... to hell with it, we'll see where this goes, this year~ I'm unlikely to succeed because I've not read any full books yet and it's all ready on the 5th! But if I am reading manga and small books I may well have a... half decent chance. B| We'll see how it goes. I am modifying the one from Claire, but. XD

( The Not-Quite-Book-A-Day Challenge )

Not taking this too seriously; it's all in good fun! Feel free to make any suggestions!
Oh, and an opinion: I have some books that are like... a triology of novels combined into one, or a 'complete works of' etc. Do you think count those as one book, even if they are technically several?

So! Awesome start of week was awesome. I upgraded to a paid account for a year, finally (ilu aleph_null ♥), which has been cool so far, and I applied for a bunch of scholarships and I hung out with box_of_doom for the weekend which was great. :D Bought myself a new blouse with a built in cravat of sorts and a pair of button headphones. \o/

Upon returning home I completed my transfer of files to the "new" laptop, and therefore I am not currently stuck on a broken/dying/miserable laptop anymore. Which was definitely a nice change, though I'm still not 100% used to it - more like 99%.

On Wednesday I also started back at school, which promises to be awesome. I only have two different teachers this semester - one teaches my Social Science and my Literature classes - but all my courses promise to be awesome.

Wednesday was when it went downhill, though, uh. Mood plummeted on Wednesday night for reasons I'd rather not get into and I ended up spending part of the night in dad's room because I was upset and lonely. B| And then no one saw me online again until this morning. Because I made it about half way through school on Thursday before I got violently ill. It even came with a collapse in the bathroom moment! I slept in dad's room for two more nights and woke up this morning feeling mostly better and feeling completely grateful to get out of bed for more than five minutes for the first time in two days. x_x

So yeah. That was exciting. :|

/struggles to get re-caught up with RP and neglects homework sob

Okay so

I was going to post about "exciting!!" last night, but it's a good thing I waited?

( exciting!! )

( Friend stuff! )

( The last topic of the day is my brother B| )

And a single sentence that goes with none of the others: last shift at chapters is on Saturday, though there's a slim chance I'll get a permanent position. DX

okay so

possibly freaking out time

I have a lot of homework left to do

I work tomorrow and Sunday

I might be able to pull this off - but I'm starting to stress, because oh my god I have been putting things off. :x I'll just... do nothing but homework when I get home tomorrow, and nothing but work on Friday and Saturday? gfdhjf idk.

Also applying for university within two weeks or I have literally no chance of getting accepted. At least my pay is starting to get fixed, so I should have the money to do that. I hope. :x It doesn't help the stress that I have like no money FOR school, aaahhh.

ALSO TO ALL FRENCH SPEAKERS ON MY F-LIST One of the pieces of homework due on Monday is a French essay - just a short one! - are any of you guys willing to help me edit it?

So my dad just walked into my room and said to me, pretty seriously even,

"Did you know that in December of 1972... it was also winter? This is far too long for winter to have lasted."

ilu Papa.

also I am mad at the postal service :\ I mailed some gifts around, but it sounds like... two of them arrived, so far. >:| yes they were the smallest packages, but really?

*goes back to watching SiCKO*

( 30 second emo corner! )

MERRY CHRISTMAS




♥?

Guys guys guys

vote for me

this is a scholarship contest eeee omg I am so excited that I even stand a remote chance, lmao.

VOTE FOR ME EVERY DAY UNTIL THE END OF THE CONTEST

WHICH IS ONLY LIKE THE 15TH OR SOMETHING

VOTE FOR ME EVERY DAY ;D

Awesome meme tiem. ♥ I cheated a little for the photo.

1 - Go to Wikipedia. Hit "random" or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random.
The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2 - Go to Quotations Page and select "random quotations" or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3.
The last four or five words of the very last quote on the page is the title of your first album.
3 - Go to Flickr and click on “explore the last seven days” or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days.
The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4 - Use Photoshop or similar to put it all together.

( sucky image and songs for fun. )

Happy Thanksgiving, all you Americans. ♥

I met an old man today. And it may sound over dramatic or something, but I... feel like my life was changed by that chance encounter, in some small way. If nothing else, he was unforgettable to me. I don't think I've ever met a stranger with that sort of effect on me before - I really don't think I will ever forget him.

( the brief encounter )

I hung out with Rachael and Victoria after work last night. ♥ I'm still not 100% sure Rachael is not!mad, but the fact that we were hanging out again was fantastic.

( mini-raeg )

You know how sometimes people on your friendslist post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when were they working THERE? Since when were they dating HIM/HER? Since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you should already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.

Please copy the topics below, erase my answers and put yours in their place, and then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration. One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out. (:

( the questions and answers? I should be doing homework. )

Random game time:

The Find Sherlock Holmes game!

1) Go to Wikipedia.
2) Click Random Article (on the left navigation bar)
3) From there, only using links in articles, navigate yourself to Holmes's page
4) Post your path here.

( here we go! )

"I'm listening."

I don't know you, and I won't reach out any further to you, but...

But that was the best thing I've heard in a long time.

Haha, I told myself I wouldn't, today.

Okay I think I need a brief update for you guys here, in order that I think of things:

-School is a bitch. My teachers acknowledge this but that changes nothing.
-Oh my god those essays killed my life. And then one of them got pushed back to next week and I don't even know if I can make it better for then and I am not confident but I think I'm bordering on not caring anymore.
-I need to memorize some Shakespeare for tomorrow. I should work on that.
-Checked out Glendon's campus. Wasn't quite what I expected, but still pretty nice. Still struggling to decide between Glendon and Ottawa. x_x
-Found out about awesome job opportunities near Ottawa, though! If I am good enough for them. This isn't even self-confidence speaking, you just need to be bilingual, more or less. I am not sure I can get my French to quite that level in the coming months. :|
-This is around where I paused for dinner. And lost my train of thought.
-New job! I work at Chapters now, it's a seasonal position - so I'll last until about January 16th? Yeah.
-I don't know where I'm going with any of this; it's mostly been... school. Yes.

Birthday shoutout to facilitated ♥ We've not talked in a long while, but whatever.



*crawls away again*

P.S.: Sorry for the people I never replied to the other day, too. Just... yeah. :|; brb school or something.

... I think I hate myself, lately.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.
- John McCrae



Real updates are for losers. It's a bit late in the day, but this seemed more important.

I've been thinking about that a bit too much lately. I'd probably just try to get in contact with everyone and tell them I love them. I don't think I have anything important enough to say anything in particular to anyone in particular. So I'd just say "I love you", "goodbye" or "sorry" to as many people as possible. But who knows, maybe by the time I die I'll have something important to say, lmao. LONG LIVE COMMUNISM or something asinine like that. B|



On another note: I failed because I succeeded too much. It was just what I needed, huh?