bleeding hands

and it is almost february ... already. time is just flying by, which means that the semester will soon be over, or that due dates are creeping up, or that playoffs are coming soon ... which ever way i decide to look at it. but maybe i should count down the number of days till reading week, which has me all pumped up for a few days of ottawa!! it will be the third time in one year, but definitely worth it.

right now it is 14C in my room according to the winnie the pooh thermometer in my room .. now i am not sure how credible anything by winnie the pooh is, but either way it is pretty cold in here. i know the entire house is pretty cold, the heater is broken, the landlord does not seem to care much, but when i came home this aft and opened my door, there was this cloud? of cold coming out of it, i think i could make a claim for the coldest room in the house. in any case ... makes you stronger right?

anyways, tonight i will be going to some economics careers night, which will probably have a great impact on my perception of the field in terms of my future, and so i am pretty excited, or worried? plus there will be free pizza, which is always a bonus. but for the couple of hours before that i will get some studying done, read up on some hockey news, and look up the new episode of prison break. hey, in my defense it is a good alternative to 24h of csi miami.

where is google when you need it? or don't need it ... maybe it is a message to have me do something productive.

song: di-rect - good thing AND eric prydz vs. floyd - proper education

to be a child again

snow fights and snow angles on the front lawn: never too cool for that

and ... drumroll please ... the heat is back on!

song: katie melua - nine million bicycles

smart one

again, it is has been a while ...

but as per usual it has been pretty busy, although not busy enough to warrant me weriting three posts a day. i thought right now i could straigthen my hair and update my blog at the same time .. it is not really working though. but leaving my straightener on for an extended period of time does have the positive effect of heating up my room a little bit .. which at 16C with a shitty furnace is always welcome. despite the cold i am glad winter is back, and the snow just makes the whole world look better. although i may not have that same opinion after i actually wipe out on the sidewalk. it was pretty close today, when i was so smart as to wear sneakers to school. but the slipping and sliding on the way home did bring back fond memories of ottawa and the holidays .. so it was not all bad.

i really have a lot of reading to do, but you can only take so much theory and discussion of religious tolerance in the ottomon empire ... i think that will be the reading theme for this weekend. at least i have the hockey game to look forward to tomorrow, especially as my favourites will be back.

this past week has been pretty fun ... mostly leading up to the belated birthday/all star party for jax, sherry and cindy. as much as we try to keep secrets from each other, it is pretty hard, plus after a week of lying information does not match up very well anymore. but i think altogether it was pretty successful .. except for the west winning the game of course. interestingly people like bringing over a lot of alcohol ... only thing is we dont drink much, in the end we have a cupboard full of drinks ... i guess for a rainy day? or for a day like today when the furnace is failing to keep up warm and we need to look for other sources of heat.

better get back to studying for a couple of hours, and then EM! should be good.

song: racoon - love you more (especially like this version)

lonely no more

this is the respect we do(n't) show Chara .. hehe

"they're all coming back to me ...."

after a weekend of being pretty alone, everyone came trickling back in. cheers to Cindy for coming over and visiting on friday and cheers to Julie for coming back early on Saturday! For other noteworthy happenings, I sat through quite some time of watching tennis on fridaynight, and rather enjoyed it. and shopping on saturday morning ... and then Skate Canada on saturdaynight and hockey! It was all quite a waste of time ... but rather enjoyous. Today was a day of many firsts. Some acrobatic stunts and extensive car pushing was quite entertaining.

Anyways, I don't have too many good stories or happenings to report on ... so i will lay off on boring entries. just thought i put out an entry for the week.

UPDATE: on the car story, let me refer you to the all the details ... good times!

song: take that- patience

ode to snow

beautiful surprise this morning: no school! just when i was getting worried about getting far behind, i got an extra day to catch up on readings and more readings. also had the chance to do a bit of shopping, clean my room, do some planning and make for the first time red cabbage for dinner . also, i was able to do four push-ups today which is quite an accomplishment seeing that i have never been able to do even one before. also realized facebook is getting out of hand, where i had only signed to get pictures from a friend of mine, and now have been added left and right. i don't do anything with it though. but still, i am one of them now. right now a neighbour is doing some extensive construction it sounds like, and as such i will do some more essaying before i call it a night. just wanted to praise God for his perfect timing (as always).

song: set the fire to the third bar - snow patrol ft. martha wainwright (again).

in the groove

it took me a while but i am back to my 'normal' self ... (although i had a lot of excitement to recover from over the holidays). these are my indicators =D

• have been listening to the same song(s) for the last two days
  
• back to tracking hockey, while studying (and suprisingly it has been effective)
  
• i tried to deny it, but i really miss him
  
• back to one cup of coffee a day
  
• obsessive need to clean and keep up with laundry
  
• and reading without actually reading
  
• only takes me about half an hour a day to go through my favourites list to check all "important" websites and blogs
  
• oh .. and i bought more bran flakes after i thought i could live on corn bran squares; i am back to the old stuff (that's what i call loyalty)
  
• appreciating mcmaster for two-ply toiletpaper and foamy soap
  
• and most importantly writing useless blog entries
  
• mood: mellow
  

song: make this go on forever - snow patrol (and interestingly i do .. with the repeat button)

answers

today: i realized that the satisfaction of completing something (ie. getting some work done) > than that i gain from slacking (ie. watching TV/surfing the internet)

although i already knew this; the 'ephiphany' translates into renewed energy to work hard and as such i am very excited

tomorrow: hockey day in canada!

upside down

pedal to the ice - after 40 minutes
after a 2-0 lead by the boston bruins i was sure that all was lost on the eastern front. i figured that as soon as i felt a bit confident about a playoff position for ottawa i would be disappointed (again) ... but then someone lit a rocket called the ottawa senators. and 5 goals followed.

Team 1200 - 3 stars:
3. Tim Thomas
2. Mike Comrie (the new guy)
1. Dany Heatley
Hardest working senators : Chris Phillips
Honourable mention: Anton Volchenkov (for blocked shots)

All-Star Starting Roster is out - and no rory.

i finally made a decision on the courses i want to take. now that is all figured out, it is time to get all my textbooks in order .... and get crack-i-lackin. well slackin' has been the word of the year, but like the senators i got some fire under my study rocket.

cheers to reaching my goal for marks last semester (finally i have them all)!
cheers to a senators win over the bruins!
cheers to mom and dad's anniversary tomorrow!

double cheers to SNOW!!!!!!!!!

song: solarstone vs. sirocco - destination

what is it good for?

"Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent. " - Keynes

new kid on the block

hennessy sure had his game face on this afternoon, scoring his first NHL goal. as such a shout out to him!

i have not updated much lately on hockey. probably a relief to some people, but here are some scores in the new year:
2-3 OTL against Atlanta Thrashers
6-3 W from Buffalo Sabres
2-3 L against New Jersey Devils (or Brodeur)
6-1 W from Philadephia Flyers

a good start? i am not sure. i hope it is good enough for a playoff spot.
oh and be on the lookout for my edition of 100 reasons why the sens are better than the lea(ve)s. note though that i have given myself a 4 month timeframe to complete this list ... and any help is always welcome!

anyways tomorrow i have early class so i wil make it an early night, for as much as that is still possible.

Monday - starting at 9.3o, where every line represents an hour:

ECON 2P03
HIS 2HH3
ECON 2GG3

ECON 3C03

oh and with regard to new kids on the block: a huge welcome to anna! you are adding to the cool (note here: top floor cool only). as for some other happenings: finally watched Mighty Ducks 3 on the weekend. and continued my search for the hat i want. i really am a woman on a mission as i have gone from store to store to store to toronto to ottawa to barrie to owen sound to hamilton. no luck so far, but i am hopeful.

song: new kids on the block -- new kids on the block. although i have never heard this song, or this band i figured it'd fit well with today's marginal theme. thanks for understanding.

reminiscing

although i never make new year's resolutions i have thought about it for some 4 days and i think i should try to spend my time a little (a lot) more productively. where productive means wiser. and wiser means a lot of things. in terms of academics, in terms of social circles, in terms of work ... but even more so in God's service. i want to be more faithful. more focused. less selfish and self-indulgent. with this comes to mind proverbs, and the hours i spend in catechism and memorizing verses. i remember specifically being frustrated with the idea, with the work i had to put into it, but with hindsight it has been more than useful. i don't only want this, i am also going to work towards this. so please hold me accountable.

"the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline" (1:7)

2007: meet the world

world: meet 2007.

back at school and ready to rumble. so excited, even if a few more days of holidays would have been nice. anyways, hopefully 2007 will be the year of acing classes, good grades, fun jobs, working hard, good moments, God's blessings, and many happy things ... among them a stanley cup for the senators?? hope so. let's just remember all things are possible.

song: snow patrol ft. martha wainwright - set the fire to the third bar