April 15, 2003
Frosh year will be over in three days. It'll be over tomorrow, really, when Sharon and Agnes leave. Michelle and I stared out the window onto Columbia, enjoying the sun and the warm wind blowing in, and realizing that it would be one of the last times we would be able to do that. We were really blessed to get the first house in CLT - the view is great, heck, we have a window to the outside world! It's sad to know that we won't be able to look at that stairway window again, unless we know someone who lives here in the future. But it wouldn't be the same anyway.

We spent the last few days talking a lot. Mainly dealing with a sad situation that has come up, but talking nonetheless. It's really these last few days that cemented our friendship together, in my opinion. Kind of sad that it has to be unhappy things that it has to come out, but there's nothing we can do to change that. We were pondering what it would have been like if we had different housemates because our dynamics together are just great. Agnes was saying how we were similar, and so we got along really well, which is such a blessing since adjustment to university is quite taxing for some. I'm so happy that we came together here at CLT - these eight months have really been a blast for me. This experience of living with Agnes, Michelle and Sharon at CLT one will be missed greatly.

I was doing some packing last night. Can't do too much packing because there are things I still need to use, but I did muster together one box of stuff. I refuse to take down my posters just yet because the room will seem so much less my own when I do. Makes it homier, and I won't be thinking how sad this all is if they stay up for now. I'll take them down when I finish my last exam on Thursday. I wonder how I'm gonna do on French, since it's pretty much right after psych and I haven't looked at it yet...?

*sigh* The weather is so warm right now. The high today is supposed to be 27 degrees, humidex 34. Reminds me of frosh week, when all the Streetsville people came over and we walked to Renison or someplace to grab free burgers and such, and when we thought it was like a holiday, staying at this house that would become our home for eight months. I remember we were saying on the Sunday before school began that it would suck to start school, and now it sucks that school is coming to a close because we have to leave this place. I remember complaining about the far walk, and now it'll be missed because every other walk will be further (weellll... not necessarily... I'll have to see if that holds any truth). I remember waiting for the computer to be connected to ResNet, and soon, it'll be disconnected from it. This is probably my last entry here from CLT.

Well, psychology readings beckon. After that, it's checking my answers for the French review sheets that Dr. Collington graciously arranged to be put online. Bless her heart. :o) Hope you all are doing okay on your studying and at school and wherever else you're reading this from. I'll ttyl...

SONG OF THE MOMENT

Closing time - open all the doors and let you out into the world
Closing time - turn all the lights on over every boy and every girl
Closing time - one last call for alcohol, so finish your whiskey or beer
Closing time - you don't have to go home but you can't stay here

I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home

Closing time - time for you to go out to the places you will be from
Closing time - this room won't be open 'til your brothers or you sisters come
So gather up your jackets, and move it to the exits - I hope you have found a friend
Closing time - every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home

Closing time - time for you to go out to the places you will be from

I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home

I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home

Closing time - every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

"Closing Time", Semisonic (from Feeling Strangely Fine)
This song's been running in my head a lot, and it's fitting for the closing of my frosh year. I'm going to miss this a lot!

April 10, 2003
Why is it that when you should be most academically productive, you find the most things to procrastinate with? Take me, for example. Now, normally, would I go on the McDonald's site and explore the different foods that are available at the restaurant from across the world? No. Would I be compiling a list of over 200 songs that I like in one sitting? No. But alas, that is what I have accomplished yesterday. I guess in one sense, I've never been more productive. Too bad the finals aren't on what's on the McDonald's menu in India, or what the words are to Lisa Loeb's "Stay" (remember THAT song? man...). Not that I would completely know either answer, but hey...

Anyway, had the ROOF charity BBQ today. The don said that he grilled about 90 burgers for the event, which is pretty awesome, considering that this *is* CLT and no one ever gets together to do anything big like this (frosh week not included). The free veggie burger was interesting... now my dining experience is complete. ;o) This is my first BBQ of the year, and I'm looking forward to more! Thank goodness the weather has wamred up since the last update... or else there would be no charity BBQ! If only the snow would melt and the swamps evaporate...

I'm debating which song I rediscovered to put up. Especially the ones during my 'tween years. I think it's from my 'tween years, but anyway. There was this one summer when I had the radio on all the time, blasting songs like "Crazy" and "I Swear" and some song that went "alalalalalong, alalalalalong, alalalalalonglonglehlonglonglong", not to mention taping (yes.. TAPING) them off the radio. Good times... :oP

Okay, I've picked one. And I've gotta go back to studying for my four exams, so I've gotta go! Take care!

SONG OF THE MOMENT

You say I only hear what I want to
You say I talk all the time, so

And I thought what I felt was simple
And I thought that I don't belong
And now that I am leaving
Now I know that I did something wrong 'cause I missed you
Yeah yeah, I missed you

You say I only hear what I want to:
I don't listen hard, don't pay attention to the distance that you're running
To anyone, anywhere
I don't understand if you really care, I'm only hearing negative: no, no, no

So I turned the radio on, I turned the radio up
And this woman was singing my song:
Lover's in love and the other's run away
Lover is crying 'cause the other won't stay
Some of us hover when we weep for the other who was
Dying since the day they were born
Well, well, this is not that
I think that I'm throwing, but I'm thrown

And I thought I'd live forever, but now I'm not so sure
You try to tell me that I'm clever
But that won't take me anyhow, or anywhere with you

You said that I was naive and I thought that I was strong
I thought, "hey, I can leave, I can leave."
Oh, but now I know that I was wrong, 'cause I missed you
Yeah, I miss you

You said, "I caught you 'cause I want you and one day I'll let you go
"You try to give away a keeper, or keep me
'Cause you know you're just scared to lose
And you say, "Stay."

You say I only hear what I want to

"Stay", Lisa Loeb (from Tails)
One of the many songs that I listened to during the summer I was talking about. I think I was still in Champlain Trail, because I remember buying freezies during recess, but I don't think that has any relation to listening to the songs. Time has made the memories fade, but these songs still stay with me.

April 7, 2003
Unbelievably crazy weather outside. I mean, it's April. Why did I have to wrap myself up like a lotus rice ball ("bao doh yut goh jung") and brave the wind and the cold to get to my exam? Well, nonetheless, ACCOUNTING IS OVER! FOREVER!!! Yay... :o)

Had a nice time at Leung Yue... it's nice to have dinner with your friends. Especially when it's Chinese food! It was pretty reasonable price too, which is all the better. The movie was interesting... kind of cliché, but hey, it's hard to come up with original ideas nowadays. After that, I finished making my newest quiz! *sigh* My newest addiction too. So bad... anyway, I did my own quiz and here is the result:

[May 13, 2007 addendum: Graphics no longer exist. It was cheesy and bad anyway.]

I *knew* I was different! That's okay... being different is cool. :o) Go do the quiz! It'll be fun, I promise! Okay... I think I'll procrastinate some more before I have to get back into study mode. :oP Take care, and good luck on exams everyone!

April 5, 2003
It's finals time, and that means procrastination! Besides wasting 3 hours staring at my own webpage, I also took a few quizzes. They aren't totally me, but hey, quizzes are fun nonetheless. Here are the results:

[May 13, 2007 addendum: Graphics no longer exist. Yet life goes on.]

Anyway, all is going well, not as annoyed about the history thing since I had a chat with my friend about it. If I forgive, then I'll forgive all the way. No reason to hang on to it, right? It'll just make me more unhappy about life. Okay, back to "financial budget estimates"...

April 4, 2003
*sigh* So many things to deal with, so many things to get over with. Faxing my form to Ottawa, then sending it there, settling the history assignment debacle, moving out of CLT, and the biggest thing would be writing my finals. I guess everything's a little screwed up nowadays. Even the weather is messed... snow day? In April? In university? Who would've figured, right?

Before I jump into some heavier stuff, check out two films I made at DFILM: Strange Encounter and Truth of the Matter. You don't need to get it, but I hope you enjoy them!

History. What a big disappointment. I'm very, very disappointed and quite annoyed at what happened, but not angry. It's not a nice feeling to see all your hard work and effort go down the drain because of someone else's actions. There might be more than just the course mark that has been affected, and it's hard not to think about it and focus on studying until I find out what it actual entails. I really hope it will resolve on a better note, and that it won't have too far reaching consequences. Please, please, PLEASE think about what you can do to others before you consider doing something like this again. There could be deeper consequences than you can ever imagine. For your own sake, don't be stupid and do it again. You know who you are.

I'm going to miss first year, but right now I just want everything to be over and done with. I hope these next two weeks won't crawl by like last term...

SONG OF THE MOMENT

Now that she's back in the atmosphere
With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that there's time to change, hey, hey
Since the return of her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, hey

But tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated

Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there

Now that she's back from that soul vacation
Tracing her way through the constellation, hey, hey
She checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo
Reminds me that there's room to grow, hey, hey

Now that she's back in the atmosphere
I'm afraid that she might think of me as plain ol' Jane
Told a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he never did land

But tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back to the Milky Way
And tell me, did Venus blow your mind
Was it everything you wanted to find
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there

Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always stickin' up for you even when I know you're wrong
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had... and me

But tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back toward the Milky Way

But tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated

Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself

Nanannanana
And did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
Nanananana
And did you fall from a shooting star, fall from a shooting star
Nananananana
And were you lonely looking for yourself out there...

"Drops of Jupiter", Train (from Drops of Jupiter)
It's running in my head, so that's why it's here. It's a really nicely written song, not to mention a nicely written melody too.

April 1, 2003
Oooops... j'ai dormi trop tard, alors, j'ai manqué la dernière classe de conversation aujourd'hui! J'ai voulu d'aller aussi! Okay, I'll stop, before you start rolling on the ground laughing at my horrible attempts at French. So, yeah, missed my class. Hope it's not too detrimental to my French mark! Another percent down the drain, probably. Or more... *sigh*

Oh yeah, it's April Fools day. Yay. God pulled a good one today... I open my curtains and discover a snow covered scenery. And where did all that snow come from??? I seriously did not see one cloud yesterday while walking back from the community centre after watching Third Watch. The stars were out and twinkling... and I swear I saw more constellations then I'd normally would. I guess it's God's way of saying, "Think spring is here? Think again!" Well, at least it's all melted now, since it's like 7 degrees outside!

My accounting prof also pulled a trick - pretty simple, but good. He said that the registrar's office told him they double booked the gym for the day of our exams, so we could either write it this Thursday, or the day after all the exams were over. The funniest part was the whole class fell for it. I don't think I was quite awake to react properly - I knew it sounded bad, but it didn't really register properly in my head. And maybe I was kind of on guard for pranks for today (although my housemates haven't pulled any off yet... hope they don't). Anyway, I think my housemates will remain harmless today solely based on the fact that we're going out to celebrate Sharon's birthday a day early. Nothing to do with April Fools day, but I guess my brain's not reasoning very well today.

I've got Becca's Plumb spinning around in endless cycles again. It's nice and melancholic, just what I love. Reminds me a lot of Everwood, with moody Ephram, and Laynie too. So now I have this plot running around in my head, based on the lyrics of the song "Pennyless" (you can find it somewhere in the Song of the Moment archives) for the show. I really should be studying for my finals, but with four stories swirling around in my head, it's not exactly easy to concentrate. *sigh* Why do I have the imagination that I do? It's nice to have it, when I'm bored. Terrible when it's in the middle of finals! Oh yeah, I was updating my fanfic area and discovered that I wrote three stories this March! Someone's been a little occupied! If only they had a creative writing class based on TV shows. Yeah, right...

Anyway, I'm off to do something. Should be studying, but it'll probably be fanfic writing. :oP Take care all... and hopefully the pranks don't get you too hard!