Life According to Ariel

I just found a pack of Twizzlers in my bag - SCORE!

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:09:58 GMT

How is it July already? Didn't school just end? Summer can NOT be half over already!

Last week my sister and I went to get our drivers licenses. She's 16, I'm 21. We do things differently, you can say. I'm glad I finally got it, it's about time! Today I went out with my mom, and on our way home she drove into the empty parking lot by the subway, and told me to drive. I drove around for maybe 10, 15 minutes, getting the hang of it. It was slightly terrifying, but also slightly fun. I still don't like the idea of being in control of such a large, powerful vehicle, but I'm going to have to get used to it I suppose. I feel so... grown up.

I'm been out a couple times recently with Marcie and Vlada, since they're both back in the city. We've been friends since elementary school, and we still get along so well. It's pretty great to have those girls around :) We saw Away We Go on Friday, which I really liked. It's been getting mixed reviews, but we all enjoyed it. It was funny, and sweet, and John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph were both really good.

My summer reading is going alright. I lost steam with Catch 22 a while ago. I was liking it, but I just never felt motivated to pick it up and read, so I'm giving it a break. Maybe I'll go back to it one day. Now I'm reading A Spot of Bother, which is really good and funny. It's the second book by Mark Haddon, who wrote The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. I'm also rereading the entire Series of Unfortunate Events, because those books are hilarious and quick to read, and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which I want to finish before the movie comes out next week.

Tomorrow passes for the Toronto International Film Festival go on sale, and course selection is Tuesday! I am very excited for both of these.

apologies and catching-up (yet again)

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:24:00 GMT

I have been neglecting you, poor livejournal. Though tumblr has become my newest internet hang-out, I will always have a soft spot in my heart for this livejournal. I've had it for nearly 5 years! That's 4 jobs, 3 trips, 2 schools and 1 emo-period. And while I haven't always articulated myself well, or been very social online, this blog means a lot to me. It's a record of me growing up. I started this when I was 16 and working for the first time in a day camp. And while I may not be very different from that awkward 16 year-old, I feel like I've learned a lot since then.

Anyways, excuse the rambling. What I wanted to say was I'm sorry I haven't been blogging, and I'm going to try to do it more.

I've been busy(-ish) since I last posted. Let's have a run-down, shall we?

~ I saw No Doubt with Marcela. It was amazing. I have loved No Doubt for a long time, and seeing them live in incredible seats was such a rush. They performed all my favourites (Underneath It All, Bathwater, Spiderwebs, Just A Girl) and gave a totally electric performance. I had so much fun that night, more than I think I've ever had at a concert before. If you're interested, I posted a few videos here, Marcie has a few videos up here and my photos are here.

~ Last week I went with my mom to a gallery opening in the Distillery District for Douglas Coupland's "Atelier". It was a really strange, surreal kind of homage to Andy Wharhol, with defaced Marilyn prints and framed, flattened wigs. There were also children's letter blocks spelling out words like "mother fucker", "define normal" and "total asshole". My mom's friend Kat wrote a much more eloquent review of the show than I ever could - you can read it here.

~ On fathers day a bunch of my mom's family came over to celebrate. We BBQed, drank, acted silly and had a wonderful time. My mom's family is a little bit insane, but I love them dearly. We had a candle in the cake my sister baked and we all sang "happy father's day to you". Most importantly though, my dad had a good day (I hope)! We got him a CD and the first three books of the Oishinbo series, which is a manga about Japanese cuisine that has been around since the 80s, but was just published in English. He's already read the first two, and I'm going to read them as soon as I get a chance to.

~ I've also been watching a lot of movies recently. So far this month I have seen Forrest Gump, The Apartment, Chasing Amy, Drag Me To Hell, Smiley Face, Harold and Maude, The Go Getter, Crossing Delancey, Harvey, The Pillow Book and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. That's what summer's for, right? Sitting inside and watching movies? Well, it's how I spend my summer at least! Mostly this movie watching has been the result of my discovery of Video Flicks, an amazing independent video store at Laurence and Avenue that has pretty much everything, plus amazing prices. You can get 7 movies for a week for $12! Its pretty much my new favourite place ever.

~ Today has been nice and relaxing. I've done some GRE studying, caught up on my Google Reader and YouTube subscriptions and read the first book from A Series of Unfortunate Events (I'm rereading the whole series). Tonight my mom, sister and I are having grilled salmon and baked potatoes (mmmm) and watching The Graduate. I am excited :)

That's pretty much it. I'll be posting again soon, for reals this time.

rain rain, go away

Thu, 28 May 2009 00:40:36 GMT

What I've been up to recently:

~ I saw Spinal Tap live with my mom last week. Christopher Guest, Michael McKeen and Harry Shearer are on tour now, doing music from Spinal Tap and A MIghty Wind, and it was an amazing, hilarious show.

~ I went to Doors Open Toronto with Sam and John on the weekend, which was fun and really cool. We saw a couple old synagogues in Kensington, the Gardner museum, and the Church of the Redeemer.

~ I've been working at my professors lab, which I'm still really liking. Everyone there seems really nice, and I'm finding it really fun and interesting.

~ I saw Angels and Demons with Rebecca last night. It was alright, enjoyable but not great. The story was convoluted and kind of poorly thought out, but it was well done overall. Definitely better than The DaVinci Code. Plus, Ewan McGregor's in it, so I automatically like it a whole lot more because of that.

~ Today's been the first day in a while that I haven't had to leave my house, which is nice 'cause it's been raining all day. I've mostly just been lounging around. I did some GRE research and ordered a couple of prep books, I took a bath, I watched three more episodes of Skins, which is becoming my new addiction. It's like the British OC, only with more sex and drugs.

Sorry this is kind of boring, just wanted to write down what I've been up to before I forget!

I'm baaa-aaaack

Tue, 19 May 2009 22:01:58 GMT

Okay, so a few days away from blogging turned into a few weeks. Oh well... I've been busy, I guess. I started working at my professor's lab last week, and I really like it. I love that I'm seeing the actual, hands-on side of what I've been learning about for 3 years now. I'm so glad I'm doing work in my field this summer and not working retail. It would be nice to be making money, but the experience I'm gaining is awesome, and going to be very helpful in the future (I hope).

I've also been hanging out with friends and enjoying the warm weather! I had a great day with Sam downtown last week, which included bagels and Starbucks, browsing at Umbra, and painting our nails in the park behind OCAD. I also saw Star Trek on the weekend. I've never seen anything Star Trek before in my life, and I wasn't too sure how I was going to like the movie going into it, but I loved it. I wasn't bored once, it was funny, and exciting, and I'm definitely recommending it to everyone. I don't know what else to say about it without gushing, but see it!

Yesterday was Victoria Day, and my sister decided to bake scones. I made a pot of tea, and we sat down with my mom and dad and we had a lovely little afternoon tea together. My mom and I decided that it's going to be our new Victoria Day family tradition :)

Well... I think that's all the major catching up I had to do. I've been updating my tumblr more often than I have this, it's easier posting pictures and videos and things than it is writing about my (not very exciting) life.

BEDA #30 - the end of BEDA

Fri, 01 May 2009 00:40:02 GMT

Today was not a great day. It's rainy and grey outside, and I have bad cramps. Also, I couldn't really concentrate on studying for my exam tomorrow morning. I am so ready for it to be over, I really need a break. I feel so worn out and tired of school right now. Of course, in about a month I'm going to get all bored and antsy and won't be able to wait for it to start again. I guess I'm just never happy with what I have...

I did a little iTunes spring-cleaning today, deleting stuff I don't like or have no interest in ever listening to again. A lot of the stuff I got rid of I don't even know how I got in the first place. It felt good, de-cluttering my music. I'm also in the process of adding more stuff that I do like, including some Beatles stuff I don't have (shocking, I know). It's mostly singles and B-sides that I don't have, since we have all the studio albums on CD. I'm also adding some No Doubt albums I don't have, since I got a free download of their discography with the purchase of my ticket for their show here in June. I need to do some actual spring cleaning of my room, but that's going to have to wait until I'm feeling better.

I'm currently in the process of reading Catch-22 and Suite Scarlett. The former is part of my attempt to read classic novels, and the latter is a young-adult book that I am loving, despite being "too old" for it. After I finish these, I have pile of other books waiting to be read. I'm so looking forward to reading on my new balcony this summer! I'm so glad I started reading again. When I started university I kind of let it fall by the wayside, despite it being one of my favourite things to do. That transition from high school to university was tough, and I stopped reading for enjoyment, which is sad. After first year, I realized I hadn't read a book all year, and I started to fix that. It took a little while to get myself back on track, but I did, and I am once again an avid reader.

Well, this is my final BEDA post. I didn't quite blog every day in April, but I did post 26 times, which is a lot better than the 3 times I did in March. I think this project has gotten me back into the blogging spirit. I just checked, and I'll have had this blog for 5 years in July. That's crazy to me, cause I remember so well when I started it. I didn't even want to really, but Marcela and Vlada both had livejournals, and I felt left out. So I made this account, and I've been here ever since.

I'll be posting again soon, I promise, I need a few days break though.

BEDA #29 - the penultimate BEDA

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:10:33 GMT

Yeah, I completely forgot to post yesterday. Oops. Today was spent pretty much like all my days have been spent recently, not doing anything too exciting. I studied physiology, which I will be so glad to be rid of forever as of Friday! I walked Maple in the ravine by my house with my mom, which was lovely. I cooked a delicious roast chicken and vegetables, mashed potato and steamed broccoli dinner for my family. Then we watched Lost, which was amazing as always. Such has been my day. I am tired, and don't feel like going into further details. Tomorrow will be my last BEDA blog, and I'll try and put some more effort into it.

So this isn't a complete waste of time:

This is the only Arrested Development video I can find on YouTube. Stupid Fox takes them all down. I wanted to find one of GOB on his Segway for my post a few days ago, but not luck... This one's still pretty good though.

BEDA #27 - in which I talk about cooking some more

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:38:21 GMT

Didn't feel like posting yesterday, I still don't feel like it today. But I'll try anyway...

I had my human behavioural biology exam toady, which was fine. Not super easy, but I knew pretty much everything, and felt pretty confident when I left the room, which is always a good sign. All I have left now is physiology, which is going to be a whole other story. I just want it to over with, I HATE that class!!! I don't think my brain is capable of memorizing so many stupid, boring details.

I am kind of in love with Michael Smith. I've been watching a lot of Chef at Home (what else would I be doing when I have studying to do?) and I love it! I want so badly to be that confident and sure of myself in a kitchen that I can just make things by throwing ingredients together with no recipe. I am definitely a stick-to-the-recipe kind of a cook, and I get nervous when I stray too far. I'm getting better though, I think that confidence is just going to come with experience, which I'm trying to accumulate! I would love nothing more than to stand in my kitchen cooking (and eating) all day. I found myself admiring aprons the other day. I'm thinking housewife is sounding like a pretty good life pan right about now....

BEDA #25 - sunburns and segways

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:46:21 GMT

Today has been a strange day. It was absolutely gorgeous all day, sunny and hot and breezy, and know there's serious winds and thunder and it's all very dramatic. My mom and I went to the opening of this new outdoor shopping centre today, where Douglas Coupland was unveiling the new clock-tower sculpture he made for it. Of course though, of all the afternoon's "entertainment" (read: boring, pointless interviews with people I could care less about), he went last, and we sat outside for 2 hours waiting. I am very sunburned now...

Afterwards though we went to say hi to him (my mom's met him a bunch of times at book signings and gallery openings), and he took us inside to this sort-of holding area, and showed us a segway that he was going to ride. He got myself and my mom to try it as well, and it was so. much. FUN! I totally get why Gob rides a segway now. I want one!

BEDA #24 - spring is finally here!

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:39:18 GMT

How do I know it's finally spring? Well, for starters, I wore shorts today. We also barbecued dinner and had corn on the cob. And finally, my spring allergies are kicking into high-gear. It's not terrible yet, and hopefully Aerius is going to keep them at bay, but I'm definitely very sneezy today. Other than that though I've been in a very good mood today. I studied with my window open, letting in the fresh spring air (and pollen... oops). I went grocery shopping with my mom again, which is becoming our thing. I go with pretty much every time she goes, which is probably twice a week on average. I also watched a lot of the Food Network today. I think I'm fast becoming a foody. I never expected this to happen. I was the pickiest eater growing up, until a few years ago really. I'm getting better. I'm still not great, but at least I eat more than just plain spaghetti, chicken fingers and meatballs (my staples growing up).

I just tidied up my room a little bit, and while I was doing so I found a few projects that I had stashed away. These include knitting), a notebook I'm filling out with random things I've cut out of magazines over the years, and painting supplies. These have all been sitting around my room for varying amounts of time, waiting for me to feel like picking them up. I've forgotten about them though, since they've been stuffed away where I can't see them. I have them out know, and I am going to work on them all this summer. I'll probably start one tomorrow, when I need a study break. My breaks should be more productive than checking facebook and my google reader.

I posted some videos on my tumblr today. These are perfect examples of what makes me laugh. Jim Carrey, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Woody Allen. I love these men.

BEDA #23 - missed 2 posts 2 days apart... not good

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:21:00 GMT

I missed posting yesterday. Again. Yeah, I'm kinda running out of steam. I'm trying to keep it up though!

Yesterday was a very very long day. We had to get up early to go to my cousin's bris (circumcision ceremony) at 7:45. They're not the most fun aspect of Judaism. It's pretty sad actually, hearing the baby cry and knowing that there's not really anything to be done to make him feel better. He's feeling pain that has been inflicted on him voluntarily :(

I also had a dentist appointment yesterday, which I had to shlep myself to. It took 2 hours out of my day for 5 minutes in the waiting room and a 15 minute cleaning. Oh the joys of public transit... I have very clean teeth though, and no cavities!

Today I studied, I cooked myself lunch (breaded chicken breast and sweet potato chips), and I went downtown to work at the clinic. It was a lot of tedious data entry today. I'm getting so familiar with all the questionnaires that are used in the packages all patients get, I find myself passing the time by thinking about the people who fill them out. The woman who filled the "current medication" section with tiny writing, and still had to add more on the back of the sheet. The man who's scared of people not leaving him alone. The woman who will do anything to make her past relationship succeed. I give these people personalities, appearances, mannerisms in my mind. I wonder if I'd be able to recognize them if I saw them. It's an interesting way to pass the time, if not a little creepy on my part.

BEDA #21 - exams and concerts

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:24:40 GMT

Alright, so I didn't post yesterday. I was tired, and really had nothing to write about. One day out of the whole month isn't so bad though!

I have my first exam tonight (from 7-10, which sucks), so of course I've watched SNL and 2 episodes of Gossip Girl today. I reviewed a little bit, but I can't concentrate on studying for this class anymore. It doesn't help that it's grey and raining out, and my room is freezing. I'm just not in the mood to study childhood psychopathology. I'm not too worried about this exam though, I got an A- on the midterm with minimal studying, and I've studied more for the final than I did for the midterm. I am a little worried about getting my final paper handed back after the exam though, I have no idea how I did on it. We'll see...

In really exciting news, yesterday me and my mom bought tickets to see Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer perform at Massey Hall next month! They'll be doing stuff from This Is Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind. I love those movies, and these guys are so hilarious and also really talented. Definitely two of my favourite fictional bands:

Spinal Tap

The Folksmen

I can never got over the fact that those two bands are the same guys. It's going to be so good, I can't wait!

BEDA #19 - in which Ariel actually has a social life of sorts

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:28:29 GMT

I had a lovely day today. I got some more studying done (my first exam is coming up on Tuesday), went grocery shopping with my mom, then went out with Marcie and Garry. We had dinner at Hemingways, caught up, talked about people we know, strange sexual acts (ie. donkey punching), The Lonely Island and Flight of the Conchords. Pretty normal stuff for us to discuss really... It was a great night, I've missed seeing my friends. Everyone's so busy right now, but Garry's at York, so he doesn't have exams for a while, and Marcie's in Toronto until she goes back to BC to write her national opticians exam (or something along those lines...), so I took a study-break and we chilled. It was awesome.

It was so great to get out and actually have a social life, I hate living in that exam-bubble. I have 3 exams in the next 2 weeks, and then I'm free! I can't believe I'm already done third year, I need to start actually figuring out what my plans are for after my undergrad. This summer I'm going to be researching grad schools and stuff, and getting a better idea of what I'm going to be doing with my life. I've been putting that off for too long, because I get all anxious and stressed when I start to think about it. I feel like I've already talked about that in here, but it's my blog, so I'll repeat myself if I want to.

I am sleepy, and I want to go to bed, but I'm going to get caught up with my Google Reader and YouTube subscriptions first. I am not addicted to the internet, I swear... I don't think I'd be able to do this, which is a little sad. When did I become so dependent?! I want to try it, but then how else am I supposed to procrastinate from studying?

BEDA #18 - A blog about Zac Efron?

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:06:01 GMT

I went to see 17 Again with my sister tonight. It was alright, exactly what I was expecting: predictable, stupid, funny, fluffy kind-of-a-movie. Exactly what I needed after another day of studying. I can never quite figure out how I feel about Zac Efron though... I don't want to like someone that 12 year old girls obsess over, it makes me feel dirty. So that feeling of having to hate him, just out of principle, kind of clouds my opinion of him. I think he's cute though, if not a little pretty, and a decent actor. It'll be interesting to see where his career takes him as he ages and moves past the tween demographic.

Well, that's about all I have to say today. That's as much as I'm ever going to talk about Zac Efron on here, never again will I waste bandwidth with my feelings about him. Promise.

BEDA #17 - half-assed blog

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:15:13 GMT

Long day of doing nothing too exciting. I studied, I made ratatouille, I cut my finger while making said ratatouille, I got caught up on The Office. That's pretty much it. Why does such a nothing-of-a-day make me so tired?

I made a tumblr yesterday, for posting pictures and videos and things like that.

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky
- Michael Scott
- Ariel Silver

BEDA #16 - Introducing Jarren Tyler!

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:54:41 GMT

A week ago, my very pregnant cousin Lisa at the second seder:

with my mom

and with me and my dad

And here he is today, not even a day old yet, Jarren Tyler:

my dad holding him

and my sister

God I love babies...

apparently swaddling a baby is a three man job (those hands belong to Lisa, my mom and my dad)

He's a big boy (almost 9 and a half pounds) and he has a full head of dark brown hair. He seems to really like my dad, who was able to stop him crying a few times and got him to fall asleep. Jarren certainly took his time getting here (he was due last Monday), but he's here now, and my whole family is so happy. Babies have that effect on people.

BEDA #15 - I am...

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:40:28 GMT

a) eating Cadbury Mini-Eggs
b) antsy, waiting for news about my cousin and the baby (not quite there yet...)
c) avoiding studying, as I have been doing all day by grocery shopping, browsing allreceipes.com, watching YouTube, getting caught up on TV shows, etc.
d) contemplating what to blog about today
e) all of the above

If you answered e) all of the above, congratulations you are correct!

I said I'd try and not do another boring review of my day today, so instead I'll do that "25 random facts about yourself" meme that was going around a while ago that I never got around to doing (talk about showing up late to the party, huh?)

1. When I was little (like 2, 3) I used to do this weird thing where I would bring my hands up to face, scrunch up my eyes and shake my hands back and forth. My mom says it looked like I was trying to cast a spell or something. I don't know what it was. The embarrassing thing is that I still catch myself doing it occasionally when I'm by myself and concentrating on something.

2. I get incredibly irritable when I'm hungry. I will ponce on the smallest things, and act like a total bitch. It's pretty awful actually.

3. There are very few movies that I don't like. I can obviously tell the difference between great films, mediocre films and crap, but I will still watch pretty much anything.

4. Today I decided that "apoplectic" is one of the most fun words to say. Go on, try. See what I mean?

5. There's video of me dancing to David Bowie when I was 2. I haven't changed much since then.

6. My weirdest dream ever involved mushrooms growing out of the top of my head. I have no idea what that means.

7. I have become pretty addicted to YouTube in the past year and a half. I have 112 subscriptions, and I watch every video they put up. I haven't ever posted a video myself, and I only very rarely comment on videos, but I love the YouTube community.

8. I've had pierced ears since I was 8, but I only rarely begun regularly wearing earrings.

9. My favourite TV shows include The Simpsons, Spaced, Gilmore Girls, Family Guy, Scrubs, Arrested Development and of course Lost!

10. Outside of Canada, I've been to the States (only Florida), Jamaica, France, Monaco and Italy. There are so many more places I want to see!

11. Family is the most important thing to me.

12. I'm majoring in Psychology and Human Biology, with a minor in Anthropology. I have one year left of my undergrad, and then I'm probably going to go to grad school for Psych, but the whole idea of figuring out my future makes me sick to my stomach with anxiety.

13. Though I'm totally unoriginal for saying this, The Beatles are my all-time favourite band. I took a class on them last semester, which was one of the coolest experiences I've had at university.

14. I started cooking and baking last year, and it's become one of my favourite hobbies. I think I'm pretty good at it too.

15. According to the BFI measure of personality, I am in the bottom 1st percentile for Extraversion. In other words, I am very very shy.

16. I am one of the pickiest eaters ever, but I love sushi of all things.

17. I have always been, and will always be, a mac-fangirl.

18. I was born and raised in Toronto, and I love it here. I would get so bored living in a small town.

19. My little sister is 4 years younger than me, and she pisses me off a lot of the time, but I love her dearly, and she's pretty much the only person who is a weird and random as I am. We're definitely on the same wave-length. I missed her like crazy when she was on her March Break trip in Europe last month.

20. I can't ride a bike. Or whistle. Or snap my fingers. I've tried numerous times to learn do to all of these things, but I never could.

21. When I was little, I took swimming, piano, ballet, gymnastics and ice-skating, and I quit them all. I really wish I had stuck with at least one, and had some actual talent now.

22. My iTunes contains music from the 1920s to last week. I have... eclectic taste.

23. To further the last point, the last 3 songs I listened to were by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers (Why Do Fools Fall in Love), The Cure (Just Like Heaven) and Joni Mitchell (California).

24. I was reminded of The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time yesterday, and I really want to play it again! Unfortunately, we gave the N-64 and all the games for it to my little cousin a few years ago. *sigh* I miss video games...

25. It took me 2 hours to write that... I kept leaving it, doing other things.

BEDA #14 - blogging from my bed makes me :)

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:17:54 GMT

Today was good, it was nice to get out and walk around a little. Handed in my paper, went to the Eaton's Centre for a little bit, then went to the clinic where I organized pills and did data entry. Thrilling day, I know. I feel like I'm losing steam with blogging-every-day. I will think of more interesting topics to talk about than my boring days, I promise. Tomorrow I have no plans, so there WILL be something mildly interesting posted. I also need to stop doing these before I go to bed, being tired just makes whatever I write all the more boring.

What's not boring? My cousin is in labour as I type! The phone is next to my bed, since I'm the only one with a phone in their bedroom, I'll be getting the call tonight when the baby is born. I know I've said this a million times already, but I am so excited! I'll hopefully get to go to the hospital tomorrow to see Lisa and Jeremy and the baby, which I think is going to be a girl. We'll know soon enough!

BEDA #13 - summer plans are slowly falling into place

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:43:10 GMT

I wrote my whole 10-page paper today, and am now mentally exhausted. Tomorrow I must edit it, and go down to campus to hand it in. Then I will be officially DONE with writing papers for my third year of university! *happy dance* While downtown I will also be job hunting (hopefully this will not be a fruitless search), and volunteering at the clinic. Will be good to get out of the house, as I have not done this since Thursday except to go to dinner at my Bubbie's yesterday, and that was only for 2 hours. I need to get out! It should be a nice day tomorrow too, which is good.

Still no news on the baby-front, my cousin's being induced tomorrow though, so there will be a baby soon enough! :D

I finished High Fidelity, which I think is now one of my favourites. I'm too tired to start a new book tonight though, but the subway downtown tomorrow will be prime reading time.

I am super sleepy, due to a combination of waking up at 5:45 to enrol in summer courses at 6, doing massive amounts of writing today, and sitting in a horribly uncomfortable position on my bed for an extended period of time, while figuring out the new thisisnottom.com

Goodnight!

BEDA #12 - also too tired to think of a subject heading

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:43:20 GMT

I am too tired to properly post today, and I also have nothing of interest to say. My life right now is basically studying and feeling anxious about studying. It's good times, really... I also have to wake up really early tomorrow to enrol in summer classes. *grrrr* I'm gonna go to bed now, and leave you with this xkcd comic from a few weeks ago:

BEDA #11 - I like making food

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:21:26 GMT

Today was nice and relaxing, I did some work on my essay that's due Tuesday. I haven't actually written it yet, that's happening tomorrow and Monday, but I did more research and prep for it, which is good. It's on personality research and autism, and I'm actually looking forward to writing it :) I also went grocery shopping with my mom, made a beet salad (which we had for dinner with rainbow trout, mmmmmm...), and got caught up on my downloads. Not that I ever download anything illegally... *shifty eyes*

I'm going to bake a zucchini bread tomorrow, I am so excited! A very specific type of excited, that only baked goods can elicit. I have gotten so into cooking and baking recently. It's weird, I used to be so afraid of doing anything in the kitchen, but now I'm always looking for new things to make, and I love feeding people. It's really the only domestic activity that I enjoy. I hate doing laundry, and I detest cleaning. Dishes are alright, but mostly I only do that to make room for myself when I want to cook something or to clean up after myself after I do.

Well, that's all the news that's fit to print. I'm actually surprised how well I've been keeping up with this Blog Every Day April thing, I've impressed myself :D

BEDA #10 - Paul Rudd appreciation post

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:13:16 GMT

I love Paul Rudd. I've loved Paul Rudd since he was Cher's ex-stepbrother in Clueless. (which was... 14 years ago?! What the hell? When did we get so old?) I've loved him in Friends, and Anchorman, and I Could Never Be Your Woman, which went straight to DVD but is actually a very cute, funny movie. And of course there's The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up. Basically, anything that Paul Rudd is in, I love, for the sheer fact that he's there, with his wonderful smile, and goofy sense of humour. I mean, how can you not love this:

From the April issue of Vanity Fair:

parodying this

this is made of so much awesome!

I'm so glad that his career's finally taking off, with Role Models and I Love You, Man (which I saw for the second time tonight). I think he's so hilarious and adorable, and seems like such a genuinely nice, funny guy. Just thought I'd share the Paul Rudd love :)

BEDA #9 - school and babies

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:28:57 GMT

Today was the last day of classes of my third year of university. Man, it's going by so quickly! It was a gorgeous day out, I went to school handed in a paper, attended my last lecture and came home, where I organized my course schedule for next year. Yeah, I'm not even done with this one yet and I'm already planning for next year. I really like school, I have a problem! Then it was the second and final seder. My very pregnant cousin made it. I wasn't really expecting her to come, she was due on Monday, and she's freaking HUGE! I can't wait till she has the baby! We're all getting very excited and anxious for it, every time the phone rings I think we're getting the call that she's had the baby, but not yet. It's the first child of the next generation of my dad's family. We all think it's a girl, it's a very female-dominated family (my dad has 2 sisters, and the grandkids are 5 girls and 1 boy). I can not wait :D

Good night! I know I promised a longer post today, but I am tired and stuffed from dinner. I'm home all day tomorrow, so expect it then.

BEDA #8 - Passover

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:05:10 GMT

Just a quick post before I call it a night. Tomorrow I'm going to try and write a longer, more coherent and thought-out blog post, but seeing as it's almost midnight, and I'm really tired, I'll keep it short. Passover started tonight, we went to a seder at my Bubbie's, which was alright, pretty much the same as always. The food was good though, I certainly ate enough of it! Other than that, today not too much else happened, I had 2 classes, both of which ended with slightly sappy and optimistic messages from the profs, which was quite cute actually. One quoted Oh, the Places You'll Go! (like I said, sappy). I also wrote half a paper, the second half of which I will finish tomorrow. And I'm almost done reading High Fidelity, and I love it! I am definitely going to read more Nick Hornby once I make my way through the rest of my to-read pile. The pile currently includes Catch 22, The Alchemist, The Bell Jar, and John Lennon: The Life, to name a few. Well, that's it for now, hopefully a longer and more interesting post tomorrow!

BEDA #7 - a little melodramatic before bed

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:59:38 GMT

Nearing the end of the school year, 2 days of classes, 2 papers and 3 finals left! It can not come soon enough. By the end of the school, I'm always so wiped out. I can't imagine being back in high school, and having 3 more months left to go. I'm just exhausted. Like, totally drained. I don't feel like I have the energy to do anything besides school work anymore (and even then not enough). I really hate that, cause I do want to do things. Lots of things. I want to call my friends, and walk around the city, and go rollerblading, and go to museums, and live my life. I feel like I'm not living, I'm just floating from day to day, not really there. Sometimes I feel like I could go the entire day without speaking to anyone except my mom and sister, and no one would notice. I don't want things to be like that. I want to be noticed.

This spring, I'm going to turn over a new leaf. I will get myself back on track, and join the world of the living.

BEDA #6 - in which I describe my day in one long rambly paragraph

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:03:47 GMT

Ugh, today was long. And kind of sucky. And just... long. It started with me waking up at 6:30 to hail outside. I was not impressed. After doing some more debate prep, I got bundled up and made my way to school, got a huge-ass coffee on the way and went to my class to debate. It went well, I guess. I find of fumbled over my part, but whatevs. My team did as well as we could with the topic we had (autism is environmentally caused). Then I had to sit around campus until my last class, which was useless, and only 20 minutes long. Then it was back home, where I studied a little for my quiz tomorrow, then I lost the ability to think straight, and caught up on all my internet-things (blogs, videos, thisisnottom, etc.) and watched House. And now it's nearly midnight, and I'm still up, feeling anxious about school work and half-sleepy, half-wired. I want these last three days of classes to be over! I want my papers and exams to be done with! I want to RELAX without feeling guilty about it! *ugh* I have such a love-hate relationship with school. It's definitely more the latter this time of year, but I miss it so much during the summer. I drive myself crazy sometimes. The rest of this week is not looking like fun. I have a quiz tomorrow, a paper due Wednesday, Passover seders Wednesday and Thursday nights, and a paper due next Tuesday. I am going to sleep now, maybe more I'll make more interesting posts later... when I have the time and energy to devote to it.