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merely talk

rantings and ravings with little cohesion and plenty of pretension

 

Happy Holidays

I'm chillin' upstairs in the loft of my parents house. Overlooking the ocean and the mountains and a heck of a lot of trees. From this vantage point the only sight of civilization I can see is the occasionally ferry on it's way to Victoria or to one of the little islands. Of course if I turn my head slightly to the left, I'll see our neighbour's head, but I like to pretend.

The last few weeks have been mucho stressful. I've been working lots and shopping lots and sociallizing lots and there wasn't a lot of time to plop down in front of the PC to update on my life. So I'll do it now.

My flight to Victoria was bumpy, the landing harrowing, but I ended up making it all in one piece. They landed on the tarmac and instead of going through the tunnel they attach to the plane to get into the airport, they just brought those stairs and we walked right on to the tarmac. That made me feel like a movie star, or like the Beatles or something. It's funny that something less luxurious , would make me feel so rich.

After landing the stressful pre Christmas didn't end. So much so that me and my Mom haven't had time for our shopping outing yet. Meaning I don't have many clothes. With all the presents I was bringing I didn't have a lot of room for clothing in my suitcase, and since I figured me and mom were going to buy me some new stuff anyway, it wouldn't really matter that I only have one pair of pants. Well now it matters. But it's okay, I guess. I've only really seen my family so far and they have to love me, no matter how schlubby I look.

Anyway, I wanted to wish one and all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS or a Happy Holiday of their choosing. I'll try to update more later, but one PC for five people, doesn't go very far. Especially in my family.

LOVE TESSA

 
 

Pride and Prejudice (both me)

So they made this new Pride and Prejudice movie. And I have to say I scoffed at them every step of the way, from the very fact they presumed to do it, and to do it casting Kiera Knightly as the lead. Both horrible ideas if you ask me.

I'm quite proud you see and I love the 6 hour BBC version which made women (and some men) the world over aware of the lovely Colin Firth (forever known as THE Mr. Darcy). So I couldn't belive they were attempting to turn the 6 hours of perfection into a 2 and a half hour movie.

So I admit I was pretty prejudice of this movie before it even came out. But a funny thing happens when you have no expectations for a movie, you end up not hating it. Now don't get me wrong, I don't love it. I'm not convinced by the idiot they hired as Mr. Darcy, and some of the directing choices were wrong...(what was UP with the dance at the Neatherfeild ball anyway?), but overall the supporting cast was fabulous, the landscape gorgeous, and they were as true as they could be to the story in that little time.

I'm still not convinced about the movie though. During the crucial scene when Mr. Darcy and Lizzie finally figure each other out, two drunk and high teenage boys stumbled into the theater and were quite distracting, so I missed the scene in it's entirety. It really was the scene that the movie hinges on, and I missed it. So now I'm going to have to rent the damn thing. And I really hated the very last add on scene that was completely unnecessary and stupid.

So I reserve the right, to reserve my judgment until it makes it unto DVD.

In other news, how much do drunk and high teenagers suck?

 
 

Done!

And it feels soooooo good.

That's right kids, the papers from hell are completed, and the one and only final was written today. I am done with this crap semester, and to celebrate I've spent the last 24 hours disobeying my doctors orders and drinking like a fish.

My tolerance is friggin low, yo!

Love and kisses to you all. I'm going to have an AWESOME month to do what ever the hell I want!

I'm so happy right now. And full. I went to dinner at Parkallen with some peeps from school. The Lebanese know how to cook, and rosewater syrup is quite possibly my new favourite food in all existence.

Ta ta for now my dears!

 
 

How can stuff like this still happen?

Today is the anniversary of a pretty nasty event in Canadian history. One of those that reminds you of the dangers still facing women as a whole.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/ponycow/280896.html

 
 

Winter has arrived in full force.

Sigh.

It's really freakin' cold out here in E-town. I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to stand it. The lettuce Amy bought the other day, froze in the 3 block walk from our house and the Safeway. It's only partly edible now...which makes me really sad. The wind and blowing snow, and -28 degree weather is making it more and more difficult for me to stay motivated to walk to and from school. Even with my fancy new snow flake decorated long johns and all my knitted wares. I made the walk there today, but the wind on was gusting pretty intensely as I walked across the bridge. It blew my bag off my shoulder a few times, and almost knocked me over a few times. I consider myself to be quite sturdily built, so consider that quite the feat. I had to hold on to my touque, and I practically ran across. I took the bus home to avoid a similar situation.

Wrote part 1 of my one and only final today. I think it went quite well. I ended up writing a nice little essay I think...even though I did write it from the first person, so my inner Mr.Moxley (gr 12 English teacher, for those not in the know) was shaking his finger and growling at me. But it really did suit the subject matter, so I think I'm safe.

I'm currently printing off my two essays. They are done, thank the lord, and now I just need to prepare for part 2 of my one and only final. I write it on Wednesday at noon, and by one o'clock this crap semester will be finished. I'm planning on doing backflips down the hallway in bio-sci to celebrate.

I had a good, academically unproductive day yesterday. I went to church with Anick. I really wanted to go because it's advent. And I love church during advent. We get to sing Christmas carols, and everyone is so happy and joyful. There's less talk of our immediate doom and sins, and more happiness cause the big JC will be coming soon. It's good times. And I, once again, spent the majority of my time examining the ceiling of the church, and the stained glass windows, and their pretty stations of the cross pictures, and the gorgeous chandeliers. The Basilica looks like I think a church should look. Stony and gothic, with sweeping arches and weeping statues. It's awesome.

Afterward I had a marathon gab session with Anick and then headed to a charity stitch n' bitch. We were making hats and scarves for a women's shelter. It was lots of fun, and a lot more people showed up this time...making me a happy camper. I got Andrea to come, which was great because I hadn't see her for a very long time (totally mine and schools fault) and had the added bonus of Francis giving me a ride home.

It was all good. And now I'm counting the hours until I'm FREEEEEEE!!

 
 

Hat!


Latest project completed!
Originally uploaded by Star_t.
It only took me a few hours. Yay for hats!

 
 

So much for studying...


Tea-Cozy
Originally uploaded by Star_t.
At least I'll have warm pots of tea to keep me company after I flunk out of school.

 
 

Things I'd rather be doing

Sorry for the long absence kids, it's that time of year in every students life. I've finished two of my nasty term papers now, with only the most difficult one left...so that's somewhat of an accomplishment. Sadly I was using the other two to procrastinate on the tricky one, and now that they are finished, I find myself faced with something I really don't want to do.

What I'd rather be doing of course is having FUN. And no matter what my prof says statistical analysis of BDI-II scores of pre and post treatment depression patients is NOT FUN. My paper is currently on page 16...which sounds pretty impressive, but actually isn't, seeing as one of those pages is a title page, two are filled with my references, and 4-5 are tables and appendixes(which will actually grow later, APA demands only one table per page, thus killing as many trees as possible). Sigh. All I really have left to do now is my discussion of the boring results, and my abstract of the entire thing, but being almost done doesn't really inspire me to keep going.

Instead I find my mind wandering to things that are more fun than this stupid paper. And there are many:

1) Making Christmas cookies.
2) Downloading more Christmas carols to torture the roomy with.
3) Updating my blog (.....hmmmm...)
4) Knitting a tea cozy.*
5) Knitting a hat.*
6) Knitting a belt.*
7) Going through my knitting books looking at patterns and seeing what I can make.*
8) Contemplating the meaning of 'abnormal readings' in regards to my EEG results.
9) Contemplating the cruelness of my doctor for keeping me in suspense until March.
10) Going to work, cause at least I'd be getting paid.
11)Reading one of the five books I've started in the last few weeks and that I have scattered around the living room to be as tempting as possible.
12) Watching one of many movies, but most likely The Motorcycle Diaries or Outsiders so I can return them to my co-worker.
13)Cleaning the apartment, with a focus on the living room, which is a mess.
14) Making dinner.
15) Christmas shopping.
16) Hanging out with all the friends I've been neglecting lately.

And the list goes on and on. I feel there are literally millions of things I'd rather be doing than this paper, but sadly it's worth a large percentage of my mark in the class, and I really can't afford to do badly on it. So I guess I shall return to it.

*I'm knitting like crazy these days. Two nights ago I woke up in the middle of the night, with an urge to knit, and I'm having trouble coping with school when all I want to do is knit. I'm half done a tea cozy that I started last night...and if, as I suspect, I have no will power, it will be finished before my paper.