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[19 May 2006|08:58am] |
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This is just a short update to notify the f-list that I am moving to my other journal ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) amori_maris. If you haven't already done so, please add me! I shall post another reminder in the next week or so (for those of you that don't check very often or are on hiatus at the moment).
Much loff, Noah
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| Viva Las Vegas...or not |
[09 May 2006|08:20pm] |
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I am so groggy right now. I went out for lunch with tobiuslau and Nate, and I think I got waaaay too much sun. Which is strange considering that I just got back from Las Vegas, and though Vancouver is gorgeous and sunny right now, the heat is nothing compared to Vegas.
Which, I suppose, brings me to my trip. Just a little warning for those who may be planning trips with their friends in the near future: only go with someone you know and love well because if you aren't that close to begin with, the trip will not be as much fun as it could be.
( Sin City )
All in all, it was a good trip but I doubt I will ever go back (without a really good reason). I love the hotels but the city is hot and dry and ugly, and people smoke INSIDE!!! I almost died from the lack of oxygen. Smoking indoors is illegal in Vancouver and it should be that way EVERYWHERE. People were smoking in the malls right next to pregnant women and little children!!! So nasty. Don't they read about all the horrors of secondhand smoke? Since I do not smoke, I don't appreciate the lung cancer being forced on me. Gah.
The Saturday after I got back was Andrew's birthday. We were supposed to go out to a nice dinner with his family but he got food poisoning Friday and was rather ill the entire weekend. I got to baby him and eat all his cake :D He gots loads of clothes for his birthday (he loves nice clothes but never buys them for himself), and I'm going to get him new tires for his dirt jumper once I have money again (Vegas shopping drained me). He got a shirt from his brother that says, "My girlfriend says I ignore her. At least that's what I think she said," and his mom laughed and said, "We'll have to change that to 'wife' soon." I almost melted into the couch *grin*
Despite his aching tummy we had a good weekend biking around and playing hacky sack, and we finally got around to discussing wedding details. We just haven't decided on when to tell my mom what we are planning. We wanted to do it soon but next Sunday is Mother's Day and we don't want to make that day about us. So maybe the Sunday after (only day that we are both off work). We still have to go ring shopping, and we can't decided if it would be better to have ring first before telling my mom...what do you guys think?
Eek! This got rather long! For those of you still reading, thanks for slogging through my ranting. It's so good to get stuff off my chest. I've been trying to push it all aside (though tobiuslau and Andrew had to deal with me straight off the plane) but I really needed to vent *loffs you all very much*
Now, back to Mrs. Dalloway (ie, most boring book in the world...)
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| Almost over... |
[25 Apr 2006|08:13pm] |
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The ease with which I manage to put off studying is truly frightening. My Latin final takes place in less than twenty-four hours and yet the panic has not set in. I mean, it kind of has, because I freak out at anyone who is unlucky enough to be within twenty feet of me, but it hasn't because I haven't reached the cramming stage. Usually the panic will reach such a level that it overcomes the procrastination (BTW, the "cras" in "procrastination" comes from the Latin word for "tomorrow") and I actually start studying. However, this does not seem to be the case at the moment.
I was talking to Andrew earlier about my frustrating (ie. nonexistant) study habits, and he said that he expected me to be more stressed out about this exam because the last time I had an end-of-year language test was Japanese in grade twelve and I was apparently "unbearable." :P Then we realized that my Japanese exam had bearing on my future university career, while this exam won't count for anything (other than my course mark). Sigh. A whole entire year of pain and stress and grad school isn't even going to look at it. Which, really, works out quite well as I anticipate my final mark to be less than impressive.
Anyway, three finals down (all of which went rather well), and one to go, then I am done for the term! I start summer term on the eighth of May, but at least I have Vegas between now and then. I can't wait until Sunday...Last year, Andrew's sister bought some very cheap and adorable swimsuits in Vegas so I'm hoping for the same luck.
In the meantime, I'll continue to distract myself with wedding stuff and pray that I will be inhabited by the spirit of Cicero tomorrow night at seven pm. If anyone wants to see pretty (and bloody expensive dresses) go visit amori_maris (which means "for the love of the sea"). I love Latin :)
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| Calling my darling Fire-and-Icers!!! |
[13 Apr 2006|07:40pm] |
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My fellow Draco and Ginny lovers, I am working on a collage of our OTP that will essentially be a timeline of their lives and I need your help. I need pictures of the pair from infancy to adulthood. For their adolescence and adulthood I would like to use pictures of Tom/Bonnie and Boyd/Cintia. For their childhood photos I have no preference as long as the childrens' hair color is correct. I have a few images stored on my computers but I would LOVE any links you can give me to your favorite pictures of the pair. I am open to links to specific pictures (preferred) or entire galleries. I am not too fussed about the models matching perfectly because, let's face it, Tom/Bonnie look nothing like Boyd/Cintia. It's the hair that counts ;p
Also, I would like to include quotes in the collage. If you have any favorite quotes from the canon books, fanfic, poetry or songs, please send them to me! I need all the inspiration you can offer. However, nothing from Romeo and Juliet, please!
And if anyone feels like it, can you please tint my icon to make the girl's hair redder? I love her and would love to use her as Ginny.
Thank you so much in advance! A round of Mai Tais for you all! *is a little nostalgic for FAP*
Kisses, Noah
PS. If you want to send me pictures by e-mail, it's alais@mac.com
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| I know I should be studying but... |
[10 Apr 2006|07:19pm] |
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I am no longer an organizational disaster!!! I woke up at six, got my butt over to my doctor's office by eight and waited an hour for him to sign my stupid passport form. Once that was done, I rushed over to the license office and applied for my BC id. There was no line-up so I was out of there by nine forty-five and downtown by ten. Waited in the passport line-up for an hour, but after I got my number it was only half an hour until I got to put in my application. I was out of the the office and in my Starbucks by NOON!!! I am so proud of myself for getting everything together, and the best part is, my passport will be ready to pick-up on the twenty-sixth!!!
I'm going to Vegas!!!
*dances around my room with wild abandon (only not really 'cause my room is rather messy and I might step on something sharp and then be gimping my way around Vegas)* I am so excited; I haven't been able to study at all today, although I did finish reading the last of my novels for English (Dracula = fabulous; Possession = crap). I think I know what I'm going to write for my essay on Thursday for my epistolary novel exam; I'm going to spend tomorrow morning working on an outline. As for tonight, I am going to do nothing except relax and bask in the wonderfulness that is valid documentation!
I got my tax refund in the mail today so I can pay off half of my trip, and I have two more Starbucks paychecks and one library paycheck before I leave. It is very sad and shallow how happy money makes me but...meh, I like to shop. I plan to blow all my money on Abercrombie and postcards. And I think Tanya and I are going to spend one day at the Grand Canyon (Andrew is jealous, haha. That is what he gets for not coming with us). I can't wait; I haven't gone on a vacation since Andrew and I spent Christmas in Windsor, Ontario with his family three years ago (and Windsor is not exactly a vacation spot...we all almost killed each other).
And speaking of receiving fabulous things in the mail, paris_je_taime sent me a Babysitters Club postcard! It's so awesome and I'm all nostalgic for my books now. I think I sent most of them to the Philippines but I might still have a couple kicking around. She also put old Barbie stickers on it! I love Barbie; I wish people still gave me dolls for presents...
Ah, another segueway!!! Speaking of presents, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO MY DARLING COUSIN angeldusty!!! I am so sorry I didn't clue in on the actual day. But I wish you loads of presents and cake and laughter and love, and I hope that this year brings you many blessings!!! I love you, Jen!!!
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| I will wear this crown of thorns... |
[09 Apr 2006|04:11pm] |
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So another term is finally over...and I actually think I'm sad about this. It's strange because I hated this term, hated this year. I was so stressed out and tired; I didn't have a single day off since September; I wasn't doing well in my classes; I never saw my friends or boyfriend. In short, I should be ecstatic that it's all over and I can get my life back. ( Except... )
I'm in such a paradoxical state right now. On one hand, I'm so relaxed because classes are over (though I still have exams). But I'm also really stressed out because my friend and I booked our trip to Vegas already but I still have to apply for a passport and I don't know if it will arrive in time for the trip. I also don't have a valid picture id at the moment (my learner's license expired three years ago), so even if my passport arrives in time, I might not be able to pick it up if my BC id doesn't arrive first. Meeble. Although, Tanya went to Vegas in February and didn't need her passport or id so...I just hope everything arrives in time *fingers crossed*
I am such an organizational disaster :)
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| Greetings from the land of the Direly Ill... |
[21 Mar 2006|10:55pm] |
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Gah. I am so sick right now. I was feeling uber crap on Monday and had kind of lost my voice but I figured it was just something minor...until I spent the entire morning trying not to pass out over people's lattes this morning at work. I couldn't talk. I could scarcely hear. And let's not even get into the amount of bruises I now bear on my body because of my complete inability to walk. I would have loved to go home but we are already extremely short-staffed at the moment because, guess what? Everybody in the store is sick!!!
Bleh. Anyway, the nub and gist of this is that I am not going to school tomorrow, and I am going to let my poor exhausted body recover from the past few weeks. I handed both my essays in on Monday so I am done for this term except my Latin exam on Friday and my Shakespeare play in two weeks. *little shimmy of joy* And the best part is that I got both essays done four days before the due date!!! Which meant that I got to have a wonderful, stress-free St. Patty's weekend :) *schnoogles Ireland*
The Irish girl in me is incredibly pleased at the turnout for my St. Patty's/belated birthday celebration. All my nearest and dearest came out to shower good wishes upon me and my ancestral land, and babykarret even called from Toronto while we were standing outside in the line! 'Twas very lovely to hear her voice again after all these months and I can't wait until she returns in April. (Karen-Still haven't called Katie but if my voice returns tomorrow I'll give her a ring). I channeled my inner Slytherin and wore a green tank with silver writing across the chest and back, my jade snake pendant and of course, green undies ;) Sadly, I did not see any pretty blond boys ripe for ravishment. Anyone who cares, this is a hint of what to get me for my birthday next year: pretty blond boys, preferably with grey eyes and cheekbones like knives. Subtle, no?
I wrote this huge long post about my various birthday surprises (*loffs my darling friends who treat me far better than I deserve*) but it got eaten so...suffice to say that since March 5th, there has been much gifting, eating, drinking and dancing, and despite school being a first-class bitch I have had the best few weeks of my life.
Which is good. Because any moment now I might die. *coughs up a lung*
Anyway, I know that I've missed out on loads of posts and I'm so sorry that I haven't been able to comment but I love you all and care about how you are doing, so please fill me in on any fabulous new developments in your life! I want to bask in the loveliness that is my f-list *tackleglomps f-list* I hope you darling girls are all doing well :)
Gah. Waiting for the Nyquil to kick in. Isn't this stuff supposed to make you sleepy? I took it over an hour ago. How long until it takes effect...? Noah wants to sleep right now!
Maybe if she stops typing...and shuts down the computer...oh, the logic!
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| I'm in love with the world... |
[02 Mar 2006|09:40pm] |
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I am so hyper right now. I have been hyper all day and I really don't know why. I have a Latin exam tomorrow that I have not really studied for at all, but for some reason I do not feel apprehensive in the slightest. Aside from the seven hours I spent at work, I have done nothing all day except studiously avoid my textbooks. And I'm so hyper and happy and I haven't the faintest as to why. I think maybe my mother snuck something into my tea this morning. She's very fond of plying me with drugs.
I don't even know why I'm updating right now. I have nothing to say. And I really ought to be trying to study for Latin. Or at least finishing Dangerous Liasons for English tomorrow (instead of plotting out a HP-version with Draco and Pansy as Valmont and Merteuil).
I think I'll go organize my bookcase. Try to put some of this energy to use.
So sorry for the useless ramble.
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[24 Feb 2006|05:00pm] |
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It's a Friday afternoon. The sun is shining. It's fabulously warm. Latin let out early. Shakespeare rehearsal was cancelled. My friends are all out. My boyfriend is snowboarding. My mom is out with her friends.
I am sitting in front of my computer surrounded by various academic texts and trying to write...well, anything, at this point. Most pressing, my posting on Young Werther. Gah. I hate school.
But I talk about that all the time. So I shall make a futile attempt at diversifying this journal.
( Like my pretty icon?! )
( Babies and weddings )
Hmm...two whole topics aside from school. Possibly a new personal best.
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| Reading break love... |
[15 Feb 2006|11:13am] |
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The course schedule for this summer has finally come out and I think I'm going to cry. It turns out that all the courses I'm interested in taking are evening courses, most running from 7-10 pm. I am so upset. See, last summer, I took two 6 credit evening courses and almost died in the process. After it was all over, I swore that I'd never put myself through that kind of hell again. But now it looks as if I will have no choice if I want to graduate by November. *insert wailing, sobbing, ranting Noah here*
However, since I'm planning on only taking 9 credits this summer (as opposed to 12) perhaps I'll survive. And one of those courses is going to be Baxter's Kids Lit so maybe it won't be so bad. Especially if all goes well and I'm not working at Starbucks this summer. *fingers crossed* Part of the problem last sumer was that I wouldn't get home until almost twelve (campus is at least an hour from my house when the buses are on time) and then I'd have to wake up at 5:30 to get to work by 7.
I feel like I'm on the brink; this summer is going to be either 1. my final descent into madness or 2. the beginning of all my hopes and dreams
( More ranting about school and the future...feel free to skip the self-pity )
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| I want to fly away... |
[07 Feb 2006|06:12pm] |
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I have been eating all afternoon and I am still hungry. And it's not like I've been eating crap or anything; I've been eating good, proper, wholesome food and yet...I'm starving!!! I don't know what is wrong with me. It's probably all this studying; it's wreaking havoc with my insides. Stupid studying.
Not that I've really been studying though. I've been so distracted for the past couple days and I haven't been getting much work done. Thankfully, reading break is coming up in a week and I'll...well, I'll still have to study but I'll actually have a couple days off! Joy, joy. I have all these vague, fabulous plans of outlining all my term papers, learning all the new grammar for Latin, memorizing my King Lear lines...it all sounds so good in my head. Fingers crossed I'll even get a tenth of this stuff done.
I absolutely cannot wait for this term to be over. I love Latin but I am never taking another language course for marks again. It is so much more stress than anybody needs in their lifetime. Thankfully, Estonian and Gaelic don't seem to be offered in an academic setting. Yay for private tutors and learning at your own pace! My new Zen attitude towards Latin has degenerated into: "Well, my marks don't really count anymore because I've already exceeded the maximum amount of credits allowed at the 100/200 level so...I've just got to pass...preferably with a B...but a regular old 'pass' will do..."
I've decided that as an English major my upper-level English marks count the most right now and those courses are the ones I have to focus on. Plus, I have a really good chance of getting a grad-school recommendation letter from my 18C Lit professor if I keep up my good marks in her class.
Anyway, I must return to my Latin drills. I am very sorry that I never talk about anything other than school. I lead a very dull life, I'm afraid, and school really is all I ever do. I even untangle Latin declensions and revise essays in my head at work, which is probably why I'm always making the wrong drinks or walking into shelves. I'll attempt to be more interesting after I graduate. Until then, my apologies.
( Jen, I have a favor to ask... )
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| It's too damn early... |
[01 Feb 2006|08:12am] |
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I woke up at 5:50, got dropped off at the B-line at 6:50, got to UBC just after 7, and have been sitting at Starbucks doing Latin homework ever since. My brain is done for the day and I still have two hours until my classes even start. *falls over and dies from tiredness*
On the bright side, my brain seems to work rather well this early in the morning. I did my homework for today as well as the three drills we need completed for today and Friday. So, I'm actually kind of ahead. *dies again from shock* Sadly, that is only in Latin. I am direly behind in both my English courses and my Classical Studies class, and though I've got time to catch up on some of it now, I don't have any of my other books with me because I stayed over at Andrew's house and only brought my Latin text (which seems to accompany me everywhere these days).
If only this was a regular occurrence; I would never be behind in a class again. But even though I usually wake up at 6:30, I need an hour to jog, then an hour to get ready for school, and then an hour to bus out to school. So unless I'm getting a ride like today (and coming from a house much closer to campus), this excess of time for studying is never going to happen again. I also think it's the being stuck at campus thing too. I never seem to get as much work done at home but I hate being on campus so I always leave as soon as I can.
Today I will be on campus for twelve hours. Gah. Fingers crossed that it doesn't rain. I'm so sick of rain. It rained 29 days out of 31 in January. Two of the tines on my umbrella are broken; I really don't want to use it today.
I watched Match Point last night. Jonathan Rhys-Myers is very possibly the prettiest boy to ever be born on this planet. Seriously. He's so beautiful. And his nickname in the movie was "Irish"; it reminded me of Skoosie's Seamus and made me giggle each time I heard it. It's probably the standard nickname for an Irishman from an Englishman but it's still so cute. And Matthew Goode, who plays his friend, was very attractive as well. I love pretty boys. But pretty boys aside, it was a really good movie: rich dialogue, awesome fights (verbal, not action), beautiful cinematography and, of course, a simple yet stunning plot.
Does anyone know where I can find skating icons for LJ? Though I love my Buffy/Angel silhouette, I'm beginning to feel the need for a change. I'm mostly looking for Sasha Cohen icons (I love her) but I wouldn't mind icons of other skaters. Choice is always nice. Hmm..or Jonathan Rhys-Myers icons... :)
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| Cor te reducit |
[29 Jan 2006|10:24pm] |
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I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore...
I have spent the weekend reading the book that inspired me to take Latin in the first place, and I'm beginning to remember why I fell in love with the language in the first place. It all goes back to my adolescent preoccupation with death and the sort of arcane knowledge that Latin seems to pair so well with. As a dead language, Latin has something that other languages don't have - that sense of knowing something forbidden, or stumbling across ancient secrets. I know I still have a long way to go before I even get close to being able to translate actual texts on my own, but I'm remembering how to love that pursuit of knowledge again.
Magister Todd's passive voice drills never looked so glamorous.
I hear it in the heart's deep core.
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| Necabisne me, amabo te...? |
[11 Jan 2006|10:07pm] |
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( In mortem cado )
But enough about school! It is a new year and, though I didn't make any resolutions, I am all set to emerge from 2006 in a much better place than I was in at the end of 2005. I have been waking up an hour earlier than usual to keep up with my jogging (despite the crap rain) on school days, and this Friday (because I don't have rehearsals on Fridays) I am finally going to make use of my gym membership. Nattie and I used to spin every Thursday night but we haven't been back since the summer, and our memberships expire this November.
My room has been purged of old clothes, make-up, accessories, books and papers, leaving only what I use on a regular basis, and my fridge has nothing but healthy food in it (except my mom's not-so-secret chocolate stash). I know exactly what courses I have left to take before I can graduate, and I will be able to graduate this November, which means I can start working full-time this time next year! And hopefully, this summer I will either begin working or volunteering at a library facility; working, of course, would be preferable as I would like to be getting paid almost twenty dollars an hour just to shelve books. If everything pans out the way that I'm hoping, I will definitely need quite a bit of money before Summer 2007.
I really want to be in a better physical, financial and academic place by the end of this year. I want to be well on my way to a full-time career, expensive sheets, lavish vacation plans, my own home and all the things that come with moving on and moving up. I know this stuff happens gradually, and I know that eventually I will be in a position that I am happy with. By the end of this year, I just want to be able to see all the things I want peering over the horizon, to know that, someday soon, my yacht will come sailing in.
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| Silent Night |
[25 Dec 2005|01:17am] |
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Merry Christmas to the most fabulous F-list in the entire world!!! You girls have been such awesome friends over the past year (and more, for some), and I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with lots of food and lights and laughter.
It is past one now and pissing down rain outside, and everyone has just left my house. My mom has the tv turned to the midnight mass in Rome and my cat is passed out from too much fun with his new catnip toy. I myself am about ready to fall over from too much food and sheer exhaustion. In short, it has been a lovely Christmas :)
All is calm...all is bright...
Merry Christmas.
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