Damn you, online TV

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.