Friday, May 28, 2004
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
oh right, i forgot why i didnt want to post...blogger is so damn blubbly now. and too many buttons to click
anyhoo..i wonder if there is ever a polite way to tell someone they STINK. heres the story. so i came back to kingston after the long weekend and took coach canada instead of driving back cuz..my parents were paranoid that it was gonna pour (actually it was forecasted but never did end up pouring) and i would slam into a tree (or a mac truck).
anyways, so whatever that wasnt a big deal. i got on the bus and sat near the back - sorta the first row of seats just in front of the washroom. 2 seconds after i sat down i was like "holy cow, WHAT is that smell??" at first i thought it was coming from the washroom, except that it never smells like that. well i got up and moved anyways just in case. then, the cause of this putridfying smell came out of the washroom. HE was the reason. to help you better understand the extent of this paralyzing odour, imagine someone peeing on themselves for ... however many YEARS and NEVER taking a bath. seriously, the homeless people in downtown TO dont smell this bad. have you ever been around little boys, usually toddlers, with jam hands and sometimes smelling like urine? well, like that only 100 times worse. it was bad. it was nauseating. it was 2 fucking hours trapped in a seat 4 rows ahead of him. heh, funny sight was that everyone had their coats around their head or just covering their noses (same with me).
and yea, speaking of 2 hrs, he had went up to the driver to chat for the first 30 mins of the trip. so i think the driver took pity on us and floored it all the way to kingston. picture this: bus arrived at 6pm, we made a brief stop at Whitby GO station, and arrived at Kingston bus terminal at exactly 8pm. thats insane, but much appreciated. of course it felt..nay..it smelt..much longer than that.
there were other stories/rants that i had from this weekend, but this one topped them all.
(that and im lazy)
anyhoo..i wonder if there is ever a polite way to tell someone they STINK. heres the story. so i came back to kingston after the long weekend and took coach canada instead of driving back cuz..my parents were paranoid that it was gonna pour (actually it was forecasted but never did end up pouring) and i would slam into a tree (or a mac truck).
anyways, so whatever that wasnt a big deal. i got on the bus and sat near the back - sorta the first row of seats just in front of the washroom. 2 seconds after i sat down i was like "holy cow, WHAT is that smell??" at first i thought it was coming from the washroom, except that it never smells like that. well i got up and moved anyways just in case. then, the cause of this putridfying smell came out of the washroom. HE was the reason. to help you better understand the extent of this paralyzing odour, imagine someone peeing on themselves for ... however many YEARS and NEVER taking a bath. seriously, the homeless people in downtown TO dont smell this bad. have you ever been around little boys, usually toddlers, with jam hands and sometimes smelling like urine? well, like that only 100 times worse. it was bad. it was nauseating. it was 2 fucking hours trapped in a seat 4 rows ahead of him. heh, funny sight was that everyone had their coats around their head or just covering their noses (same with me).
and yea, speaking of 2 hrs, he had went up to the driver to chat for the first 30 mins of the trip. so i think the driver took pity on us and floored it all the way to kingston. picture this: bus arrived at 6pm, we made a brief stop at Whitby GO station, and arrived at Kingston bus terminal at exactly 8pm. thats insane, but much appreciated. of course it felt..nay..it smelt..much longer than that.
there were other stories/rants that i had from this weekend, but this one topped them all.
(that and im lazy)
Monday, May 10, 2004
hmmm blogger changed its format for posting and whatnot..i dont like it...theres more clicking involved. i dont like unwelcomed change
a fast update since i have tutorials in bout .5 hrs.
-for awhile, a guy moved in across the street from us. he had no blinds. not so anymore..darn it.
-the weather here is finally becoming less spastic..well, still rain but not so much with the ridiculous temperature changes.
- has anyone ever seen "the swan" on tv? another one of those reality shows where they take women and remake them complete with plastic surgery? man, that is so disgusting. i mean, great for those women now cuz they had such low self-esteem to start with..but down the road? when the plastic starts messing them up? good luck with all that. its so sad
- there are no newspaper to be found anywhere on campus. SUCH limited supply its not even funny...i came to school today around 9am and managed to grab a copy of the star, by break time 1.5 hrs later, everything was gone. i guess im not the only one without internet access at home
-hmm there were more things i had in mind to blather on about but i cant remember...so tune in next time.
laterz yo
a fast update since i have tutorials in bout .5 hrs.
-for awhile, a guy moved in across the street from us. he had no blinds. not so anymore..darn it.
-the weather here is finally becoming less spastic..well, still rain but not so much with the ridiculous temperature changes.
- has anyone ever seen "the swan" on tv? another one of those reality shows where they take women and remake them complete with plastic surgery? man, that is so disgusting. i mean, great for those women now cuz they had such low self-esteem to start with..but down the road? when the plastic starts messing them up? good luck with all that. its so sad
- there are no newspaper to be found anywhere on campus. SUCH limited supply its not even funny...i came to school today around 9am and managed to grab a copy of the star, by break time 1.5 hrs later, everything was gone. i guess im not the only one without internet access at home
-hmm there were more things i had in mind to blather on about but i cant remember...so tune in next time.
laterz yo
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
fine you guys are so lazy and then yell at me for not updating!! it's still long ..regardless...however, edited!! blah. enjoy :D
so it's been awhile...will be even more so now that im here in kingston for the spring term and have NO internet at home and have to trek the 15 mins to campus to check my email.
whats been new? lets start at the beginning..for those at work..prepare for some major time wasting (and good money spent on your boss' account ;) Here we go:
~I PASSED MY G TEST!!! WHOO!!! bring on the reckless driving cuz i dont have to care till im 60! (or is it 65? anyhoo...) wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
~ went to fairview with Li last friday and shopped at H&M. that store is fast becoming my fav. place to shop! go check it out if you have time.. the men's section/selection is pretty slim however. oh and went to see "13 going on 30" - the new movie with Jennifer Garner. it was...hmm...a cheesy but cute movie. and more cheese and it wouldve been unbearable, but as it stands now i'd recommend going to see it as a "hmm what should we do now? we're bored and are so tired of walking around the mall, i know! lets go see a movie" -type deal(sarcasm works when its shorter, i know i know). but no, it's very predictable but very funny. makes you think back to those good ol' days of gr 7 and/or 8 when the mean, bitchy girls ruled the school...speaking of which, i also want to go see "mean girls". guilty pleasure? mmm perhaps ;) Lindsay Lohan is so much more tolerable than Hilary Duff, i find. something about HD makes her so...wasstheword...slappable.
~ oh! and Li and I both bought another HOOJ mug from Disney. im starting a collection..i have 2 now. hee. s'wonderful. why use regular sized mugs when you can have a HOOJ one? exactly.
~moving day in kingston: was PAINFUL. i will never be able to figure out how THREE people managed to accumulate so much STUFF (i hesitate to use the word 'crap' cuz..theyre all invaluable possessions...ummm yes). so anyways, we rented a cargo van and made 4 FULL trips! boxes and boxes of our own individual stuff and then comes the furniture. so while we did take (a lot) of audrey's stuff with us, it still took us from 10 - 11ish AM till around 7:30 PM to finish moving everything into our new house, this doesnt even account for the fact that we did NO unpacking or rearranging of furniture..basically, we moved everything in and left. JOEL is fantastic! he drove back from TO to help us move and then drove back the next day. so very nice of him...we left him Lindt chocolate as (a sort of) payment :D
~ anyways, complications with one of the old tenats who hadnt moved out yet and lead to her thinking we were loud, obnoxious people who wanted to take over the apt before her lease was up; and us(me) thinking that she was a slob who hadnt even started packing yet and couldnt pick up after herself. yar...i tried to vacuum the place before the others started moving in the furniture but couldnt understand why there were SO many pieces of: clothes, garbage, decoration, misc lying around when she was to move out in a couple of days and shouldve been packing. so started throwing out the garbage and taking out the garbage bags in order to clean and make room for ALL of our stuff; was later informed that we (I) was infringing on her privacy since technically it was still her place. ok understandable from her perspective, but partially..i was thinking: ok but im cleaning YOUR house as youre living in it, how is THAT fair? if you knew that we were gonna be moving in, logically wouldnt you move your stuff out of the way? oh well, misunderstanding on communication i suppose. s'all over now
~ we have our house/apt!!! it has so much potential! theres a landing at the top of the stairs that we WILL be turning into cushion heaven, tho so far its been a storage place for boxes..and rather dusty and cobwebby.
~ enclosed alleyway is so fantastic since it usually means that we dont have to lock our door during the day. still have to meet our (townie) neighbours but theyve not been a problem thus far. rather loud at times (which im at present attributing to the hockey playoffs...), but bearable. will have to get used to the traffic noises outside my window (cuz we're located RIGHT in the heart of downtown kingston) but i'll categorize it as ambient noise(in my mind) and hopefully it'll not bother me too much in the future.
~ so the apt is still in a working state: there are boxes in odd places, furniture that needs to be turned upright, places that need to be wiped, and carpets that need to be deep cleaned..vacuumed...something process that i cant remember right now but ive been blathering on about for the past week! duno how they lived..its so gicky. the carpet turned 3 shades darker after i ran the vacuum over it several times. it was quite appalling. Ly rocks cuz she cleaned so much stuff already before i moved in (for spring term). so am now slowly rearranging my room, unpacking and cleaning other parts of the house. its a slow process.
~ things that are FABULOUS about our apt: our "neighbours" downstairs in the bistro. i went with Ly downstairs to the bistro to get our mail(cuz its delivered there for simplicity sake) and met one of the workers there. Michael: so very nice, friendly, gay, and FABULOUS. he is just so cute, if youve ever watched Sex and the City, he acts just like Standford Blatch. meeting him for the first time, he proceeded to tell Ly and I about his evening at the opera with his partner...richest people in kingston..yada yada...good food...yada yada...very talented singers...yada yada...and painted a very vivid picture of all the fabulous gowns and jewellery some of the women were wearing. as Ly said, he couldnt have made a better first impression/ put on a better show for me. i love him, he is fabulous :D
~ OUR LOCATION is absolutely unbelievable(i'd use fabulous again, but i think im exhausting the word)! we're SO close to everything. shoppers the literally across the street, as is zellers. business depot is down the street, food basics isnt too far from that. the hospital is one street behind us, in case Li falls down the flight of concrete stairs (knock on wood) ;P, and very yummy restaurants/eateries all around. i love it!! the only bad thing is that campus is a full 15 min walk at a brisk pace, and there is no free parking - so you park on the street and feed the meter, or park illegally and plead to the judge that you are a poor student and cant pay when you get ticketed :D Still have to figure out the bus route since it runs RIGHT by us and takes us to campus directly...but i have another month to go and with the gorgeous weather now, i'd rather walk.
~ Spring courses: one of my profs is so FANTASTIC. she explained stuff with such clarity that i wonder why she didnt teach during the fall/winter term. im very happy with her...should be a good course.
~ finally an econ prof that is NOT asian. hes pretty. young, tall, British :D ...without the accent but with english tendencies/phrases/examples. quite enjoyable.
~ Kingston in the Spring: WHAT is with all these lil highschoolers wandering around? im sure theyre here for some sorta program cuz they have this flourescent lanyard/keychain hanging from their pockets. but..so annoying. well mostly cuz my classes are in maccory and the computers in there are always taken up by them such that i cant check my email in between breaks...hmm oh well. once again: why do the little girls look so skanky?? already! so sad. no older than 16 i would guess. it boggles the mind.
~ stupid insects! theyre like ants thatve developed wings and theyre EVERYWHERE! i guess its worse now cuz it just rained the night before but..yech! you never know where they are until you walk thru a whole column of them - flying around your head, and youre swatting the air like some mad woman. theres a good reason why ive never gone camping, nor have any real desire to. id get eaten alive. i loathe all those that i cant shoot dead with an arrow. bring on the pesticide.
~ been given the key to the boyz house and have been cleaning out their fridge! i know you guys read this! youre all insane..theres so much stuff in the freezer! but not much in the fridge...so unless you were all planning to have a BBQ sometime mid-june, s'all gone. woulda sent out an email but well...lazy so you can learn about it here. *smile* the house is so empty..its so depressing. but at least you know no one's broken in! so yay! for you.
s'all for now. dont expect anything exciting much will be happening here anytime soon. will be back in TO for some weekends but other than that..need to clean/organize house and study! midterms are in 3 weeks..insanity! but yes, do email me cuz that will likely be the highlight of my day :P
~toodles
so it's been awhile...will be even more so now that im here in kingston for the spring term and have NO internet at home and have to trek the 15 mins to campus to check my email.
whats been new? lets start at the beginning..for those at work..prepare for some major time wasting (and good money spent on your boss' account ;) Here we go:
~I PASSED MY G TEST!!! WHOO!!! bring on the reckless driving cuz i dont have to care till im 60! (or is it 65? anyhoo...) wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
~ went to fairview with Li last friday and shopped at H&M. that store is fast becoming my fav. place to shop! go check it out if you have time.. the men's section/selection is pretty slim however. oh and went to see "13 going on 30" - the new movie with Jennifer Garner. it was...hmm...a cheesy but cute movie. and more cheese and it wouldve been unbearable, but as it stands now i'd recommend going to see it as a "hmm what should we do now? we're bored and are so tired of walking around the mall, i know! lets go see a movie" -type deal(sarcasm works when its shorter, i know i know). but no, it's very predictable but very funny. makes you think back to those good ol' days of gr 7 and/or 8 when the mean, bitchy girls ruled the school...speaking of which, i also want to go see "mean girls". guilty pleasure? mmm perhaps ;) Lindsay Lohan is so much more tolerable than Hilary Duff, i find. something about HD makes her so...wasstheword...slappable.
~ oh! and Li and I both bought another HOOJ mug from Disney. im starting a collection..i have 2 now. hee. s'wonderful. why use regular sized mugs when you can have a HOOJ one? exactly.
~moving day in kingston: was PAINFUL. i will never be able to figure out how THREE people managed to accumulate so much STUFF (i hesitate to use the word 'crap' cuz..theyre all invaluable possessions...ummm yes). so anyways, we rented a cargo van and made 4 FULL trips! boxes and boxes of our own individual stuff and then comes the furniture. so while we did take (a lot) of audrey's stuff with us, it still took us from 10 - 11ish AM till around 7:30 PM to finish moving everything into our new house, this doesnt even account for the fact that we did NO unpacking or rearranging of furniture..basically, we moved everything in and left. JOEL is fantastic! he drove back from TO to help us move and then drove back the next day. so very nice of him...we left him Lindt chocolate as (a sort of) payment :D
~ anyways, complications with one of the old tenats who hadnt moved out yet and lead to her thinking we were loud, obnoxious people who wanted to take over the apt before her lease was up; and us(me) thinking that she was a slob who hadnt even started packing yet and couldnt pick up after herself. yar...i tried to vacuum the place before the others started moving in the furniture but couldnt understand why there were SO many pieces of: clothes, garbage, decoration, misc lying around when she was to move out in a couple of days and shouldve been packing. so started throwing out the garbage and taking out the garbage bags in order to clean and make room for ALL of our stuff; was later informed that we (I) was infringing on her privacy since technically it was still her place. ok understandable from her perspective, but partially..i was thinking: ok but im cleaning YOUR house as youre living in it, how is THAT fair? if you knew that we were gonna be moving in, logically wouldnt you move your stuff out of the way? oh well, misunderstanding on communication i suppose. s'all over now
~ we have our house/apt!!! it has so much potential! theres a landing at the top of the stairs that we WILL be turning into cushion heaven, tho so far its been a storage place for boxes..and rather dusty and cobwebby.
~ enclosed alleyway is so fantastic since it usually means that we dont have to lock our door during the day. still have to meet our (townie) neighbours but theyve not been a problem thus far. rather loud at times (which im at present attributing to the hockey playoffs...), but bearable. will have to get used to the traffic noises outside my window (cuz we're located RIGHT in the heart of downtown kingston) but i'll categorize it as ambient noise(in my mind) and hopefully it'll not bother me too much in the future.
~ so the apt is still in a working state: there are boxes in odd places, furniture that needs to be turned upright, places that need to be wiped, and carpets that need to be deep cleaned..vacuumed...something process that i cant remember right now but ive been blathering on about for the past week! duno how they lived..its so gicky. the carpet turned 3 shades darker after i ran the vacuum over it several times. it was quite appalling. Ly rocks cuz she cleaned so much stuff already before i moved in (for spring term). so am now slowly rearranging my room, unpacking and cleaning other parts of the house. its a slow process.
~ things that are FABULOUS about our apt: our "neighbours" downstairs in the bistro. i went with Ly downstairs to the bistro to get our mail(cuz its delivered there for simplicity sake) and met one of the workers there. Michael: so very nice, friendly, gay, and FABULOUS. he is just so cute, if youve ever watched Sex and the City, he acts just like Standford Blatch. meeting him for the first time, he proceeded to tell Ly and I about his evening at the opera with his partner...richest people in kingston..yada yada...good food...yada yada...very talented singers...yada yada...and painted a very vivid picture of all the fabulous gowns and jewellery some of the women were wearing. as Ly said, he couldnt have made a better first impression/ put on a better show for me. i love him, he is fabulous :D
~ OUR LOCATION is absolutely unbelievable(i'd use fabulous again, but i think im exhausting the word)! we're SO close to everything. shoppers the literally across the street, as is zellers. business depot is down the street, food basics isnt too far from that. the hospital is one street behind us, in case Li falls down the flight of concrete stairs (knock on wood) ;P, and very yummy restaurants/eateries all around. i love it!! the only bad thing is that campus is a full 15 min walk at a brisk pace, and there is no free parking - so you park on the street and feed the meter, or park illegally and plead to the judge that you are a poor student and cant pay when you get ticketed :D Still have to figure out the bus route since it runs RIGHT by us and takes us to campus directly...but i have another month to go and with the gorgeous weather now, i'd rather walk.
~ Spring courses: one of my profs is so FANTASTIC. she explained stuff with such clarity that i wonder why she didnt teach during the fall/winter term. im very happy with her...should be a good course.
~ finally an econ prof that is NOT asian. hes pretty. young, tall, British :D ...without the accent but with english tendencies/phrases/examples. quite enjoyable.
~ Kingston in the Spring: WHAT is with all these lil highschoolers wandering around? im sure theyre here for some sorta program cuz they have this flourescent lanyard/keychain hanging from their pockets. but..so annoying. well mostly cuz my classes are in maccory and the computers in there are always taken up by them such that i cant check my email in between breaks...hmm oh well. once again: why do the little girls look so skanky?? already! so sad. no older than 16 i would guess. it boggles the mind.
~ stupid insects! theyre like ants thatve developed wings and theyre EVERYWHERE! i guess its worse now cuz it just rained the night before but..yech! you never know where they are until you walk thru a whole column of them - flying around your head, and youre swatting the air like some mad woman. theres a good reason why ive never gone camping, nor have any real desire to. id get eaten alive. i loathe all those that i cant shoot dead with an arrow. bring on the pesticide.
~ been given the key to the boyz house and have been cleaning out their fridge! i know you guys read this! youre all insane..theres so much stuff in the freezer! but not much in the fridge...so unless you were all planning to have a BBQ sometime mid-june, s'all gone. woulda sent out an email but well...lazy so you can learn about it here. *smile* the house is so empty..its so depressing. but at least you know no one's broken in! so yay! for you.
s'all for now. dont expect anything exciting much will be happening here anytime soon. will be back in TO for some weekends but other than that..need to clean/organize house and study! midterms are in 3 weeks..insanity! but yes, do email me cuz that will likely be the highlight of my day :P
~toodles
