Wow. It’s been almost a week since my last post. Time here has been passing so quickly and so slowly at the same time. It’s a strange feeling. I don’t feel homesick or anything like that. I just kind of feel like I’ve always been here.
One of the reasons I haven’t posted too frequently is me and Sam (As in, Sam from this very blog squad) are… Well, I’d hesitate to describe us as “dating” because dating implies that you set up dates and times to meet and do activities together. With us we pretty much spend all our time together except for classes, so that would be wholly inaccurate. As a result, most of our activities are the same, and some questions are raised as to who posts what when and where. It’s all quite confusing. As a result, virtually none of the time we spend together (about 90% of the day) tends to be acknowledged here.
Here at Totem, we don’t have a cafeteria because we don’t have a commonsblock yet. To remedy this, there’s a film catering company working at a tent, which serves as a makeshift cafeteria. It’s cheaper, but it comes with more than a few problems: First, we don’t have a convenience store for after hours, so if you’re hungry after 7:00, you’re pretty well screwed unless you feel like walking up to Place Vanier. Furthermore, the workers there are kind of mean spirited. For instance, they make you put away your bags and purses before entering the tent because they think we’ll steal milk and juice from the buffet area. I may have mentioned that both my parents are in film, and I’ve got more than a little experience with this eating situation. I don’t particularly care for the food, mostly because my dad always refuses to eat it and has convinced me of its poor quality, but also because it’s my belief that any kind of “All-you-can-eat” food situation guarantees that the food will be of poor quality. This is because if it tastes good, people will eat too much of it and they’ll lose money (something they’re clearly concerned with, since they get so enraged over the idea of a handful of starving college students stealing $2.50 worth of orange juice) and also there are only so many kinds of food that lend themselves well to the buffet style. The catering people are usually a lot more courteous, though. I think they treat us differently because we’re college students and not film crew.
Anyway, as a result I tend to eat at the Place Vanier cafeteria, which I prefer quite a bit. The staff is friendlier and the food has more variety. I’ll be happy when Totem has one similar to it in the next month or so. Though I eat a little too much. Like, yesterday my dinner consisted of a hamburger with bacon, swiss and cheddar, a plate of chicken strips, and an omelette with ham, bacon bits and cheese. Then I had some fries. In other words, if I don’t finish my Economics homework for tomorrow, it’s because I had a massive heart attack.
I really need to make use of the gym soon or my eating habits will begin to show. Also, my father will be enraged if he finds out he shelled out $250 for facilities I’m not even using.