324052003-02-25T16:01:00.000-05:002003-02-25T16:01:57.140-05:00A soggy term so far...
It's been a while, a lot has happened. Work is work ... in fact, well, I'm taking a little break right now to write this. Why? Because I've been working for 6 hours solid and I've earned it ;) The term started off pretty bad, but now it's just soggy (hence the title) ...
So what have I learned so far? One: I don't want to be a code monkey for the rest of my life. I don'tLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-860416932002-12-15T15:57:00.000-05:002002-12-15T15:57:39.540-05:00I think I've just found my favourite thing on the internet ... and, as unfortunate as it is that MSN hosts it, it's still VERY cool! Yes, it's MSN photos - minimal ads, lots of storage space, and it's easy to link into it from an outside page. I've posted a bunch of my photos - nothing terribly interesting, but whatever. If you'd like to see it, visit my page - all the links are there.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-853981792002-12-02T17:26:00.000-05:002002-12-02T17:26:18.333-05:00It's my birthday :) Yay! Yes, I know I haven't been around for a while ... my blog has kinda taken a back seat for the past month and a half. I appologise. I'd tell you what all I've been doing, but I really don't think you'd want to read it all, so I'm just going to try to keep up a little better. Hopefully I haven't lost all my readership ...
Anyway, I'm going for dinner and then some free Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-830350422002-10-15T18:34:00.000-04:002002-10-15T18:34:46.050-04:00Mmm ... turkey. Thanksgiving weekend has come and gone once again. I think my parents are actually starting to miss me ... they told me that I should call more often :) In my 2 and some-odd years of university, I have never yet been told to call more often! The weekend was good ... up north at my cottage, where the air is clean and the noisy children in my neighborhood can't be heard ... I like Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-826611642002-10-07T19:49:00.000-04:002002-10-07T19:49:44.020-04:00So, there are some funny stories from the past couple of weeks - some of them can be shared, some of them can't. I think I'll share one for now ...
So, if you've hung around with certain engineering students, you'll know that for many of us there is one thing we hold near and dear above all else. Yes, we hold it closer to our hearts than graphing calculators and steel-toed boots, it is BEER. Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-816479322002-09-15T20:34:00.000-04:002002-09-15T20:34:34.546-04:00Once again, I am procrastinating the completion of my work report. Why must they make us suffer so? Why? What did I ever do to co-op except pay them money so I can find myself a job? *Sigh*
In other news, I read something fairly disturbing today about world law etc. Anyone who has been in Systems Design engineering past the term of 1B will know about this story, but for thsoe of you who shun Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-814885582002-09-11T23:04:00.000-04:002002-09-11T23:04:35.363-04:00Yo, 'sup? So, I'm back on campus, busy as always. Frosh week was a blast!!! Unfortunately, I have no photos of the crazy hair I did. Let's just say the Statue of Liberty and red-haired punk met for a couple of days. Now it's just being busy with co-op and class. I think I need to get working ... I'm already falling behind and it's only the first week ...
So, if you want to get ahold of me, Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-807063912002-08-25T20:37:00.000-04:002002-08-25T20:37:31.770-04:00Have you ever thought about the stuff that goes into your favourite chocolate bar? So ... I was eating a Coffee Crisp the other day (I only like my coffee "crisp" ... really, I can't stand the liquid stuff). If you look at the list of ingredients you may find something that shocks you (or not ... depends on what you expect from a chocolate bar). The main ingredient is ... sugar. WHAT?! Not Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-805181502002-08-21T08:05:00.000-04:002002-08-21T08:05:19.546-04:00So, you may recall a discussion we had earlier about the effectiveness of increased airport security against terrorism, specifically my comment that "You could hijack a plane naked, but you'd make an ass of yourself doing it." (For the record, I have no intention of boarding, let alone attempting the hijack of a plane, naked. I have no intention of hijacking a plane, period.) I was reading the Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-804106912002-08-18T22:39:00.000-04:002002-08-18T22:39:52.483-04:00Just got home and had a bath after backpacking this weekend ... weather was beautiful, trail was gorgeous. There were lots of bugs too, but I now swear by Deep Woods as a bug repellant :) And of course, there are only a million e-mails to respond to and a kitchen full of dirty dishes still to be done, so I guess I should probably get around to those soon ...
I can't believe the summer is Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-803012032002-08-15T22:30:00.000-04:002002-08-15T22:30:36.026-04:00So ... the news today is that Microsoft and the University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering have forged an agreement whereby the university gets $2.3 million and Microsoft gets to inflict C# and .Net on unsuspecting first year Comp Eng students. There has been much discussion (check Slashdot and the University sites for more information). What has people most up in arms is that it was done Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-793746372002-07-24T22:56:00.000-04:002002-07-24T22:56:38.926-04:00Hey ... Bitz, if you read this, what's up with your blog? If lack of updates is worthy of potential unlinkage, I do believe that non-existence would also qualify ... :)Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-793742462002-07-24T22:46:00.000-04:002002-07-24T22:46:09.446-04:00Once again it has been quite some time since an update. But fear not, oh faithful followers of my so-called life ... okay, I'm flattering myself here ... fear not, oh faithful passers-by of my so-called life, I am back with another installment.
If you want to read about Winnipeg, go to Donny's blog since he's already taken the time to write about it and I don't think he left anything out. Oh Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-789537632002-07-14T21:49:00.000-04:002002-07-14T21:49:17.863-04:00I made it back to Waterloo ... tired and content, ready for some quality sleep in my own bed in King City. In fact, that's really where I'm headed now, so I don't think I'll write much about our adventures until tomorrow. I'm just happy to be home right now and not still sitting in my car ;)Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-788480382002-07-11T23:45:00.000-04:002002-07-11T23:45:41.106-04:00Two things that make me a very happy person right now ... 1) I'm in Winnipeg with my friends, and 2) my best friend isn't really mad at me, he was just tired and when he's that tired he seems to be mad. This is good! I will tell more later when I'm not taking up other people's time ... :)Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-785691182002-07-04T21:40:00.000-04:002002-07-04T21:41:54.000-04:00It's been a week of highs and lows. Started great - long weekend, great weather, trip to the cottage, sun-tanning and water skiing. Life was good. Then I went back to work, and there were a million things to do and only 7.5 hours in my day. Things are getting tight, but I think I'll get everything done. Then last night I started on the path to a solid fight with my best friend, so we're at the Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-783325242002-06-28T19:44:00.000-04:002002-06-28T19:44:45.026-04:00So, today instead of eating lunch I pretended to be reading and slept at my desk. Do you think that maybe this is a bad sign? I'm thinking that staying up late for the sake of entertaining you people is maybe not in my best interests ... but you know I'm going to do it anyway ;)
So now I'm transfering bits and pieces of this massive file from my computer to my laptop so I can work on it on a Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-782975432002-06-27T23:46:00.000-04:002002-06-27T23:46:13.520-04:00Okay, so Dave Brubeck wasn't really playing free. I heard it for free, 'cause I was too late to actually get a ticket (I didn't realize until I got there that this would be a required element ...) but it was a gorgeous night and the sound-proofing on the tent that he was playing in wasn't exactly ... well ... sound-proofing. I even managed to have a chair by the second half of the second set :) Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-781024032002-06-23T15:10:00.000-04:002002-06-23T15:10:40.300-04:00New quote for the page!!! Check it out :) I'm having way too much fun with Quote-of-the-Day - it's an e-mail I get everyday, most of the quotes are attributed to their originators, which is nice. I like giving credit to witty people when it's deserved.
So, what's new in the past couple of weeks? I went out karaoke-ing last night with a bunch of people I haven't seen for ages, so that was good Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-776337332002-06-11T21:28:00.000-04:002002-06-11T21:28:01.183-04:00I have the internet in my room again!!! I am so happy (;Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-775880852002-06-10T20:45:00.000-04:002002-06-10T20:45:35.963-04:00Hey all. Okay, so I'm still slow - I think this has become a fact of my life. I've been "working" on cleaning up my room for a month ... I lost my glasses a week ago and I still haven't put in the time to find them ... I lost my watch last night, so we'll see how long it takes me to do something about that ... I think this is just me becoming WAY too complacent. Oh well. Anyway, my exciting news Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-772685732002-06-02T21:43:00.000-04:002002-06-02T21:43:24.546-04:00Yo! How's life? If you know me, and you haven't e-mailed me for a while, you should. Why? 'Cause I get bored way too easily and I need all my great friends to come to my rescue and entertain me sometimes ;) Anyway, I just got back from camp, which was awesome (I love Scout camp ... so many people who are nice to me just because I'm a girl!) except for the part where I was attacked by a chair and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-769608802002-05-25T11:57:00.000-04:002002-05-25T11:58:32.000-04:00I'm baaaaaack :) Before I go any further, though, I have a message for Marika: empty your e-mail!!! I keep trying to send you messages and they keep bouncing back 'cause you've overfilled you box! Sheesh :)
Anyway, I just found a super cool site about new technologies in building materials and other stuff - Advanced Buildings. Tres cool. Did you have any idea how awesome linoleum is? It's all Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-767852352002-05-21T00:02:00.000-04:002002-05-21T00:02:53.703-04:00So I'm back after spending my weekend in the great unplugged outdoors at my cottage ... remaining disconnected from reality and the fact that it's midnight and I have to work tomorrow has kinda run over into the moment. I will be very disappointed with myself in the morning, no doubt, for not being able to predict that this would be a problem, but for the mean time I think I'm just going to run Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-764654522002-05-12T14:32:00.000-04:002002-05-12T14:32:54.633-04:00So I started to go car shopping seriously the other day with my Dad, and we were looking at a Kia at this Chrysler dealer (yes, a Kia at a Chrysler dealer ... can you say trading up?) and the salesman was wearing this great cologne. Like, really great cologne. I'm not usually a big fan of scented men but he smelled good. But anyway, I'm not buying the car. I did some research on them, and there'sLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-763537292002-05-09T15:28:00.000-04:002002-05-09T15:28:14.286-04:00He he he ... I'm back again! Rock climbing last night was so fun ... I haven't been for such a long time. And now I'm back at work and I don't really want to do anything at the moment, and hey, I still have lunch time left, so here I am. But, if I'm really going to make this update worthwhile, I think I need a little bit of a rant about how much stupid, hairy Ottawa-ass the Leafs kicked last Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-763089492002-05-08T12:47:00.000-04:002002-05-08T12:47:51.420-04:00Okay ... so that increase in activity was short-lived. I promise I'll be better at this once I get my computer set-up in my room! Maybe it's just an indication that my real life is getting better since I don't have all day to sit around and tell other people that I'm just sitting around :) I'm going rock climbing tonight! Yay! Although I'm not exactly sure when that will be ... but no worries. Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-760176542002-04-30T19:19:00.000-04:002002-04-30T19:19:36.433-04:00Ha ha! Look! I'm getting better ... it's only been TWO days this time since I last said anything here. Okay, not that I really have anything worth saying, but I'm sure you can deal with that. Hey, if you keep coming back, you might even find something intelligible once in a while.
So what's new ... I got a new computer at work today, which will replace my sluggish old one. The sad part is thatLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-759493992002-04-29T00:12:00.000-04:002002-04-29T00:22:15.000-04:00Damn ... it's been a week and I haven't updated this thing ... I'm really getting behind. Oh, yeah, a lot of that has to do with the fact that I still haven't unpacked my stuff yet ... right ... and that includes my computer. One of these days I will learn how to not procrastinate so much!!!
So, what have I been up to ... after two glorious days of doing nothing (Monday and Tuesday), and my Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-756705502002-04-21T22:48:00.000-04:002002-04-21T22:48:57.996-04:00Wow ... so time is slipping by fast right now. That can only mean one thing ... I'm actually getting a break and some time to do nothing :) Moved back home after finishing those last two exams (yay! another term is over! and I don't think I failed! ...) and went out to see the Lion King one night and some movies the next. And then ... joyful bliss ... I did NOTHING today! That's okay, though, Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-754535012002-04-16T01:27:00.000-04:002002-04-16T01:27:44.493-04:00Study study study ... argh I'm so sick of MODS (Mechanics of Deformable Solids)!!! Since that's all I've done today (April 15) I really don't have much to say right now. Just that all work and no play makes Laura go something something ... Crazy? ... Don't mind if I do!!!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-753951332002-04-14T15:23:00.000-04:002002-04-14T15:23:23.940-04:00Missed updating this thing yesterday ... doh!!! Oh well, it happens.
Let's see ... random bits of interest. Actually, I did update the blog in some sense yesterday by adding some of the winter pics I took a week and a half ago. Eventually I'll get my butt in gear and set up a web gallery of my stuff, since I like to share and don't mind having other people use my images. Really ... I find it Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-753467432002-04-12T22:05:00.000-04:002002-04-14T15:23:52.000-04:00Today was rainy, and for whatever reason the ladybugs don't like to come out on rainy days. That's fine with me since I don't like them anyways :)
More exam writing ... three down, two to go! It's all good :) And tomorrow is the weekend. My friend Pat decided to do a bit of celebrating since he's graduating after this term, and so there was general fun and food to be had in the lounge. Which Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-753001902002-04-11T18:00:00.000-04:002002-04-11T18:00:49.560-04:00EWWW ... the ladybug count is at 214 from 3 days and an evening ... that's SO GROSS!!! Anyway, so I did some studying today, and I went to Zehr's and picked up my pictures. There's some photos from Scunt (short for Havenger Scunt ... it's an engineering thing) and my roommate Marika, and my friend Brit with her feet all painted, and some other things of random note, including some lovely winter Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-752623072002-04-10T18:51:00.000-04:002002-04-14T15:24:12.000-04:00So I wrote my DEs exam today ... and I think it went well, so we'll just have to see what happens when my prof starts to mark it. Other than that, my day has been pretty boring since all I did was study, and all I'm going to do this evening is study. Grrrr ...
On a happier note, I found a link to a quiz to find out which Muppet you are ... apparently, I'm most like Fozzie bear. Is someone Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-752181312002-04-09T17:02:00.000-04:002002-04-14T15:24:29.000-04:00Another random update ... it's time for dinner now. I managed to do some studying in the midst of goofing off ... oi ... the ladybug count is up to 39 now ... I think I should write an article for GrebelSpeaks (I live in a residence called Grebel, GrebelSpeaks is its little newspaper). And more studying. This really can't be that exciting to read. If anyone is interested, I found a neat little Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-752101132002-04-09T13:10:00.000-04:002002-04-10T19:02:05.000-04:00Just got up ... I'm bored so I thought I'd come play on the infinite playground they call the internet. Once again, I should be studying since I have a Differential Equations exam tomorrow and a Electricity & Magnetism exam on Friday. But ... well ... it's almost time for lunch, so it would be silly to start studying now.
On a side note, our room is infested with ladybugs. We started counting Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-751941992002-04-09T01:26:00.000-04:002002-04-09T13:04:24.000-04:00My roommate is a blast. If she ever reads this, she'll know precisely how humourous I think she is. To give you an inkling, right now she's beating her pillow into submission. This may have something to do with too many hours of studying CS (Computer Science) and Calculus, but I may never know since this isn't entirely abnormal behavior for her :)Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439288.post-751936042002-04-09T01:06:00.000-04:002002-04-09T01:06:56.070-04:00So, this is it ... I'm actually going to attempt keeping something of an online diary for the sake of family and friends to know what I'm up to. I tried doing this for a little bit after last summer, but it didn't work out so hot when I couldn't FTP stuff to my site to update my page. Crossing my fingers that this works out better! (Just for anyone who was wondering, this is, in fact, the sort ofLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150745321967287019noreply@blogger.com