Top Ten Reasons I am glad exams are done (Before I forget)

One last post. I LEAVE TOMORROW!!!!

1) I can take a deep breath... not to calm myself down, not so that I can think a bit harder, but just to enjoy breathing air.

2) I can go somewhere without having to get somewhere.

3) Social interaction. Without feeling guilty.

4) That whatever happens, happens. I can no longer accept responsibility for the marker's bad judgement.

5) I can now abuse my body once again, without worrying about the short-term consequences. Playing way too many sports/doing too much for my body at once, lack of sleep, forgetting to eat, travelling too much... all things that sound negative, but I love doing them just for the heck of it, getting away with it, and recovering for the next round.

6) I no longer have to worry about using the wrong term or definition when explaining something. Instead of cognitions, I can say "thoughts". Instead of "perceptions" and "assessment", I can say "It sounds like this."

7) What I do in the next week, next day, next hour, next five minutes, no longer has long term consequences.

8) Now that I have achieved a new level of self-control, I can revert back into my normal out-of-control self and say "Look what I did last week."

9) As Jennie would say: "Exams is a time when meal time and snack time converge into one and we eat like a pregnant woman with twins." I am glad to be done. I really don't like the pregnant experience from what I've had of it. No offence to my cousin.

10) One word: Hygiene.

Music: Simple Plan - Perfect
Picture: Reverse evolution

I hate you. You make my head hurt.

So this is... goodbye?

Just thought I'd let everyone know, I'll be leaving this Saturday morning to head down to Calgary, and then down to Kananaskis on Sunday evening, where I'll be staying for the rest of the summer.

I won't have internet access every day. At best, maybe a few times a week. At worst, maybe a few times this summer. So, you can email me but no promises that I'll be able to reply right away!! Also, my cell phone will be out of service. Yes, I'll be in the boonies. A number I can be reached at is 403-673-2494. Ask for Peaches or leave a message. Yes, that is right. My alter ego is a fruit.

Anyways, I have three finals and a paper to write before Saturday. So... I probably won't have time to post again before I leave. Maybe I'll get a few chances to post this summer, but no promises!!! Other than that, can't wait to see you all again in September!!!

P.S. Orientation 2005.... YEAH BABY YEAH!!!!!

Song: Anna Lisa - Prozzak
Picture: Stupid lamp <-- a little late but I couldn't resist.

Musical Baton

So, Nina has now passed me her musical baton. Here it goes:

Total volume of music files on my computer: Around 1200 downloaded songs. Yes, like Nina, I am a music addict, and I believe in variety... so I can always find something to play that suits my mood... or changes it. Music is such a huge part of my life, my biggest concern for when I go to Kananaskis, is that I have to leave my computer (and hence, my music), behind. Meaning I can't change the songs on my mp3 player. It's a scary thought. What will I run to, then?

Last CD I bought was: So long ago. The Lord of the Rings soundtrack for the two towers.

Song playing right now: Falling by Ben Kweller

Five songs that I listen to a lot or mean a lot to me:
1.Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody. The first and only song that's made me cry all by itself. I honestly have no clue what it is about this song that makes it so amazing. I couldn't pinpoint it to a single thing, it just is.

2.Rascall Flatts - Bless the Broken Road. When I talk about good country, this is it. No matter how much I hear this song, I just love it. I think that's what makes a good song. The ones that last.

3. Rockapella - Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego. Maybe not a deep song, but it has such an awesome rhythm; you can't help but feel energized by it. I've loved it for a couple of years now and it's still a favourite, therefore, it gets a spot. It was one of the ones on my bike trip that kept me moving.

4. Apollo 440 - Can't Stop the Rock. Another song that belongs in the same category as the Rockapellas. Such an awesome beat... my favourite song on my bike ride.

5. The Killers - Mr. Brightside. The lyrics and beat are so creative and great. I'm sure everyone has felt this way at some point. I think I like all the songs by the Killers. They're all unique and creative in their own way... I can't compare them to any other band just because they're so original.

Other songs I feel are fantastic and must be shared:

Maroon 5 - She will be loved, Weezer - Island in the Sun, Stereophonics - A Thousand Trees, Pilate - Missed You Long Enough, Audioslave - Like a stone, Default - All she wrote, Eve 6 - Inside Out, Concrete Blonde - Joey, Wallflowers - Three Marlenas, Moulin Rouge Soundtrack - Your Song, Mandy Moore - Have a Little Faith, REM - At Your Most Beautiful, Googoo dolls - Here is Gone, Emerson Drive (Everything!), Edwin McCain - Could not ask for more/I'll Be, Usher - Yeah, DJ Otzi - Hey Baby (Uh Ah), DJ Sammy - Heaven, Coldplay - The Scientist, Stacie Orrico/Switchfoot (Everything!!), Three Doors Down - Here Without You

Holy. I like my music.

5 People I pass the baton onto:

Anita
Jamie
Lisa
Beth
Megan

Enjoy!!!

I particularily like this one. I have a thing for the underwater theme.

All about the lamp.

So there I was, rather sad and unmotivated, and getting sadder because I couldn't make myself feel motivated, spinning around in this vicious circle for almost a week. It was horrible. I had no idea what to do to stop it. I tried everything. I just needed something good to happen!!! And then it did!!
I got unrejected from MUGS!!!
I think it was because I scared Jenni, the mugs coordinator. I threatened to steal her lamp. Coercion by blackmail. I am indeed evil.

New thing learned:
Forget about valuables/first born/personal safety. Go for the lamp.

Song: Maroon 5- Myself
Picture: You really got to me

Unicycle Anyone?

I have recently been considering learning how to ride a unicycle. I think it would be fun. I would have to first consider the purchase of mucho padding, of course. And a new helmet. If I got good, maybe I could bike from Edmonton to Calgary.

....or maybe not.

So that was my random thought of the day. I am making waffles either tonight or tomorrow morning. Anybody want to come over? You can stay overnight or just come by in the morning. Either way, I'm definitely in the mood to welcome company!!!

Picture: Not done growing yet!
Song: Moby - Porcelain

Relief

Wow, *huge sigh of relief*. I just got awarded a bursary from the access fund. Such a load off of my chest. I've been panicking but telling nobody about how freaked out I have been about my financial situation... I have no idea when the last bit of my student loan is coming in, no idea when my paycheck from work is going to come in, but I do know that I have no room left on my credit card, rent was due yesterday, and there's a whole bunch of things I've been needing to get for school and before I leave in June that I simply couldn't afford. It's scary having no money. I was hopeful but not actually expecting a bursary, I thought they might say "you can pay off your credit card debt when you work this summer. You have no need for money."

This way I can actually pay off my credit card in the first month of work... I hate the idea of having any amount owing on it at all but that's just the way the cookie's been crumbling. Next year I plan on working two jobs and cutting back a bit on my course load so that I can not have to rely so much on student loans. Student loans suck. For anyone that has had them, especially those oh-so fun out-of-province student loans, they are a royal pain in a million different ways. They basically take mounds and mounds of paperwork, running around, reapplying, reassessment, and then waiting for years and years to actually get the money you've stressed and worked your butt off for. And no matter how early you get them in, they will always have problems with your application and take a month to send it back to you telling you to fix it. And then another month after you've resent it to them, they send it back to you again and you do all the fun crazy running around as quickly as possible so that you can (hopefully) get your money in less than three weeks. But it usually takes another month. Yuck.

Oh, the financial woes of a student. Life is rough. But someone stole my helmet.

So, this is a thank you to the student's union. You have saved my sanity (well, debatable, but saved a portion of it anyways). I LOVE YOU!!!!

-Jeanine

Music: Rockapella - Carmen Sandiego
Picture: The voices told me to