I'm trying not to be overwhelmed by things right now.

Ah crap I totally forgot to post yesterday. Dang. Well whatever it happens I guess. 

Basically a bunch of stuff has been happening this past week. I did get my bed, and my room is all sorted out minus all the stuff that I'm going to hang on my walls. I'm waiting a bit to do that because I might buy some more posters so I want everything to fit nicely. 

All last week I attended a Science Prep Workshop. A lot of it was boring stuff that I already knew, but there were some interesting bits and I did manage to talk with some people that I'll probably have classes with so that's good. 

I got my bus pass, but now I need to get all my text books, my 101 week kit, my lab manuals, and a locker. I plan to try to do most of that today, but we'll have to see because today is the first move in day for those people in residence so campus is going to get super busy from here on out.

My sister and I were planning a trip to Montreal today, but unfortunately that's been postponed to some later date as she has been sick all week and we need to sort out some uni stuff still. But on the plus side this means I'll probably be able to watch the new Doctor Who episode today if I can find it online.

I started watching this TV show called Misfits and man has that been throwing me for a loop. It's a really funny show, and I love the characters in it. Seriously though, it just gets all dramatic and sad so suddenly at times and then sometimes it'll just get fixed right away because of reasons I won't reveal in case you want to watch the show. It's an emotional roller coaster I tell yah. It's definitely become one of my new favourite shows.

Katie, good to hear that you had an interesting trip, good luck on finishing those books, try not to get stressed out. 

Adam, the only place I've really been in the States is Minneapolis, it's a really nice place in my opinion, but I'd rather go to New York probably. Also Lays Ketchup chips are gross (again, in my opinion) so if you ever get the chance I'd recommend Old Dutch instead. They're really good though, my favourite as a kid, and I still enjoy them now. And since Kira didn't really explain a coffee crisp is like a layered wafer chocolate bar, that tastes a little like coffee. It's super delicious, probably in my top 3 chocolate bars.

Kate, I hope your allergies go away if they haven't already. 

Kira, I know exactly how you feel about french class. I felt the same for french and for math classes in high school. It's like a love-hate relationship. 

DFTBA

Kayla

P.S. Classes start on the 5th for me, so wish me luck!

Don't Mind Me, I'll Just Ramble on for a While

I think I'm catching a cold which totally sucks. Hopefully I'll get over it during the weekend because I do not want to be sick for a calculus test. But yeah basically this post is going to be all over the place because I'm just going to write whatever pops in my head so I can hurry to bed.

We went on a science field trip today to see some labs and stuff, like I mentioned in my last post. In one portion of our tour we were being taught about soils and how to tell how sandy or clay-y (lol totally not a word, but whatever) a soil sample is. Basically for one of the tests you have to taste some to see how gritty it is, which I had absolutely no problem doing at the time. Now though, my mouth and throat are kind of weird feeling and I can't tell if it's because I'm sick or if it's from the sand. And all I can think about right now is this one book I read where a girl was killed from internal bleeding because some one put finely ground glass into her food. Not even sure if that would work or not in real life, but it's a freaky thought.

I finally finished reading The Fault in our Stars (which is technically the first John Green book I've read! :o I'll eventually get to the other ones). It was amazing. It really made me think about life and death and the struggle to survive. I have to say out of all the books I've read so far it's probably the one that made me laugh and cry alternately the most. It was a whole roller coaster of emotions for me and I ended up bawling for pretty much the whole three hour bus ride to Thunder Bay.

I realized something about myself a while ago and want to pop it to you guys as a quick random question: What's the first physical thing you notice about a person you meet? I'm not sure why exactly, but the thing I always notice first and the thing that sticks in my mind the most about a person is their mouth.

Katie, I think you should stay with Envirothon for this year at least and if you absolutely hate it just don't do it again after that. The Walking Dead is about zombies (hence the name) and this one group of survivors. It focuses on how the group is coping, trying to stay alive, and trying to deal with the problems amongst themselves. As for reading, I sometimes have a hard time starting reading, but once I'm a chapter or two into it usually I get really pulled into the story and end up reading it all in one sitting. I also have the bad habit of reading half of a book and leaving it, which I think is directly a cause and an effect of my need to finish books in one sitting. Basically, if I don't finish a book in one go I usually get distracted and then a couple weeks later return to it not fully remembering all that's happened so I don't want to finish it, but I also don't want to reread the beginning so it just sits there. In conclusion: maybe try reading the book without interrupting it for anything. As a side note, I can't do what Deidra said and assign reading time, I do it when I'm in the mood or when I'm procrastinating, so maybe that's something else you can try. Or maybe you could listen to music. (whew that was a long response)

 Adam, I loved Gatsby and agree for the most part on the Harry Potter books. As a side note, I heard JK Rowling was writing an adult book so hopefully that turns out well.

Kate, I guess I wasn't really thinking fully last week when I said turtle shell because I didn't consider what a drag it would be to carry one around everywhere. All I was thinking was that it would be nice to just hide in your shell whenever you wanted to, kind of like you take your home with you everywhere or something.

Campion, I remember watching that movie with my dad when I was little. I don't really remember much, but I do remember Hal and I do remember it being very strange. I don't doubt the use of drugs while it was being made. I also really liked Hal though, it (he?) was kind of cool, and there are tons of parodies of him which are usually pretty funny. On the topic of strange movies, have you ever seen the movie Sharktopus? I have to admit it's pretty terrible and the animating was pretty funny, but I enjoyed watching it so maybe you would too. (It's tag line is "Half-Shark. Half -Octopus. All Terror" which is just genius, don't ya think?)

DFTBA
Kayla

I wonder if a tail would improve my balance

Hey everyone. Hope your weeks have been going well. Grad photos were this week, which I almost completely forgot. Besides our individual ones we were allowed to sign up for buddy pictures so Deidra and I got some done, we did the Nerdfighters hand sign in one picture.

I did manage to finally go see Chronicle last weekend. It was pretty good, not exactly what I was expecting to see, but good none the less. I think I liked it because if by some chance some teens got super powers in real life I could see them behaving the same way the guys in the movie did.

Our teachers just informed us today that there's going to be a field trip to Thunder Bay on March 2nd to go view a bunch of science and medical labs. I'm really excited about it because I'm going into biology for university so I think it will be cool to go see what everything is like. We're even going to be seeing a DNA lab so that's cool.

My sister just showed me this song and it's already stuck in my head. It's called Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra) by Gotye. You guys should check it out. Oh, and I only just realized that Martin Freeman, the guy who plays Watson in Sherlock, is also playing Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. It's kind of strange I didn't realize it sooner I think, but I guess it makes sense because I only started watching Sherlock a while ago. Also just randomly wondering, do any of you guys watch the TV show The Walking Dead?

Adam, hope your tests went well. I've never even watched a rugby game on TV or in real life before (mostly because I'm not really into watching sports, but also because rugby isn't really as big here in Canada usually everything is about hockey) so it will be interesting to see those pictures if you post them.

Kate, I've often wondered what animals think when they see humans. I mean we stand upright, we have no tails, and we have no head-to-toe fur. Whereas we're completely fine with how we look it's very strange to think about it from an outside point of view.

I thought a bit about your question Deidra and I think I would choose a prehensile tail. It just seems like it would be useful to have an extra limb that can grab and hold stuff. Runners up: wings, gills, and a turtle shell.

DFTBA
Kayla