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[28 Oct 2009|09:37pm] |
Hello LJ! How're you? I'm fine, although busy and tired.
I've written 16 pages of essay in the last two weeks. I've got 4 more papers due in the next month. I'm taking tonight off. Back to the grind tomorrow.
Handed in a paper today that I called: How to Make Mommy Famous: Components of Celebrity and the Tabloid Family. I like the title better than the paper.
Hopefully going to bed early, as I am horribly sleep deprived. Maybe I'll even try reading for fun! That'll be new. It took me a week to read a 250 page Torchwood novel. That's just sad.
Right now: Going upstairs to tell the neighbour to turn down the television. I hate people.
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[02 Oct 2009|11:40pm] |
My bunny has just done something new!
Frequently, she saves her veggies. She'll eat a little bit now, a little bit later, but keeps in near her food dish in her house.
Just now, she's gone into her house and HOPPED OUT WITH HER GIANT PIECE OF APPLE! She's never done that before! Odd little duck, this one is.
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[22 Sep 2009|11:25pm] |
I'm sick. I hate being sick. Whhhhhhiiiiinnnnee!!!
I'm sniffly with a sore throat, and I looked so miserable this afternoon buying tissues that the clerk gave me free chocolate.
Despite what my Facebook has said this week, Nell has neither GI Stasis or an eye infection. I think she's just been milking it for sympathy, the big faker. She is currently alternating between chewing on the bottom of my jeans and and trying to eat my plants.
Top Secret Christmas Cross Stitching is currently in progress!! Am having issues though, as the custom cut piece of fabric I got seems to be about half an inch narrower than it should be. However: OPTIMISM!!!
Money is becoming an issue, so I am getting another part time job, and going back to Michaels. Just for this semester to catch up a bit, buy Christmas presents and get a TV! I'm not particularly happy that I have to do this, but it has to be done.
Trying to finish Stranger in a Strange Land. I've been reading it since the beginning of the month. It's a re-read, but I've stalled on the last 100 pages, because I forgot how much I dislike the last third of the book.
I didn't get home from school until 9:30 tonight, so it's a late dinner of mushroom soup and bed very soon with podfic. Tomorrow it's work at the Gallery at 10, class at 2:30, then to the library at 5:30 after class to get my reserve material for class on Thursday morning (This is my crazy Scottish prof who didn't want us to spend money on textbooks, so instead we have to photocopy material every week. Seriously, the $25 course pack would have been less hassle).
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[10 Sep 2009|09:32pm] |
1) I have reluctantly given in, and am now the owner of a cell phone. I have been able to keep my home phone number, so I am now reachable all day, and textable! So far, texting is the best part of the cell phone. So, if you need my phone number, send me an e-mail. Or, if you would like to provide your number, also send an e-mail. (I need phone numbers for most people as I am a bad person who neglects to get your number)
2) My television has just died. The picture is still viewable, but there is a white film across the whole screen. Now, this is not unexpected as my current television is nearly the same age as I am, it has just come at an innconvenient time as I have no money, what with being on Student Loans and all.
3) I have finished my first full week of classes. Tuesdays will suck. I have 2.5 interesting classes.
4) I'm cross stitching! Wooo, for new project. However, I can't tell you what it is, as it is destined to be a Christmas gift!
Edit: I'm cooking dinner, and the smoke detector went off. Nell has proceeded to freak out, stamp her foot, and BOLT to her hiding place, and she won't come out.
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[21 Aug 2009|12:22am] |
Q: What do you do at midnight when you're bored?
A: Dance around your apartment to the High School Musical 3 soundtrack.
Vacation is proceeding well. I'm a little bored, but not too bad. I've been reading lots. This week I've finished "Sundiver" by David Brin (weird), "The Andromeda Strain" by Michael Crichton (bad), and "Gateway" by Fredrick Pohl (fantastic). Phew, that's the most books I've read in a week in years! I've just started "A Cantical for Lebowitz" by Walter M. Miller, Jr (post apocalyptic monks).
(reading aside: earlier in the year I was having a dreadful time getting through books. After last years Sci-Fi-athon I decided to take a small break from that genre and read literary fiction for the first half of the year. Unfortunatly I picked some really big stinkers ["The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova {which wasn't bad, just had a really killer structure}, "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire {which was a crime against MY EYES}, "The Family Way" by Tony Parsons {the moral was women want babies, no matter what they claim to believe. Oh, and men are dicks who don't want babies, no matter what they say} and "Surfacing" by Margaret Atwood, which was just painful}] and I just dragged through reading anything this last semester. Plus, with the iron deficiency, I've been having trouble staying awake during the day to read anything. So, reading has been way down. But, I've been feeling better in the last month, so hopefully next semester will be better for reading.)
In TV I've watched all of Merlin (delightful!), 7 episodes of Fringe (I can't take anymore) and most of the first season of The Tudors (meh).
On the weekend I attempted to ride the Canada Line (failed), had lunch out (another meh), and shopped in the worlds most terrifying bookstore (so many books, so few bookshelves).
I have been knitting like mad for the last week as well. My sister is having a baby boy in December so I have been working on something large and blue.
My house is only marginally cleaner than it was last week. Must work harder on that.
Tomorrow: used book browsing and movie!
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[07 Aug 2009|01:57pm] |
Currently at school. I have exam 3 of 4 at 3:30, and I came to review my notes. I know all of the stuff I need to know, it's just a matter of regurgitating it in coherent form on the test.
I also came early to run errands. For the first time ever, I did Buy Back on some of my textbooks! GO ME! They were the 3 useless ones that I did very little with this semester, or were too evil to keep in the house. And, I got almost $80 for them. wooooooness. I also returned my keycard for the wonderfully airconditioned computer lab. I could have kept it, but I'm not going to be taking any more computer courses and it's going to be fall soon. Plus, I got my deposit back. That was very nice.
Now, with so much free time coming up I have set myself some holiday from school goals:
1) Read 4 novels! I am very much looking forward to spending large chunks of my day not thinking about school work, reading school related material or working on school related projects. I have read far too few novels this semester.
2) Watch some TV. I've barely had the television on for the months of June/July. That, I suppose, is a good thing, but I've lost all of my shows and need to catch up.
3) CRAFTS!
4) Clean out my spare room. It is the room where crap goes to die, and all I need to do now is take it out back and bury it.
Anyone out in FriendsList Land up for tea tomorrow?
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[26 Jul 2009|01:34am] |
Woo. Two entries in one week. It must be some kind of miracle!
I'm still up, because I fell asleep in my computer chair AGAIN! 10:30-11:30. Damn it. I'm gonna go to bed and read for a bit.
One more week of classes. I have an essay due Monday (writing that tomorrow). Computer project due on Friday, that I will hopefully finish Monday and Tuesday. Essay due Friday that I will write Wednesday and Thursday.
Today was my mom's birthday, and we threw her an Ambush BBQ! My aunt came down from Ft.St.John as a surprise. There were many conversations about cross stitching, and much fun was had by all.
I think my rabbit is bored. I need to find her some new toys to play with.
Sore throat this evening. Hope I'm not coming down with anything.
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[22 Jul 2009|11:50pm] |
Hello! I'm here, and still alive.
School is insane. I've got one essay due on Monday, and another next Friday. I've also got a huge computer project due next Friday as well. Then, in two weeks I've got exams (3 in two days, 1 the week after) plus a project due on exam day. But! I have 3 weeks off at the end of August! Fun fun times. I'm gonna read novels! (oh, how I miss novels)
I've not been sleeping great. I have a very hard time falling asleep, a horrible time trying to wake up, I'm tired for most of the day, and I keep falling asleep at odd moments. I had a time today where I had my head down and my eyes closed. I don't think I was asleep because I could hear the guys next to me having a conversation, but if you had asked me to open my eyes, I couldn't have done it. That happened twice today. I was out for about 15 minutes both times, but I felt much more awake afterward. And yesterday, after I came home, I fell asleep in front of the computer! I got in around 9pm, felt absolutely fine, sat down at the computer, and next thing it's an hour and a half later!
I've actually been feeling better in the last month than I have in a while. My doctor diagnosed me as iron deficient, so I've been taking iron pills, and that has helped with the sleepiness some. I no longer feel like I'm going through the day in a fog.
Bunny continues to be adorable.
I'm currently listening to a Torchwood audio book, narrated by Gareth David-Lloyd. He is an AMAZING reader! It's too bad the book sucks, but his character voices are right on. Gareth does a fantastic Captain Jack. (In other Torchwood news, I'm finally beginning to feel better about the past season. I went out for dinner with Deb, and we spent 3 hours talking about everything Torchwood/Dr. Who related. Ahhhhh, therapy) (I also spent some of my GST refund money on Torchwood books, and they are sitting on the table mocking me. I WANT TO READ THEM!)
I am currently not speaking to Chartwells as they have decided to charge a 25 cent surcharge on every debit transaction. No, not just ones under $5, EVERY TRANSACTION! And, as I have no intention of investing in their money card (minimum amount you can put on $25, and once it's on you can't get it back), I've been looking for other places to eat. Consequently, I've discovered that the deli at Cornerstone makes an FANTASTIC Hawaiian Panini. nomnomnom.
Right, so that's The State of the Kim for the moment. I will hopefully have more time for updating next semester as I am aiming for Mondays and Fridays off. Off to bed soon, finish off the audio book and try to get some sleep.
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[18 Jul 2009|11:58pm] |
Apparently, I do not have ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) maelie's e-mail address, so I'll just post this here for everyone to enjoy!
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[14 Jul 2009|02:18am] |
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I seem to have insomnia tonight. I was ready to drop at 10:30, and now at 2:30 I'm wide, wide awake. GRRRRR. YouTube hasn't worked. I'll try some reading.
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[09 Jul 2009|08:05pm] |
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Has anyone out there in F-List Land watched Torchwood Day 4 yet? Come talk to me in the comment.
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[09 Jul 2009|12:24am] |
*blink*
This can't be right! It's 12:30, and I can go to bed! I've got nothing left to do today. I'm caught up to where I'm supposed to be for reading, my computer lab is ready to turn in tomorrow (after I ask my TA a question about it), I've got everything I'll need to see the FPA Advisor tomorrow, I've watched the new episode of Torchwood (twice), and I've cross stitched.
I could stay up and do an hour and a half of house cleaning, but NO WAY! I'M GOING TO BED TO READ!!!!!
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[21 Jun 2009|06:40pm] |
Essays are torture.
I've been working on a report about David Cronenberg for about 5 hours and I have about 400 words.
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[10 Jun 2009|11:48pm] |
Dear Friends, Please note:
The Enterprise series finale still sucks.
Thank you for your time,
Kim
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[05 Jun 2009|05:21am] |
My essay is done!
That took 12 hours to write and was the first all-nighter that I've done in 5 years.
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[03 Jun 2009|11:49pm] |
I think I have an outline for my essay! Yay for me.
This is good because it's due Friday at 10:30am. If it's handed in later than 11, it's considered late.
So, I have an outline, some quotes, and an idea for a thesis. Um. *fingers crossed*
Tomorrow, I go into school for 11:30-12ish (I get to sleep in until 8!), hand in my computer lab and assignment, go to Statistics at 2:30, then I'm home by 6 and writing an essay until I fall over.
Tonight, I bake essay fortifying banana bread.
Also, Scott Bakula sucks in Enterprise.
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[03 Jun 2009|10:47am] |
So, I dislike my computer prof.
For the lab this week, we have to put a box around our title using the CCS. I remember him talking about this in class, so I've been going throught the text book and the lecture notes, but couldn't find the instructions on how to do it.
I asked him after class today where I could find this info in the notes AND THEY ARE NOT IN THE NOTES!!!!!!!
I'm supposed to go on line and find out how for myself. WHY OH WHY is he not teaching us this crap if wants us to be able to do it???????
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[02 Jun 2009|12:20am] |
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I hate essays. I hate all essays and I want them to die and horrible horrible death by ME NOT WRITING THEM
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[28 May 2009|12:18pm] |
I'm skipping class today!!! Yay for me, first time for everything!
Well, ok, I'm not really skipping. My lecture was canceled, and as my computer lab is optional, I didn't see the point in going up for only an hour.
I finished my computer lab this morning. The Prof fixed the mistake around midnight (I seriously wonder about this guys competency. You'd think a guy teaching an INTRO class would be able to put a link in his own document, or, you know, be able to work the audio-visual equipment in the lecture hall on his own [without student help *facepalm*]). I was determined to do this one on my own, and I did! It looked just like it was supposed to look, and changed the colours using the on-line guide, and everything seems OK. But, when I ran it through and HTML validator, it told me that one thing was wrong. So, I spent an hour trying to figure out what was wrong, and as far as I can tell, NOTHING! It looks just how the text book told me that tag should be, and if I loose marks, I'm going to complain or something. GRRRRRR.
(side note, why doesn't the LJ spell check recognize the Canadian spelling of colour?)
Someone in my building was cooking bacon this morning. MMMMMMMM, bacon. Now I want some:(
I forgot that I still had a Michaels gift card! I"m going to go and replace the floss that I lost last night (and still can't find). OHHHH, I'll also stop and buy some FOOD!
I have to find a specific calculator for my statistics class. I'm not overly enthused about buying it for just one class. Does anyone out there in internet land have a TI-30XS Multiview calculator they could lend me?
Also, I hate statistics class, and didn't understand a word of what was going on in the math portion. How can you just change a negative number to a positive number? Why the hell do you square it? I don't understand how that is in any way relevant to the original number you got. Aren't you just making things up? I HATE MATH
right! errands now, have to find print ads for my Advertising project, then work on my computer project this afternoon.
It is a beautiful, sunshiny day and I think I will bake Banana Bread this afternoon!
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