Monthly Archives: January 2011

Since my 9:30 class was cancelled today, my first class was my Developmental Psychology 315.  Love it.  Great prof, seems very nice and knows his sh*t (kudos Dr. Andrew Baron), and the class is exactly what I’m interested in for psych. 

I have my science credit class, COGS 200 in an hour.  Pray (if you pray) for me that I enjoy the class and will allow myself to stay in it so I don’t have to once again move around my schedule.  And tonight is my first night class.

That’s pretty much all I got.  Lame, right?  Well I felt like dropping some literary gold before continuing with my previously mentioned TV addiction.  Big Bang Theory time.

Peace.

Well, as you can read from my less than subtle title, I’ve been once again sucked in by whichever television show that I’m, at first, not interested in, but soon become addicted to and able to watch episode after episode through various online (illegal) TV links.  Ch131, surfthenet, tvshack etc., are all just ways for me to put off the minimal homework I have now.  I watched today before my interview (which went well, thanks for asking.  It’s a great place, good vibe and I really hope I got it!), and now after well into the night.  It’s now steadily nearing midnight and I haven’t even touched my CENS 202 assignment about a devil depiction in artistic form.  Gah…

It’s pathetic, my lack of will power, really.  Maybe I should allot myself two-three short episodes a day unless I complete a certain amount of homework or reading.  Let’s try that next week. 

Today I had zero classes and just the interview at Corner Cup cafe.  I truly do hope that I get the job, and I think I have a pretty good chance.  The owner seemed to like me and all the questioning went well.  I wanted to make sure he knew that even though I’m looking at other places, that I did find his place of work to be top of my list, so I sent him an email saying so.  Eager beaver. 

I tend to overthink things.  Even right now I’m overthinking watching TV, and doing my homework so nothing gets done and no TV turned off.  Before I blog I make sure I’ll have sufficient things to talk about.  It’s silly really.  All I need to do is babble, it’s for my own benefit anyway.  I’m going to start surfing the net soon to find interesting pictures, websites, articles etc., to decorate this page up a bit.  I want to put effort in it.  When I put effort in things, I take pride in them and I feel more inclined to keep them up. 

My friend and roommate burst into my room today, quite upset.  She and her boyfriend, a good friend of mine, broke up and she was quite upset about it.  I’m always uncomfortable when someone cries but god, I just felt so terrible to see her sad, she’s usually such an upbeat, zen individual.  I gave her the advice that I should’ve taken myself in past relationships: allow yourself one or two days to be sad and wallow, then snap out of it and keep busy and sooner or later you’ll come to terms with it and be able to sufficiently, and healthily move on!  I hope that they remain friends, eventually, and know that she’ll be okay- she’s a level headed young woman 🙂

So for my CENS class, which I found out my good friend is taking with me (yay!), I’ve started reading Peter Schliemel by von Chassimo.  It’s decent.  Short, sweet, about a man who sells his shadow and goes through hell and highwater for it.  Kind of sad but a little bit melodramatic.  I’m sure once it’s discussed in class I’ll have a better grasp on it, after I know of the context it was written in sometime in the 1800s, that always seems to help with truly getting a book.  For this class we have 6 assigned books, and as a very poor and parentally unsupported student, I live off OSAP (Ontario Student Assistance Program) and whatever money I pull in.  So, I researched on UBC’s library catalogue if there was any in our library and woohoo for me, three out of six of them were available, only one in the library and hadn’t been checked out in ten years.  They also seem to be the same translation, so good for me. 

Tomorrow I have a full day of classes.  CENS is cancelled but I get to try out my PSYC 315, COGS 200 and PSYC 218 (night class, blah).  First legitimate classes of the semester.  I’m nervous that I won’t feel right in them and have to transfer my schedule around a bit. 

Well this is beginning to sound like a bad diary, me babbling about my daily activities like it matters!  I told myself to hold back on that and try to write about things I have an interesting or atleast humourous opinion on.  Therefore, I’ll quit while I’m behind. 

Peace.

It may be a bit typical to have a resolution or seven for the new year, but I’ve always had a romantic notion of starting over with some room to change the flaws you find in yourself.

I started by writing a short list on my Blackberry that included anything from the painfully obvious to pretentious self-realizing.  It looked something like this:
– attend all classes
– find & enjoy a new job
– stay clean & organized
– exercise
– be better with money
– overall, be a more patient, understanding person
– be a better friend & more social

Deep stuff right?  Well so far, I’ve totally cleaned my dorm room here at UBC’s Gage residence.  With a wanna-be live-in boyfriend, this wasn’t the easiest thing but I managed.  I’ve now gone super control freak over anyone who moves my candle, drops a sweater on the floor, or god forbid leaves my faulty closet door open a crack.  For me, if I give myself an inch, I’ll take a mile.  A couple of things out of place quickly turns into all of my clothes on the floor and absolutely no desk space. 

I’ve also looked into the UBC Yoga Club, which looks amazing.  Not only does it have a wide range of yoga styles from Hatha to something-something (I’m not going to pretend to be top Yogi here), but it’s dirt cheap!  7 bucks for students to join yearly, and only 2 dollar classes, plus a whole lot of discounts at random franchises and other upscale yoga studios.  I’m impressed and fully plan to join this week so I can put my new mat and pants to good use!

Last semester I worked at the on-campus Bread Garden Cafe.  It was a great job, good fellow employees, decent wages, great hours, sinfully close to my residence, and really lax management.  However, probably due to all of the pros I just listed, the place went under.  Therefore, I’m on the job hunt.  I’ve applied all over the Kits/Kerrisdale/West Point Grey/UBC/DT neighbourhoods at places that need baristas, servers, cashiers, clerks, bartenders, and more.  I have three interviews this week (yay!).  Tuesday at a fine chocolates patisserie (fancy, huh?), Wednesday at a coffee shop, and Friday at a delicious looking deli-cafe.  Best of luck to me.

I had arranged all of my classes to be early morning so that I would be mostly done by noon each day, allowing me to work early afternoons or evenings at whatever new job I take.  However, after anally swapping and analyzing the classes I had chosen, I found myself with a full Tuesday and packed Thursday and no classes on Monday, Wednesday or Friday.  That leaves me with three classes Tuesday, the same three Thursday plus a fourth night class, and another class by distance ed.  Weird.  Who knows if it will last though.  I want to attend the first couple classes and see if they’re suited for me.  I’m picky, education-wise.  Because my program is so open, I have a hard time making myself attend and do well in the classes that aren’t mandatory.  That’s why I have to make sure I’m invested in whichever classes I pick. 

Last semester I had three priorites: work, school, boyfriend.  I’m definately not one of those girls who throw themselves into a relationship and ignore their friends, but I live in a condo with 5 other girls and I allowed myself to settle for only their company and that of my boyfriends, ignoring a lot of my other friends I met last year.  I plan to change that.  I was also put on academic probation last year for my lack of discipline when it came to school.  I was always an A student in high school and education is so important to me.  I genuinely love school, and plan to do well.  So last semester I “cracked down” and my social life seemed to suffer.  This year I want to make an effort to go out, and not just to the club events downtown, but to coffee and lunch dates throughout my week.

That seems to be a sufficient first blog, don’t you think?  I’m quite new to this but have always been drawn to it.  But for now, I must surrender my Ethernet cable for my boyfriend’s XBOX so he can play some Black Ops while I struggle to be interested in Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.  Peace.