are you pondering what I'm pondering?

I am home. And I've barely done anything since I got here aside from work. This saddnes me.

LET'S DO SOMETHING PEOPLE GOD.

Earlier this week I was frolicking outside in a t-shirt and capris. I got a sunburn.

This weekend I couldn't go outside without a winter jacket on.

Come on, St. John's. It's JUNE. Quit teasin'.

How's the weather home? Please give me something to look forward to.

Man, I totally suck at the whole Livejournaling thing lately. I'm sure you all miss reading my entries so very dearly. :P

What has happened since I last wrote in this? Scott, Andrew and Gwen came to visit, which was supa-fly. I went home, which was good even though I was sick the entire time. I came back to St. John's, where I've been schoolin' and such. Taking a French course which will be done in two weeks, and a Marketing course by distance which goes the whole summer. French is super-easy but a good refresher... Marketing is boring. Very boring.

Been slaving my life away at Timmy Ho's, which I dislike more with every shift I work. I'm putting in my two weeks' notice next week, which is going to feel so friggin' good. People take that job way too seriously, and I just... can't. It's coffee and donuts... why get so worked up? I was planning on going back there in September, but now I'm saying shag that. Too much unneeded stress in my life while I'm going to school full-time.

Other than that, things have been very good... having fun, smiling a lot :), you know. My French exam is the 18th, and depending on which day I take the ferry home, I'll be back in Sydney either the 21st or the 23rd. I'll miss St. John's (and its people... well, mainly just one person) but it'll be good to be home. Workin' at the bank again the summer... same ol' same ol'.

Now time to work on some Marketing... sigh. Farewell for now.

Dear Livejournal,

I've neglected you. It's OK though, because you're only a website.

I am flying to Halifax tomorrow morning. I am spending the day there, hanging out with one Courtney MacMullen (and RJ Good!) and going to see a certain Newfoundland boy's band play, as they are touring in Halifax. (:)!!) I'll be hitting up Cape Breton on Thursday until late next week sometime, then it's back to the rock until the end of June. Hang out with me while I'm home, bitches!

That's pretty much all I have to say. See some of you in the next few days, hopefully.

I am not in the right frame of mind for university right now. I have so much work to do, and yet I can't bring myself to do anything. I have a HUGE research project due on Tuesday that I've barely started, along with a Computer Science assignment that I don't know how to do. I have to work tonight, tomorrow, Sunday AND Monday. When am I going to find time to do it all? I don't know. I wasted the day away today and I feel awful. I need to get my ass into gear but I lack the motivation.

School-wise, this semester has sucked. I think one of my biggest mistakes was the whole five classes in one day thing. It's so tiring, and the days that I didn't have class I was ALWAYS working. So it felt like I had no time to get anything done. I mean, I guess everyone has that semester where they fuck up. And I guess I haven't fucked up THAT bad.. but it doesn't make me feel any less disappointed in myself. And the thing is, I can't afford to NOT care. If my marks aren't good enough, I won't get accepted to the faculty, and then I won't be able to get a work term for next January and AHHH.

I have three exams in the span of 24 hours. Except it's technically 26 hours, because my first one starts at 3PM on the 12th and my third ends at 5PM on the 13th. Because of this, I can't get one of them deferred (usually if you have three exams in a 24-hour time period, they'll reschedule one for you). So because of this two hour discrepancy, I am going to be so screwed. Especially because two of the exams are Computer Science and Calculus, my two hardest courses. I AM SO SCARED.

I will be home for a bit around April 22, I think. Then the plan is to hop on the ferry to Port-Aux-Basques around the 2nd of May to spend some time in western Newfoundland with my mom's side of the family. Then back to St. John's on the 6th with my cousin to do my six-week Spring semester. Then I will be home for the rest of the summer around June 21. Oh I can only imagine the shenanigans that lie ahead.

All I can do is laugh.

It's kinda funny. Last time I updated this I was talking about how monotonous and bland my life was. But so many ridiculously, hilariously bizarre/awesome things have happened since then. Oh, me. Oh, everyone. Oh, life.

I am le tired. I might just go to bed. But first, here is a survey that I stole from the fabulous Amy-Jean. ( I'm not cool enough to do all the different color fonts, but whatevs. )

life continues to be monotonous, frustrating and bland. I miss the sun. things are OK though I s'pose. here's a survey.

( why am I not asleep? )

you know you're a starving university student when you're eating canned peaches at 2:30 in the morning, thinking that you've struck gold.

the sad thing is, the lack of food isn't really due to lack of money, but moreso lack of transportation. there's no grocery stores within walking distance of our house, and taking a bus and/or cab to/from the grocery store is SO annoying. but alas, half-price Tim Hortons food can only provide so much selection/nutrition/satisfaction. soon, I will crack and go buy groceries.

I ended up dropping my sixth course because I had no time for it. I'll have to pick it up some other time I guess, except NOT by distance. I hate distance courses AAF. other than that, school's good, but busybusy. work's awesome most of the time. I always have fun with the evening crew. generally, though, I've been feeling somewhat frustrated/stressed/craptastic lately. I don't know... I'm just done with a lot of things. done caring, done worrying, done thinking about it all. and then there's other things I can't stop thinking about. I'm trying to cheer up though, for serious. the weather has a lot to do with it, I think. le brr.

alright seriously, Calculus assignment must be started tonight. aaand GO.

Christine: (while a diaper commercial is on TV) how come they can show baby-ass on TV commercials but not adult-ass? it makes no sense. they're both asses.
Mat: yeah, and if you have baby-ass on your computer, you go to jail.

so there was a huge snowstorm here last night/today. here's a little timeline:

6:25AM: the time I had my alarm set for.
7:00AM: the time I was supposed to be at work.
7:03AM: the time I woke up.
7:04AM: the time my assistant manager called me asking where I was.
7:15AM: the time I got to work after sprinting the whole way there and falling down a million times because my street wasn't plowed and the snow was up to my knees. (yeah, I'm that good)

either my alarm didn't go off at all, or I shut it off in my sleep. I'm assuming the latter. oh, me.

the store was totally dead. we were probably one of the few places in the whole city that actually opened today. one by one, staff got sent home, starting with the person who lives the farthest away. in the morning, there were seven of us non-management-type people working. by 1:30, it was just me and one other guy. (and the three managers) we didn't get sent home early because we live close to the store, lame.

and of course, the one day that MUN gets cancelled is a day that I don't have class. boo.

the semester has started, and is in full-blast.

I don't go to school on Mondays or Wednesdays, but this is my schedule on Tuesdays/Thursdays:

10:30-11:45 = Philosophy
12:30-1:45 = Business Communications
3:30-4:45 = Anthropology
5:30-6:45 = Computer Science
7:00-8:45 = Calculus

...I didn't plan it like that, it just kinda happened. then on Friday mornings I have a three-hour Computer Science lab. (UGH) I'm also taking a sixth course as distance, a really boring Economics course that I need to do if I wanna do Economics as my major. it's called Economic Statistics and Data Analysis.. ugh lame. I haven't even started doing the course yet, haha.

Philosophy seems like it'll be a good class. plus Jenny is in the class too which is rad. Communications is pretty meh. kinda similar to COMM105 which I took at CBU, except with less emphasis on public speaking and more on just communication in general. there's also an insane-o huge research project at the end. Anthropology is wicked and my prof is pretty much the man. Computer Science is like... torture. it's a required course for my degree, so I have to take it. it's pretty much awful/the most boring class ever. the lab on Friday was three hours of DOS commands. fuck. anyway. Calculus is probably going to be really hard. I know a bunch of people who failed the course, so that's kinda lame. my prof seems alright, kind of uses a different method of teaching, but hopefully Dan can help me through it, heh.

I'm working 32 hours this week, which is le sketch. I usually only work 24, but I took an extra shift for someone this week. 24 hours is still a lot though.. I'm probably going to end up asking for my hours to be cut down, seeing as school work is already piling up and it's only been a week. oh money. why are you so necessary?

hopefully this sickness goes away soon. then I'll be all set.