Monthly Archives: October 2012

Hey, remember how my last post was about managing to survive my midterms? Yeah, well, I have midterms again. Yes, AGAIN. Where did the time go? It was September like five minutes ago, what happened?

Yesterday, my alarm didn’t go off and I overslept a wee bit. I slept until one o’clock in the afternoon.. missing all three of my lectures. So, maybe my perception of time isn’t quite right. But, come on, don’t you think it’s kind of ridiculous that you’re expected to get out of bed EVERY day? Seriously, I feel like I’ve been stressed out since like the third day of second grade.

But, it’s now the day before Halloween and if I was at home I would have already:

• picked out a costume
• stolen a ton of chocolate from my parents closet
• carved a pumpkin
• jammed to Monster Mash
• created the perfect plan in collecting the most candy humanly possible in one night

Alas, I’m not at home, so I went to PVRA’s Horror-Ball! It was the second dance at Vanier this past Saturday, and it was surprisingly fun!  Dressing up is always fun, it’s even better when others dress up as well because then it becomes socially acceptable. I went as blackmail which, for myself, rendered an easy costume:  all black with a stamp pinned to me. Get it? ..I am a lazy university student, don’t judge my wit. Overall, I stepped in throw-up at one point and ended up leaving with a red hat on my head that I didn’t come with. So, a pretty good Saturday night.

Tomorrow night Place Vanier is having their “Halloween House Hop” and I’m pretty excited!  I get to FINALLY carve a pumpkin and go to a haunted house. I’ll be sure to let you all know how it was. Until then, I hope everyone has a lovely, safe and terrifying Halloween tomorrow!

PS. If you lost a red hat at the Horror-Ball, or remember placing it on a blonde girl’s head, that was me!  I still have it, if you’re looking for it.

Don’t you hate it when you’re forced to fall asleep to the methodical sounds of Skrillex? I know I certainly did when I had a mid-term the following morning at 9AM. I made it though, I made it through all of my mid-terms! Granted, not without a few minor bumps along the way. For instance, I woke up at 8:52 one morning, it just so happened that on that particular day I had a mid-term at 9:00 in Irving K. Barber . I’m sure you can picture my horror as I sprinted down from sixth floor with no breakfast or grooming. It was quite a sight. So, if you happened to have seen an out of breath blonde girl sprinting from Vanier, it was probably yours truly.

Anyway, moving right along, I’ve been in Vancouver a little over a month and a half! And, I really only have one question for all you home-grown Vancouverites.. when will it stop raining? The unsettling aspect of that question is.. I’m serious, and you’re probably laughing at me. I do realize it’s only been raining for a couple days, but the Sun has been eclipsed by rain clouds. Does it exist? Before moving here, rain didn’t bother me because it usually went away by the following day.  But here, everything is always wet, it’s like a perpetual cycle of puffy hair, wet book bags and bright umbrellas.

Speaking of the rain, I had to walk umbrella-free in it because I accidentally boarded the wrong bus. See, I go to Wesbrook Village an unhealthy amount. Coming from Nova Scotia, I had no idea what Menchie’s was. So, I’m positive you can imagine my enthusiasm when I was formally introduced a few weeks ago. It’s safe to say that if I gain my freshman fifteen it will be a direct product of nightly Menchie runs. Anyway, I boarded the wrong bus, there’s no way around it. I thoroughly ‘small-towned’ my way to the middle of SW Marine Drive when I had to hop off at the most obscure bus stop ever known to man.  But, I feel as if I’ve been officially inducted into UBC now.  I have completed a long list of first-year clichés! Go me.

Oh, and I did have pizza for Thanksgiving dinner. Go Domino’s!