hey guys
fyi, chloe might come on thursday (i asked aaron if it would be okay)
joanne, i hope you heal soon. Have a safe trip!!
FYI, ubc pharmer interviews are held june 23-27-ish so make sure you come back!
I went to the symphony with Jon. It was kinda boring., I thought I would like it because i like feeling edumacated, but actually it's not my thing. I DO enjoy Bard on the Beach.
Jon and i went last year during the fire-works (which were EXPENSIVE) but it was really good.
We watched Taming of the Shrew last year.
This year, we're going to watch King Lear which is about daughters fighting for the king's good (in a nut shell). We're going during the previews (which are like dress rehearsals but cheaper)
See you guys on thursday
Have a safe trip Joanne.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Wisdom teeth
This post is more for Aaron, I guess, who's getting his wisdom teeth taken out.. Goood luck Aarie!! Well anyways, I don't know if it's too late to say this now but I had a really good oral surgeon. His name is Dr. Braverman and his office is at Oakridge.. Maybe you could make an appointment with him if it's not too late? So, anyways, for me he put both local and intravenous anaesthetics.. I was crying when I woke up. Apparently the intravenous anaesthetics can bring back sad memories, which it did. =( I was dreaming too in the middle of the procedure.. Well, it wasn't one of those typical dreams you have in your sleep but I was talking to myself in it. Weird. It didn't hurt within the first hour of waking up from the anesthetics but then it started hurting A LOT once it wore off. My wisdom teeth were growing at a weird angle and the doc. had to cut my bones off or something..>.> Unless your teeth are messed up like mine, I think you'll be fine. I highly recommend biting on some gauze for at least the first two days after the surgery (it reduces pain dramatically). More importantly, have an ice-pack ready as soon as you get out of the hospital!!! Yes, it's crucial, unless you wanna end up looking like Rumer Willis... Rinse with salt water regularly to prevent an infection.. Oh, and make sure someone is picking you up after the operation because I was feeling extremely wobbly and trippy..
Hey guys, this is Joanne. I'm so sorry I haven't been posting or reading on the blog. I am STILL not finished with my finals. Just got my chem mark. Eeek, it's what I expected so I'm not sad or anything but not too happy either. I am going away for two months at the end of April (only 1 day left..). I don't know if I'll have frequent access to the internet but if I do, I will post on the blog (promise!). My aunt's having a baby and she invited me & mom to go and help her out. I'm very excited about having a new cousin~ Aaron, I am very sorry to hear that you didn't get into UBC this year.. Maybe next time, huh? Have a great summer you guys.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
GAMES NIGHT THURSDAY!!!
WHERE: AARON'S HOUSE
WHEN: 1:30-2pm, THURSDAY MAY 1, 2008
WHY: SCHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL'S OUT UNTIL SUMMER SCHOOL!!
BRING: A BOARD GAME BETWEEN 1 OR 2 PEOPLE. FOR EXAMPLE: 1 GAME BETWEEN ME AND JON OR 1 GAME BETWEEN AARON AND KEM OR 1 GAME BETWEEN ANN AND M-ANN :D
SEE YOU THERE!
WHEN: 1:30-2pm, THURSDAY MAY 1, 2008
WHY: SCHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL'S OUT UNTIL SUMMER SCHOOL!!
BRING: A BOARD GAME BETWEEN 1 OR 2 PEOPLE. FOR EXAMPLE: 1 GAME BETWEEN ME AND JON OR 1 GAME BETWEEN AARON AND KEM OR 1 GAME BETWEEN ANN AND M-ANN :D
SEE YOU THERE!
sex, drugs, and metal
oh aarie, that sucks. what missing GPA requirements??? how long ago did they say they'd send something? i'd call them if i were you if it was a long time ago... grr. maybe something just didn't go through right. i don't know...
poop. if i were you, though i'd at least want to know why you didn't get into arts... y'know? i don't know.
how did your exam go, lily? well, i hope. rest lots now before organic chem!
so yesterday i took a study break and hung out with some of dan's friends since one of them that is from abbotsford (sp?) came into town (david bamford, for aaron and anyone else that may know him..?). i dunno. hanging out with them is way different from hanging out with you guys (duh). not quite uncomfortable, but... different. i don't want to say repressive but i'm going to say it anyways. less open, i guess. i spend most of my time with dan and sometimes you guys (in terms of social contact) and i guess i'm not really used to watching what i say too carefully. we had a debate on gay rights and it was kind of weird. dan didn't say much, i noticed. i asked him about it later because i initially thought that it was because matt and david and i were so into it that he couldn't get a word in. he said it was because david was pissing him off (he used the word "bigot" within his explanation), which i thought was kind of funny. but not in a funny-hilarious way... more like, i didn't know our debate was so heated. i don't know. i mean, i was pretty not aggressive... what's the word? assertive? i was pretty like, emphatic on the point that people should be able to do what makes them happy in their personal lives as long as no one is getting hurt without being judged and... i don't know. harassed? anyways, i really believe that but david kept bringing up not extremist, but like... i guess more demanding people and i kept saying that you find ridiculous people in any group, gay or not. there are like, environmental extremists, religious extremists, etc, but they do not represent the entire population.
anyways yeah. so of the guys i know that openly oppose gayness (i don't really get it. to me, it's not even an issue... it just is. it's like, "i oppose you existing! i banish thee!" wth?), they are (more than) okay with lesbians. or more specifically, lesbians in porn. just thought i'd point out the double standards and the shift in issues. it's like "well everything 'normal' is okay... and everything that 'benefits' me is fine. everything else, i'm going to condemn." i don't know.
i know this is probably not the best place for political rights discussions, but just had that on my mind and thought i'd bring it up. i was telling dan how if he was mad, he should have brought up some points. he said he was afraid he was going to end up yelling at david. but the thing is, i really do believe in change. not without effort, of course, but i really do think we can shift people's opinions... and maybe not superfundamental ideals, but we can always improve ourselves and i am really optimistic. dan used to be homophobic (slightly, i think), and i pointed that out to him.
we all have the capacity to change and open our minds to new things, different points of view. as long as we keep the notion of respect in mind, there is so much we can learn from others. david said he didn't understand how people could be bi and i gave a random analogy i made up to explain the way i saw it (ask me if you want; it will take too long to type) and he was like, "hey, you know, if you hadn't said that, i would have never thought of it that way myself." and in my head i was like yessss we're getting somewhere.
-chels
ps- sorry for the rambling post. see you guys soon. wish me luck for tomorrow! almost done!
poop. if i were you, though i'd at least want to know why you didn't get into arts... y'know? i don't know.
how did your exam go, lily? well, i hope. rest lots now before organic chem!
so yesterday i took a study break and hung out with some of dan's friends since one of them that is from abbotsford (sp?) came into town (david bamford, for aaron and anyone else that may know him..?). i dunno. hanging out with them is way different from hanging out with you guys (duh). not quite uncomfortable, but... different. i don't want to say repressive but i'm going to say it anyways. less open, i guess. i spend most of my time with dan and sometimes you guys (in terms of social contact) and i guess i'm not really used to watching what i say too carefully. we had a debate on gay rights and it was kind of weird. dan didn't say much, i noticed. i asked him about it later because i initially thought that it was because matt and david and i were so into it that he couldn't get a word in. he said it was because david was pissing him off (he used the word "bigot" within his explanation), which i thought was kind of funny. but not in a funny-hilarious way... more like, i didn't know our debate was so heated. i don't know. i mean, i was pretty not aggressive... what's the word? assertive? i was pretty like, emphatic on the point that people should be able to do what makes them happy in their personal lives as long as no one is getting hurt without being judged and... i don't know. harassed? anyways, i really believe that but david kept bringing up not extremist, but like... i guess more demanding people and i kept saying that you find ridiculous people in any group, gay or not. there are like, environmental extremists, religious extremists, etc, but they do not represent the entire population.
anyways yeah. so of the guys i know that openly oppose gayness (i don't really get it. to me, it's not even an issue... it just is. it's like, "i oppose you existing! i banish thee!" wth?), they are (more than) okay with lesbians. or more specifically, lesbians in porn. just thought i'd point out the double standards and the shift in issues. it's like "well everything 'normal' is okay... and everything that 'benefits' me is fine. everything else, i'm going to condemn." i don't know.
i know this is probably not the best place for political rights discussions, but just had that on my mind and thought i'd bring it up. i was telling dan how if he was mad, he should have brought up some points. he said he was afraid he was going to end up yelling at david. but the thing is, i really do believe in change. not without effort, of course, but i really do think we can shift people's opinions... and maybe not superfundamental ideals, but we can always improve ourselves and i am really optimistic. dan used to be homophobic (slightly, i think), and i pointed that out to him.
we all have the capacity to change and open our minds to new things, different points of view. as long as we keep the notion of respect in mind, there is so much we can learn from others. david said he didn't understand how people could be bi and i gave a random analogy i made up to explain the way i saw it (ask me if you want; it will take too long to type) and he was like, "hey, you know, if you hadn't said that, i would have never thought of it that way myself." and in my head i was like yessss we're getting somewhere.
-chels
ps- sorry for the rambling post. see you guys soon. wish me luck for tomorrow! almost done!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
I am more than you'll see / More than wanted
Right, so I just got an e-mail from UBC people about my application... and I didn't get into the School of Music, which isn't really surprising, seeing as how I didn't play my best at the audition. And ARCT doesn't really mean much anyway... it's how well you play. I guess it's just frustrating because on one hand, maybe this is a wake up call to say how I'm really not that good of a pianist. But on the other, I KNOW I can do better; I know what I'm capable of, and my audition paled in comparison to how I can really play. But obviously they didn't hear that.
As for my second choice, Bachelor's of Arts, I got another e-mail from them weeks ago telling me that I didn't have all the right GPA to get into that program... which sort of confused me a little because I always thought my grades were pretty good (if you don't look at my math mark... and chemistry 12 too). They said they'd send me a letter telling me what was wrong, but I still haven't gotten anything.
So. Looks like I won't be going to UBC next year. Hmm.
~~Aaron
As for my second choice, Bachelor's of Arts, I got another e-mail from them weeks ago telling me that I didn't have all the right GPA to get into that program... which sort of confused me a little because I always thought my grades were pretty good (if you don't look at my math mark... and chemistry 12 too). They said they'd send me a letter telling me what was wrong, but I still haven't gotten anything.
So. Looks like I won't be going to UBC next year. Hmm.
~~Aaron
Friday, April 25, 2008
Summer dies and it's just moments we have together
What's wrong with salt crystal lamps? How are they ew? And it's not like I was dying to have one or anything. I was offered it a bunch of times, and said no until the lady there practically picked one out for me to have. And I thought my mom might like it, seeing as how she has one in her room. Still, I don't see what the big deal is.
Kem went to the dentist a few days ago and he's getting his wisdom teeth pulled on Monday. I'm also scheduled for Thursday to get them out (only 2 of them though, since the bottom ones are apparently not there), but my mom wants to change the date to Wednesday. I'm so not looking forward to it, seeing as how I didn't have the greatest experience with getting them pulled out when i was 11 years old. I had two dentists who did it two different ways: the first one swabbed my teeth with a little numbing paste/cream thingy (i forget the technical name... antiseptic doesn't sound right), got a hold of some pliers, and yanked them out... while I was still conscious and everything. Hurt like hell. The second dentist gave me a shot where i became asleep and then woke up all groggy and my teeth were gone. I hope that's what happens this time. how did it happen for Dan? How about you, Joanne? Maybe you can all blend us some stuff, Master Blender. I don't have a blender here though.
So Ann's going to try and organize something this weekend. I don't know what everyone's schedule is like. Lily, you finish your last exam today right? You have anything you wanna do?
I had a talk with kem yesterday. I felt kind of bad after because he seemed kinda sad, and at one point, he started crying (just kinda teary). I don't think it was anything devastating, just that it's been hard to keep accepting my introduction as "a friend" when I'm not. There was a little more to that, but i won't get into it, as there kind of a lot to say. I will say that I wasn't sure if I made the right decision to tell him all these things or if I was better off just keeping it all to myself.
See you guys later!
~~Aaron
Kem went to the dentist a few days ago and he's getting his wisdom teeth pulled on Monday. I'm also scheduled for Thursday to get them out (only 2 of them though, since the bottom ones are apparently not there), but my mom wants to change the date to Wednesday. I'm so not looking forward to it, seeing as how I didn't have the greatest experience with getting them pulled out when i was 11 years old. I had two dentists who did it two different ways: the first one swabbed my teeth with a little numbing paste/cream thingy (i forget the technical name... antiseptic doesn't sound right), got a hold of some pliers, and yanked them out... while I was still conscious and everything. Hurt like hell. The second dentist gave me a shot where i became asleep and then woke up all groggy and my teeth were gone. I hope that's what happens this time. how did it happen for Dan? How about you, Joanne? Maybe you can all blend us some stuff, Master Blender. I don't have a blender here though.
So Ann's going to try and organize something this weekend. I don't know what everyone's schedule is like. Lily, you finish your last exam today right? You have anything you wanna do?
I had a talk with kem yesterday. I felt kind of bad after because he seemed kinda sad, and at one point, he started crying (just kinda teary). I don't think it was anything devastating, just that it's been hard to keep accepting my introduction as "a friend" when I'm not. There was a little more to that, but i won't get into it, as there kind of a lot to say. I will say that I wasn't sure if I made the right decision to tell him all these things or if I was better off just keeping it all to myself.
See you guys later!
~~Aaron
Thursday, April 24, 2008
wow i have not seen everyone in so long..it's not just that, i haven't even talked to you guys :( if anyone wants to hang out with me i have no school for another week and a half. i am definitely up for games night this weekend.
right this moment i am sitting in the SFU library with two bottles of wine. fun times.
chels, i have news for your brother. Owen (manager) told me that he can work for the Robson location if he wants cause they are the ones who need the most help. btw if he's looking for experience he'll get a butt load of it cause it's the most busy out of all locations.
ttyl, i'm attending a club event (hence the wine)
ann
right this moment i am sitting in the SFU library with two bottles of wine. fun times.
chels, i have news for your brother. Owen (manager) told me that he can work for the Robson location if he wants cause they are the ones who need the most help. btw if he's looking for experience he'll get a butt load of it cause it's the most busy out of all locations.
ttyl, i'm attending a club event (hence the wine)
ann
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
I was baking with my buddy and we only baked 12 cupcakes. STUPIDLY, I suggested to her to give a cupcake to her friend. After she gave a cupcake to her one and only friend (actually which is why i suggested to her to give her a cupcake) EVERYONE in class started to harass her for one.
I FELT SO BADDDD because I put her in an even worse position with her classmates than before!!!
Jon told me that if you give one cupcake away you have to give everyone one. SIGH. So i think we might be making 24 cupcakes next week.
I want her to have more friends but right now I"M NOT HELPING!!!!
Anyways, I have my last one on friday. Diane offered to lend me her Organic chem text. Of course I MUSt keep it in perfect condition but still it's free!!!
I'm not sure what we're going to do. Games night?
I FELT SO BADDDD because I put her in an even worse position with her classmates than before!!!
Jon told me that if you give one cupcake away you have to give everyone one. SIGH. So i think we might be making 24 cupcakes next week.
I want her to have more friends but right now I"M NOT HELPING!!!!
Anyways, I have my last one on friday. Diane offered to lend me her Organic chem text. Of course I MUSt keep it in perfect condition but still it's free!!!
I'm not sure what we're going to do. Games night?
yeah okay
next thursday sounds good.
no, good thing i wasn't there. i would have smashed your stupid night market salt crystal!!! well, maybe not. but i would not have taken one. ew. i can't believe you would even suggest that.
i have my exam on monday and i start class the next monday. so anything in between is good. and once the class starts, i don't know yet how much time i will have... lily and i are taking it together. i will have to see.
i wish exam marks were up! oh well. better study.
can't check my email on this comp anymore... is that weird or what? but dan checked my email at his house for me... it just keeps refreshing the page before i can see anything on it... but all other websites are working fine for me...
dan had his wisdom teeth taken out on monday and so i lent him my blender and have been blending ever since. everything you could imagine. okay, maybe not, but that's because he wasn't interested in having things like blended chips (not because i didn't suggest things). although he did let me serve him homemade lentil-broccoli-mixed greens blended soup as well as blended cereal and milk for dessert (both of which he, to his surprise, enjoyed!).
what do we want to do on thursday?
blender master
-chels
no, good thing i wasn't there. i would have smashed your stupid night market salt crystal!!! well, maybe not. but i would not have taken one. ew. i can't believe you would even suggest that.
i have my exam on monday and i start class the next monday. so anything in between is good. and once the class starts, i don't know yet how much time i will have... lily and i are taking it together. i will have to see.
i wish exam marks were up! oh well. better study.
can't check my email on this comp anymore... is that weird or what? but dan checked my email at his house for me... it just keeps refreshing the page before i can see anything on it... but all other websites are working fine for me...
dan had his wisdom teeth taken out on monday and so i lent him my blender and have been blending ever since. everything you could imagine. okay, maybe not, but that's because he wasn't interested in having things like blended chips (not because i didn't suggest things). although he did let me serve him homemade lentil-broccoli-mixed greens blended soup as well as blended cereal and milk for dessert (both of which he, to his surprise, enjoyed!).
what do we want to do on thursday?
blender master
-chels
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The hardest part was letting go, not taking part
Just writing a little thing while I'm waiting another hour and forty five minutes till my last class of the day at 1:00. Then after that, I'll be getting the rest of the week off and the entire next week as well, so there's that to look forward to. Kem is also done school; he just had his piano jury exam this morning and from what he told me, it went pretty well. They didn't ask him to play much of the hard stuff that he had been struggling with, which is a good thing. Hopefully I'll see him today. We need to celebrate the fact that we're both done.
So Chels, what did you think of EPIC? Wasn't really all that much fun. Oh, by the way, after you left, I went to Leah, and told her that there wasn't anything for me to do, and she placed me and this other chick over by the food area to stand at the garbage cans and tell people where to put their garbage. We did this for... oh, 2 and a half hours. It was really boring, and most of the time, there weren't many people throwing things out. When the thing finally closed at 5:00, we were then told to go around and ask the exhibitors if they needed any help with anything, particularly the big name ones (ie. Toyota, BC Hyrdro, Telus, etc.) to suck to them as sponsors and everything. Majority of the people told us they didn't need any help, or that they were managing. There was one stall (the salt crystal lamps... you remember that one?) who asked for our help, so there was that. The cool thing was that we (this other chick) were offered a salt crystal lamp to take home... for free! I chose this pyramid one, and the other girl picked out this round one. It was really nice of them, to say the least. It's by the window in my living room right now... you can see it when you come over. Too bad you didn't stick around, eh?
Lily suggested doing something next Thursday (not this coming Thursday). Any ideas, guys? How about a games night? Would that be okay with everyone's schedules? Earlier? Later?
for my portfolio short (the short film that we will be made/directed/produced and that will serve as sort of a sample thing), we're going to be filming it probably during the end of June-ish. And for my short, it's going to be set on a bus. I'm really excited because we've been talking about the entire project for a while now. If I need extras, do any of you guys wanna spend your time sitting down on a bus for a few hours?
Ah... it looks somewhat sunny outside. Finally.
Miss you guys. See you soon, perhaps?
~~Aaron
So Chels, what did you think of EPIC? Wasn't really all that much fun. Oh, by the way, after you left, I went to Leah, and told her that there wasn't anything for me to do, and she placed me and this other chick over by the food area to stand at the garbage cans and tell people where to put their garbage. We did this for... oh, 2 and a half hours. It was really boring, and most of the time, there weren't many people throwing things out. When the thing finally closed at 5:00, we were then told to go around and ask the exhibitors if they needed any help with anything, particularly the big name ones (ie. Toyota, BC Hyrdro, Telus, etc.) to suck to them as sponsors and everything. Majority of the people told us they didn't need any help, or that they were managing. There was one stall (the salt crystal lamps... you remember that one?) who asked for our help, so there was that. The cool thing was that we (this other chick) were offered a salt crystal lamp to take home... for free! I chose this pyramid one, and the other girl picked out this round one. It was really nice of them, to say the least. It's by the window in my living room right now... you can see it when you come over. Too bad you didn't stick around, eh?
Lily suggested doing something next Thursday (not this coming Thursday). Any ideas, guys? How about a games night? Would that be okay with everyone's schedules? Earlier? Later?
for my portfolio short (the short film that we will be made/directed/produced and that will serve as sort of a sample thing), we're going to be filming it probably during the end of June-ish. And for my short, it's going to be set on a bus. I'm really excited because we've been talking about the entire project for a while now. If I need extras, do any of you guys wanna spend your time sitting down on a bus for a few hours?
Ah... it looks somewhat sunny outside. Finally.
Miss you guys. See you soon, perhaps?
~~Aaron
Monday, April 21, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
hi guys
sorry aaron...i did read the blog but i didnt want to be the first one to say that i can't go...because i felt bad.
i hope you had a good time though.
fortunately my finals are pretty spread out..like 4 or 5 days apart..so i'm glad..
good luck everyone on your finals.
i'm waiting to receive an email from my little buddy's teacher to know whether or not i need to go and see her..
sorry aaron...i did read the blog but i didnt want to be the first one to say that i can't go...because i felt bad.
i hope you had a good time though.
fortunately my finals are pretty spread out..like 4 or 5 days apart..so i'm glad..
good luck everyone on your finals.
i'm waiting to receive an email from my little buddy's teacher to know whether or not i need to go and see her..
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
week of doom
hey guys (mainly aaron)
just so you know (aarie, although i'm sure you've figure by now), last week was lily's and joanne's and my last week of class. exams run until the end of the month (although i think lily and jo finish a bit before the end). jo and lily and i have an exam today for chem (worth 70% of our mark...)
but yeah. sorry i haven't been posting. i've been reading. just don't have much to say as all i've been doing for the past week is meeting deadlines and studying for chem (not exactly exciting). this week's gonna be a bit tough for me because i've got chem today, stats tomorrow, and fnh (nutrition course) on friday. and i've only studied for chem so far (because i want to do really well! of course)... and i'm a bit nervous. just a bit. but that's unusual for me. don't usually get nervous for exams... not too much, at least. dan's coming over in a couple hours to escort me to school (i've got a heavy backpack and a laptop to carry to school today... plus i wouldn't mind his company in my hour of doom!).
our exam is at noon, wish us luck!
sorry i couldn't make it to your screening on friday, aarie. i actually and really have been studying (as opposed to fake studying). so at least you know i wasn't having fun without you. unless you think spectroscopy is fun. which lily and joanne may agree with but...
yeah, sorry. rambling. need to do a bit of review this morning.
miss you guys.
ann, i have money for you now. well not right now. i did for over a week, but then yesterday i had to study on campus and got hungry so i bought a couple bagels... but yeah. i'll pay you back next time i see you.
lily and jo, if either of you happen to see this before noon, good luck! i really hope you guys do well; i know you've been studying hard! you too ann, if you ever read this and whenever you have your exams!
have a good day, everyone, (enjoy the sun!)
-chels
ps- for some reason, before scary exams (i guess such as this one) i feel like i'm going to die or something. just... drop dead. of apprehension?? i don't know. so i have to keep pushing myself "it'll be over in blank hours, in blank hours, you'll be done all of this... it's gonna be okay..." somehow. it keeps me sane. i feel like if i don't do that, then... i don't know. i might just think that exams will never end and i will snap? no idea. anyways, just random. good luck everyone!!!
just so you know (aarie, although i'm sure you've figure by now), last week was lily's and joanne's and my last week of class. exams run until the end of the month (although i think lily and jo finish a bit before the end). jo and lily and i have an exam today for chem (worth 70% of our mark...)
but yeah. sorry i haven't been posting. i've been reading. just don't have much to say as all i've been doing for the past week is meeting deadlines and studying for chem (not exactly exciting). this week's gonna be a bit tough for me because i've got chem today, stats tomorrow, and fnh (nutrition course) on friday. and i've only studied for chem so far (because i want to do really well! of course)... and i'm a bit nervous. just a bit. but that's unusual for me. don't usually get nervous for exams... not too much, at least. dan's coming over in a couple hours to escort me to school (i've got a heavy backpack and a laptop to carry to school today... plus i wouldn't mind his company in my hour of doom!).
our exam is at noon, wish us luck!
sorry i couldn't make it to your screening on friday, aarie. i actually and really have been studying (as opposed to fake studying). so at least you know i wasn't having fun without you. unless you think spectroscopy is fun. which lily and joanne may agree with but...
yeah, sorry. rambling. need to do a bit of review this morning.
miss you guys.
ann, i have money for you now. well not right now. i did for over a week, but then yesterday i had to study on campus and got hungry so i bought a couple bagels... but yeah. i'll pay you back next time i see you.
lily and jo, if either of you happen to see this before noon, good luck! i really hope you guys do well; i know you've been studying hard! you too ann, if you ever read this and whenever you have your exams!
have a good day, everyone, (enjoy the sun!)
-chels
ps- for some reason, before scary exams (i guess such as this one) i feel like i'm going to die or something. just... drop dead. of apprehension?? i don't know. so i have to keep pushing myself "it'll be over in blank hours, in blank hours, you'll be done all of this... it's gonna be okay..." somehow. it keeps me sane. i feel like if i don't do that, then... i don't know. i might just think that exams will never end and i will snap? no idea. anyways, just random. good luck everyone!!!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Being afraid of the Easter bunny
First of all... ANN!! You're back! From the dead...
Even if things don't work between me and Kem, we'll still be friends, and I know he means that. And when we were first getting to know each other, I think it was pretty easy to tell that we would be friends when got along well and had lots of things in common. I don't know about the best friends part, but I do know we can be good friends. I guess that's still too early to say since I'm still getting to know him, and him me.
What's with your four sentence post, Lily? Care to elaborate, or just be vague? I'll think about the Easter seals thing.
Chels, for the EPIC thing, they put as a Floater on the later Sunday shift, even though I didn't sign up for that time (but I can definitely still go and everything). Do you think I should change it so we'll be there at the same time?
Ann: Let's go meet Jeff sometime. He is cool.
Finally, I'll post this again, since no one answered it last time. Anyone want to come with me to the screening of my (and everyone else's) short documentaries tomorrow? It starts at 7:00.
Okay, that's it.
~~Aaron
Even if things don't work between me and Kem, we'll still be friends, and I know he means that. And when we were first getting to know each other, I think it was pretty easy to tell that we would be friends when got along well and had lots of things in common. I don't know about the best friends part, but I do know we can be good friends. I guess that's still too early to say since I'm still getting to know him, and him me.
What's with your four sentence post, Lily? Care to elaborate, or just be vague? I'll think about the Easter seals thing.
Chels, for the EPIC thing, they put as a Floater on the later Sunday shift, even though I didn't sign up for that time (but I can definitely still go and everything). Do you think I should change it so we'll be there at the same time?
Ann: Let's go meet Jeff sometime. He is cool.
Finally, I'll post this again, since no one answered it last time. Anyone want to come with me to the screening of my (and everyone else's) short documentaries tomorrow? It starts at 7:00.
Okay, that's it.
~~Aaron
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
i hope things are going okay for you and john, lily. remember your fantasy? well, it might just come true.
aaron, i don't have any advice to give you that chels and lily haven't given you already. i guess you'll just have to hang out with us instead till the 22nd.
i guess for me it's a different story. i don't see sunny as someone i'm gonna have a long term relationship with, for personal and parental reasons..i agree with what chelsea said about your boyfriend being your best friend, and i just can't see me and him becoming best friends. i think we are two different people, which sometimes can be good (opposites attract, as they say) but i haven't felt that he's anything special yet..but at the same time, i like spending time with him and the casualness in our relationship is saving me from alot of the work involved in building serious relationships..plus he's pretty cute (i think) i'm pretty confused as to what to do, just trying not to think about it around exam time.
i find that i often think about other problems in the world when i'm really stressed, this kinda makes what i'm stressing over seem insignificant and makes me feel better.
hope everything is going well for people, i didn't post for a long time cause i had nothing to say. plus i could just call you guys up and tell you instead. good luck on exams and relationship drama and whatever you've got coming your way
ann
aaron, i don't have any advice to give you that chels and lily haven't given you already. i guess you'll just have to hang out with us instead till the 22nd.
i guess for me it's a different story. i don't see sunny as someone i'm gonna have a long term relationship with, for personal and parental reasons..i agree with what chelsea said about your boyfriend being your best friend, and i just can't see me and him becoming best friends. i think we are two different people, which sometimes can be good (opposites attract, as they say) but i haven't felt that he's anything special yet..but at the same time, i like spending time with him and the casualness in our relationship is saving me from alot of the work involved in building serious relationships..plus he's pretty cute (i think) i'm pretty confused as to what to do, just trying not to think about it around exam time.
i find that i often think about other problems in the world when i'm really stressed, this kinda makes what i'm stressing over seem insignificant and makes me feel better.
hope everything is going well for people, i didn't post for a long time cause i had nothing to say. plus i could just call you guys up and tell you instead. good luck on exams and relationship drama and whatever you've got coming your way
ann
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
hey guys
aaron: as you've said before and chels touched upon it too, you should be honest with your partner. At the same time, i don't think you should push him too much because if you care for him you should realize that studying is important to him. let him know how you feel and both of you should make compromises...like seeing him less than usually but at least you still get to see him right?? Because in a relationship it's not all about you.
Chels: in terms of your depression and morality, we actually did talk about it in psych. It's normal to feel depressed when you're thinking about how you're impacting the world globally or even when you're thinking about people who live with a low standard of living and how they suffer,,,for example. I used to be like that but I think you'll eventually realize that there are things that you can do to combat that feeling like volunteering and just helping people out whenever you can.
That doesn't mean that you should give money to those living on the street every time they ask, but just be open minded when you're near them and stuff like that. You can make a small difference, but difference nonetheless when you're volunteering. Before, i would be depressed because i would feel like i'm not contributing to the needy on a larger scale but any time i volunteer, I know that I am contributing something.
Of course it would be nice and dandy to make a big difference on a worldwide scale but you need to start somewhere, right?
Anyways cheer up because you're contributing to the lives of children with disabilities by partaking and fundraising for the easter seal :D
P.S Aaron and Joanne, would you like to donate money to fund a summer camp for children with disabilities? ???
Take care,
Lily
aaron: as you've said before and chels touched upon it too, you should be honest with your partner. At the same time, i don't think you should push him too much because if you care for him you should realize that studying is important to him. let him know how you feel and both of you should make compromises...like seeing him less than usually but at least you still get to see him right?? Because in a relationship it's not all about you.
Chels: in terms of your depression and morality, we actually did talk about it in psych. It's normal to feel depressed when you're thinking about how you're impacting the world globally or even when you're thinking about people who live with a low standard of living and how they suffer,,,for example. I used to be like that but I think you'll eventually realize that there are things that you can do to combat that feeling like volunteering and just helping people out whenever you can.
That doesn't mean that you should give money to those living on the street every time they ask, but just be open minded when you're near them and stuff like that. You can make a small difference, but difference nonetheless when you're volunteering. Before, i would be depressed because i would feel like i'm not contributing to the needy on a larger scale but any time i volunteer, I know that I am contributing something.
Of course it would be nice and dandy to make a big difference on a worldwide scale but you need to start somewhere, right?
Anyways cheer up because you're contributing to the lives of children with disabilities by partaking and fundraising for the easter seal :D
P.S Aaron and Joanne, would you like to donate money to fund a summer camp for children with disabilities? ???
Take care,
Lily
thinking hurts
i know what you mean, aarie... dan's majoring (at least for now) in sociology and he analyzes a lot of media related stuff, etc. in his spare time, he reads stuff like the communist manifesto and no logo... he says from what he learns in class, it sometimes makes him depressed.
a while back, i was feeling pretty sad and was thinking about global issues, what i can do, blah blah blah the regular depressed stuff (or at least for me, i shouldn't just speak for everyone) and was thinking... y'know, i don't, in my everyday routine, think about all this. it's only when i stop to think or something triggers me to think about this stuff. and whenever i think about that stuff, it makes me depressed. because i'm acknowledging the crap state things are in.
...which led me to think about how "depression" is seen as a medical condition (ie, if you're depressed, you're not "normal" or "healthy"). the thing is, i sometimes feel like the only time i'm actually being "morally rational" (like, i make sense, morally. i just made that up...) is when i am depressed. like, how normal is it to be like, "oh well, starving people and subhumane living conditions." it's what we do to get through the day, but like... it just doesn't seem rational (assuming we are "moral" beings). it's not normal, i say!!! (perhaps lily can expand on this through her psychological expertise? maybe? i don't know if this is something you've talked about in psych...)
but yeah, like, everyday, at least i (again, don't want to overgeneralize) tend to focus on the immediate and personal... my paper due next week, my boyfriend is mad at me, etc. but when i'm depressed, i think of things in a "bigger picture" perspective... which seems more "normal" to me than self-absorption and stressing over stupid things like "my parents won't let me go to that party..." etc
so yeah, basically what i'm suggesting is that being depressed isn't all bad? depends what kind, i guess... but yeah. thinking critically is not a bad thing, in my opinion.
as for kem, well... it depends on your outlook, i guess. i don't want to define your relationship or tell you what to do, but for me, dan is my best friend first, and my boyfriend second. i tell him everything (even the everyday-not-so-glam-chels stuff! "this stuff exists?!" you ask? yes. it's true...) and let him know what's bothering me. if i want to be with him long term (and vice versa) then we have to be willing to be honest (though tact is recommended!) with each other. how can i trust him if i feel like he's holding back and not telling me things? how can we have an open relationship when he (or i) only tells me (or tell him) good things? how can i trust what he says/his opinion? and again, not suggesting this is the solution for you or anything, but just saying, for me, if i were in your situation and i asked for more time and he dumped me (just an example of ridiculous things), i would, of course, be sad immediately, but ultimately, would i want to stay with a guy who doesn't care about my needs/wants? nope, he can go and screw his self-absorbed-selfness. if i'm going to stay with one guy, he's got to realize what he's got going for him (me, or you, whichever applies) and appreciate that.
lily, oh okay, that makes sense. thanks :)
no one else gets an addressing because you have not posted recently!
sorry your addressing is so short, lily. don't mean to. if you ever have something i can digress on (controversial issues, etc) then i will talk more. oh, maybe i will also say thanks for coming to women in science with me and asking me to do the run!
that's all.
-chels
a while back, i was feeling pretty sad and was thinking about global issues, what i can do, blah blah blah the regular depressed stuff (or at least for me, i shouldn't just speak for everyone) and was thinking... y'know, i don't, in my everyday routine, think about all this. it's only when i stop to think or something triggers me to think about this stuff. and whenever i think about that stuff, it makes me depressed. because i'm acknowledging the crap state things are in.
...which led me to think about how "depression" is seen as a medical condition (ie, if you're depressed, you're not "normal" or "healthy"). the thing is, i sometimes feel like the only time i'm actually being "morally rational" (like, i make sense, morally. i just made that up...) is when i am depressed. like, how normal is it to be like, "oh well, starving people and subhumane living conditions." it's what we do to get through the day, but like... it just doesn't seem rational (assuming we are "moral" beings). it's not normal, i say!!! (perhaps lily can expand on this through her psychological expertise? maybe? i don't know if this is something you've talked about in psych...)
but yeah, like, everyday, at least i (again, don't want to overgeneralize) tend to focus on the immediate and personal... my paper due next week, my boyfriend is mad at me, etc. but when i'm depressed, i think of things in a "bigger picture" perspective... which seems more "normal" to me than self-absorption and stressing over stupid things like "my parents won't let me go to that party..." etc
so yeah, basically what i'm suggesting is that being depressed isn't all bad? depends what kind, i guess... but yeah. thinking critically is not a bad thing, in my opinion.
as for kem, well... it depends on your outlook, i guess. i don't want to define your relationship or tell you what to do, but for me, dan is my best friend first, and my boyfriend second. i tell him everything (even the everyday-not-so-glam-chels stuff! "this stuff exists?!" you ask? yes. it's true...) and let him know what's bothering me. if i want to be with him long term (and vice versa) then we have to be willing to be honest (though tact is recommended!) with each other. how can i trust him if i feel like he's holding back and not telling me things? how can we have an open relationship when he (or i) only tells me (or tell him) good things? how can i trust what he says/his opinion? and again, not suggesting this is the solution for you or anything, but just saying, for me, if i were in your situation and i asked for more time and he dumped me (just an example of ridiculous things), i would, of course, be sad immediately, but ultimately, would i want to stay with a guy who doesn't care about my needs/wants? nope, he can go and screw his self-absorbed-selfness. if i'm going to stay with one guy, he's got to realize what he's got going for him (me, or you, whichever applies) and appreciate that.
lily, oh okay, that makes sense. thanks :)
no one else gets an addressing because you have not posted recently!
sorry your addressing is so short, lily. don't mean to. if you ever have something i can digress on (controversial issues, etc) then i will talk more. oh, maybe i will also say thanks for coming to women in science with me and asking me to do the run!
that's all.
-chels
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Staring at a faded memory
For my tv script I'm writing on Lost, I've done lots of reading about characters, places, objects, and all that stuff related to the series to make my script more "lost-y". I've also been reading up on theories about why things are so weird on and off the island, many of which deal with fate. Is fate responsible for our actions? Are our lives pre-determined, and if so, is there any way to change it? And a few weeks ago, we were studying The Matrix and themes around reality. What is real? How is something real determined, when it is merely what your brain and senses interpret? And if that's so, is everything just in our heads? I really like all this philosophical stuff... but definitely makes me question my own life as well as the world around me. I don't know what to trust.
I remember when I was hanging out with you guys and Chels asked, "Wouldn't it be weird if all this time, your friends weren't actually real?" And of course we all thought that was crazy. Were we all meant to be friends?
i don't know what the point of all of this is. I guess I'm just busy contemplating things, which inadvertently make me kinda depressed... combined with the fact that I see Kem all of 2 times a week, at the very most. His piano exam is coming up in about two weeks, and he'd like to stay home the entire two weeks and just practice for it since he thinks he's screwed for it. This means I'll probably see him even less now, despite him telling me that I can still go over to his house and hang out with him for a bit. I mean, I completely understand because I know what it's like to feel screwed, especially for a piano exam, but I guess I also feel like I want a little bit more time, even though he says he'll be completely free after the 22nd (which is his exam day).
A friend told me to talk to him about it, and I have... sort of. At first, I didn't want to ask him for more time because I thought it might sound needy/whiny, but my friend said that when it comes to relationships, it shouldn't be like that. And besides, I don't even see him very much at all. Maybe I'm just a little too passive when it comes to these kinds of things. Sigh.
When Jeremy came over today to pick up your notes, Chels, it was kinda funny cuz he just stood there and said, "Uh..." but I spared him the awkwardness by handing him the book right away. Ah... he's so big now! I remember when he was just a wee lad... haha
We're having an official-ish kind of screening thing for the documentries that we made in part of YouthCO and the NFB on Friday. It starts at 7:00, and we're allowed to bring some friends. Anyone want to come?
~~Aaron
I remember when I was hanging out with you guys and Chels asked, "Wouldn't it be weird if all this time, your friends weren't actually real?" And of course we all thought that was crazy. Were we all meant to be friends?
i don't know what the point of all of this is. I guess I'm just busy contemplating things, which inadvertently make me kinda depressed... combined with the fact that I see Kem all of 2 times a week, at the very most. His piano exam is coming up in about two weeks, and he'd like to stay home the entire two weeks and just practice for it since he thinks he's screwed for it. This means I'll probably see him even less now, despite him telling me that I can still go over to his house and hang out with him for a bit. I mean, I completely understand because I know what it's like to feel screwed, especially for a piano exam, but I guess I also feel like I want a little bit more time, even though he says he'll be completely free after the 22nd (which is his exam day).
A friend told me to talk to him about it, and I have... sort of. At first, I didn't want to ask him for more time because I thought it might sound needy/whiny, but my friend said that when it comes to relationships, it shouldn't be like that. And besides, I don't even see him very much at all. Maybe I'm just a little too passive when it comes to these kinds of things. Sigh.
When Jeremy came over today to pick up your notes, Chels, it was kinda funny cuz he just stood there and said, "Uh..." but I spared him the awkwardness by handing him the book right away. Ah... he's so big now! I remember when he was just a wee lad... haha
We're having an official-ish kind of screening thing for the documentries that we made in part of YouthCO and the NFB on Friday. It starts at 7:00, and we're allowed to bring some friends. Anyone want to come?
~~Aaron
Saturday, April 05, 2008
the end is near
...the end of the winter session that it!
hmm yeah. at dan's house (surprise, surprise) but his friend randomly came over so i'm just at the computer. i finished my quiz and my main part of the group assignment i have due next week so i wanted to work on my application for my major, but my brain is so tired that i cannot write at all. not coherently, at least.
my brain in completely blank. thinking of nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing... just totally empty. i don't know what to say or do right now. feel kind of peaceful, but also kind of useless.
so... yeah. i was surfing the net and randomly just looked up bus times a second ago. WTH?!
i think i will stop here so as to spare you all my confused yet boring antics...
-chels
hmm yeah. at dan's house (surprise, surprise) but his friend randomly came over so i'm just at the computer. i finished my quiz and my main part of the group assignment i have due next week so i wanted to work on my application for my major, but my brain is so tired that i cannot write at all. not coherently, at least.
my brain in completely blank. thinking of nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing... just totally empty. i don't know what to say or do right now. feel kind of peaceful, but also kind of useless.
so... yeah. i was surfing the net and randomly just looked up bus times a second ago. WTH?!
i think i will stop here so as to spare you all my confused yet boring antics...
-chels
Thursday, April 03, 2008
so "storm the wall" took place this week.
I was just thinking, next year when dan and aaron go to ubc, i think we should all do it...essentially there is a running, biking, swimming portion of the race that you assign a group member to do. After your group mate finishes running, let's say, then the next person can start biking...like a relay (i think).
Anyways i think it would be fun...also me (and chels?) can make neon coloured outfits...just because.
just an idea
I was just thinking, next year when dan and aaron go to ubc, i think we should all do it...essentially there is a running, biking, swimming portion of the race that you assign a group member to do. After your group mate finishes running, let's say, then the next person can start biking...like a relay (i think).
Anyways i think it would be fun...also me (and chels?) can make neon coloured outfits...just because.
just an idea
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
aaron i wasn't THAT serious. Obviously i know that it was my choice and OBVIOUSLY i don't expect either you, ann or joanne for that matter to "put your life on hold" for me. It was just a comment. Don't go nuts!
Also, if you want to tell me about your "sex life" - existent or not- i don't really care but my earlier statement wasn't to implicitly ask you if you did or didn't. If i wanted to know i would ask
I guess at the moment of the post i was sort of still in the "we've been together for longer so you can't do anything that i haven't done first" mode. But actually it was very silly of me to type that so i retract it. Because like you said, it was my own choice that shouldn't affect neither your's, ann's or joanne's. I'm still proud that me and jon are waiting regardless of whether you've done it or not.
As for the promise ring, it really had nothing to do with your comment about marrying Kem. It was just another side note thing.
Anyways, when are you guys going to meet on friday?
Also, if you want to tell me about your "sex life" - existent or not- i don't really care but my earlier statement wasn't to implicitly ask you if you did or didn't. If i wanted to know i would ask
I guess at the moment of the post i was sort of still in the "we've been together for longer so you can't do anything that i haven't done first" mode. But actually it was very silly of me to type that so i retract it. Because like you said, it was my own choice that shouldn't affect neither your's, ann's or joanne's. I'm still proud that me and jon are waiting regardless of whether you've done it or not.
As for the promise ring, it really had nothing to do with your comment about marrying Kem. It was just another side note thing.
Anyways, when are you guys going to meet on friday?
Do it like you do it to me
Okay, so we've made plans to meet on Friday. No definite times yet, but it's out there. I don't know if you're also going to be busy on Friday, Lily (if you need Friday to prepare for your trip or whatnot), but you're invited nonetheless. You just might be missing out on some fun times... who knows what crazy things we'll do...
I don't know what you're tone was concerning this topic, so I'm not sure how serious you were, but I don't quite understand why you brought up sex lives all of a sudden, Lily. I know you said it was a side note or whatever, but it makes me wonder how you came about to thinking about it. I also don't quite understand why you would be annoyed if I had sex before you did. You made a choice to wait for two years before having sex; I never made such a compromise, so why should that annoy you? Why should I even arrange my life to fit what you want? Too bad if you have to wait. It's not like anyone's forcing you to do that, and no one's forcing me either. This was your decision to make. And why are you comparing sex lives to other people anyway? Do you really want to know if Kemuel and I have fucked yet? Because if you do, I'll tell you.
At first, I thought you were just talking about the whole thing about me "proposing" to Kem (and you do know that when I say proposing that I mean the whole "Will you marry me?" thing, right?) but then you started throwing around how long you and jon have been together and it didn't really make sense.
Chels: Don't forget the Futureshop umbrella for Friday!
Ann: I had a dream with you in it... you were up to no good, is all I can remember.
Joanne: So when will you know whether you got accepted or not?
See you guys soon.
~~Aaron
I don't know what you're tone was concerning this topic, so I'm not sure how serious you were, but I don't quite understand why you brought up sex lives all of a sudden, Lily. I know you said it was a side note or whatever, but it makes me wonder how you came about to thinking about it. I also don't quite understand why you would be annoyed if I had sex before you did. You made a choice to wait for two years before having sex; I never made such a compromise, so why should that annoy you? Why should I even arrange my life to fit what you want? Too bad if you have to wait. It's not like anyone's forcing you to do that, and no one's forcing me either. This was your decision to make. And why are you comparing sex lives to other people anyway? Do you really want to know if Kemuel and I have fucked yet? Because if you do, I'll tell you.
At first, I thought you were just talking about the whole thing about me "proposing" to Kem (and you do know that when I say proposing that I mean the whole "Will you marry me?" thing, right?) but then you started throwing around how long you and jon have been together and it didn't really make sense.
Chels: Don't forget the Futureshop umbrella for Friday!
Ann: I had a dream with you in it... you were up to no good, is all I can remember.
Joanne: So when will you know whether you got accepted or not?
See you guys soon.
~~Aaron
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