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Archive for January, 2009

i am currently the living dead

January 22, 2009 at 2:23 am · Filed under everything you need to know about my day-to-day life

not much has happened since the last post, really.

practiced with a new band tonight in eastern passage, brandon asked me to play bass for them/do some singing about a month ago, and things are sounding pretty good so far. they already have quite a few songs developed, so right now i’m just playing catch-up which is a tedious process. haven’t really played bass that much in the past year, but that’s not that big of an issue.

my schedule has been crazy between school work, work, theatre stuff (which is slowly starting up again)/crew calls, and everything else that i’m juggling. because of this, i haven’t been in residence since i was sick. it started off as a courtesy thing because i was hacking and coughing all night for that week when i was sick, but these past few days, i’ve been doing homework until 4 or 5 in the morning, or just too exhausted when i come home to pick up my stuff. tonight, i parked on campus then realised that not only did i not have my room key with me, but i also didn’t have my contact lense case or anything. so i had to get back in my car and drive home at 12:30 at night after just getting off of the highway.

i haven’t been getting as much sleep as i should be this past week… it’s been brutal and hopefully i’m more on the ball next week when it comes to stuff.

i’m going to wrap this up though. i have class in the morning/early afternoon, then i have to go pay the damage deposit on my apartment for next school year followed by a five hour shift at work.

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woo! more school-related ranting!

January 16, 2009 at 2:39 am · Filed under university and tagged: ,

i am frustrated beyond belief with the student loan people right now.

here’s an idea, guys and girls: don’t misinform students, then treat them like fools when they come to you wondering why you haven’t sent their provincial loan to their university.

when i called them in december to make sure that there was nothing else for me to sign, mail, or do regarding my loan and the representative assured me that there was nothing and that everything was fine, i assumed everything was in order. then i go to look at my student account balance at school and i notice that my loan hasn’t been deposited. i call student accounts who tell me to contact the student loans people. this time i get a different loans representative who tells that i should have mailed them some kind of papers about two months ago that i have never even seen. thanks for telling me that now instead of in december.

it must be my fault, though. how could i be so dumb to think that “everything’s fine, there’s nothing left for you to do” actually meant “you still have papers to sign to get your money for school in january”?

end rant.

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watch me tell the universe how to work

January 15, 2009 at 2:25 am · Filed under attempts at trying to influence the universe, important things that you should know about me and tagged: , , , , ,

work, work, work. school, school, school. sick, sick, sick. i have a new best friend, “vick’s vapo-rub”. we spent a long time apart, i really had no need to hang out with her, but it seems lately she’s been a lot more useful to me. this slimey concoction seems to have been made by the hands of the gods (or the many hands of one god if you’re doing the hindu-thing).

got hired as a tree planter in northern ontario this summer which i may very well do if other things don’t pan out. right now i’m being considered for a job with shakespeare by the sea, and i should be hearing back on the festival antigonish job within the next week. other theatre companies have my resume but i haven’t heard word from them yet (but it hasn’t even been a week since i sent them all out), others i should look into. i want to apply to as many jobs in theatre as i can for this summer, but i do have my preferences. it’s not like i’m blindly whoring myself out to whoever will take a resume. here’s hoping that it works out though. oh, and if you’re interested, i will still stay at staples but just take a leave of absence while i work the other job this summer. this will be my fifth back to school at staples if i’m there, and while i really do enjoy my job, i have to start looking for work in theatre if i want to do anything with my degree. tree planting is a nice back up because it pays so well and it would be an interesting experience.

the summer months are going to be interesting; along with working i’m also going to montreal for a few days come hell or high water. road trip, aww yeah.

right now, my list of demands for the cosmos and all that i can’t control go as follows:

  • stop snowing. get snow off roads, and warm the hell up.
  • get this damn virus out of my body. i hate being sick.
  • let sleep make me feel rested and not groggy.
  • make courtney love come to my house and ask for my hand in marriage.

“demands” is a strong word… i think “hopes” is more along the lines of what i wanted to say

jade is coming down in a month… i’m excited beyond words. i’ll leave it at that since i said “beyond words”

i’m going to bed.

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oh hey, 2009

January 3, 2009 at 1:46 am · Filed under Uncategorized and tagged: ,

so it’s the new year, that means that it’s also resolution time. the first few weeks of the new year always seem to be the time for personal development. personally, i actually do my best to follow through with resolutions/promises; i made a ridiculous amount last year and all the important ones worked out (for the most part, some relied on others). this year, i’m being more minimal with things and not promising myself any miracles. i’m holding up quite well on not biting my nails so far, so hopefully the rest will follow and go accordingly.

i’m not going to sit here and say that 2009 is going to be the best year ever, but i will say this: i’m going to do my best to make 2009 an enjoyable, satisfying, and rewarding year.

school’s back in session on monday, and i move back into residence on sunday. i’m excited to go back, but at the same time, i wish that winter break would go on just a bit longer… i will admit though, i miss the acadia theatre company and will be happy to be back in the swing of things.

i work tomorrow.

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