For those of you who responded to my most recent Pulse, thank you! It's not any one thing that I need help with in particular - I have a week loaded with not one... not two... but THREE exams and a seminar presentation coming up (next week, to be exact)... so this week, I am in the process of preparing for next week. On top of all that, I have meetings and practices to attend... so it's all becoming quite overwhelming. If you asked how you could help, just keep cheering for me! Haha. I really appreciate all the support! You all really are quite the awesome bunch. It's going to be a tough week and a half, but I promise I will try to make it out alive. Besides, I have some good fun lined up for the weekend following hell week, so that will be my motivation!
Speaking of cheering (up), I got mail today!
YAY. I loooove mail! This put me in a good mood today, so I am pumped to do some hardcore studying, set planning, and dinner making.
This being said, I will most likely be MIA for the next week or so... I will be trying to keep my brains from spewing out of every oriface above my neck, so please don't hold it against me for not updating! I haven't even had the time to go grocery shopping... I will be living off instant noodles and cereal until I have the chance to swing by the grocery store. BOOOOOO. Oh, the life and diet of a university student. 'Tis sad, I tell you. I think I will be spending more time at my second home. Where's that, you ask? Take a wild guess. Yes, the library. YOU WIN... a study date with me. Just kidding.
I hope everyone is doing well! I will still be lurking around to comment and stuff... so keep posting, and I will have a life vicariously through you all. Hahah. Yes, I said lurking. Lurk, lurk, lurk. Don't even try to lie to yourself, you know you're a lurker too.
In news OTHER than school (which seems to be what my life revolves around these days, sigh - you all must be sick of me talking about it), I am happy. People are great, God is even greater. I'm excited for the Christmas holidays to come, 'cause as some of you know, I'm going to be visiting in NYC for a few days. I haven't been there since I was a wee lass, so it'll be awesome to experience the city at an age where I'll be able to appreciate it. By the way, I heard that some Americans get tomorrow off as a holiday for Remembrance Day (Veterans' Day for you guys). Ummm... unfair, much? I want a holiday. Well, either way, lest we forget.
Random Fact about D #35: I have a really strange habit of collecting all my receipts. It would make sense if I kept some sort of spreadsheet and tracked my expenses - but I don't, so I'm not really sure why I keep them. I also collect ticket stubs and stupid stuff like that if the event occurs on special days that I want to remember!
First off, I would like to say that I am not by any means trying to make any sexist connotations with this post - I am merely sharing my personal experiences and encounters, and above all, making a light-hearted post out of them.
Why can't you be more like this guy? Just kidding.
I have noticed from my past interactions with the opposite sex (which are males... I promise) that they have this uncanny inability to multi-task. It is most prominent when I am trying to make conversation or ask a question. For example, a classic conversation between my older brother and I will go something like this if I happen to catch him at a time when he's watching TV:
Me: Yoooooooo, brah! Brother: Me: What are you doing today? Brother: Me: HELLO? Brother: ............huh? Me: Oh my gus. Brother: I didn't hear you... hehhhehehheheh.
Or sometimes, he'll have heard what I said... but he'll still say "huh?" as if he didn't hear me, and then proceed with "OH...", and then answer my question. I don't get it! This happens with a lot of guys I know... they'll have to stop whatever else they're doing in order to actually be able to pay attention to what I'm saying. Maybe I not interesting enough. Maybe I'm not annoying enough. I think I should be more annoying.
Albeit, I won't say that I don't zone out from time to time during conversations. It's not even when I'm watching TV. Even when I'm not... sometimes I will start thinking about something else. The person will ask me a question or say something, and I will be all cool, like "Oh yeah! Cool!", and throw in a big smile to emphasize how cool I thought it was. Then they'll be excited that I'm excited. Then a second later, a wave of guilt will wash over me and I'll sheepishly say, "Ummm... sorry, I actually really wasn't listening. What'd you say? Hehehe...". So it's not all on you, boys. It can happen to females, too. But the TV/multi-tasking things happens most in my interactions with males. Can't say I've ever had that problem with my girl friends!
Can you guys explain to me what is going on in your heads at those times? Anything? Anything at all? Random Fact about D #34: I am a closet gamer. Not so much anymore now that school is so busy, though. Sad face.
This was hella fun to make! It involved a lot of laughing, two spilt cups of water, random yelling, and many, many takes. It's not perfect, nor is it the most incredible masterpiece you've ever heard - we just wanted to get together and have a fun jam session... but I hope you guys enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed recording it.
A lovely friend of mine presented me with this today, after I told her I loved them:
Mmmmmm...ango.
I love fruits. I think they make for a tasty snack at any time. PLUS they're healthy! What a deal. Fruit salads are even better. If only they didn't require so much effort and time to make... haha. What's your favourite kind of fruit?
Random Fact about D #33: Mangoes are my favourite fruit (haha, cheaped out on this random fact).
In the spirit of midterm season (which, by the way, never friggin' ends...), I have decided to show you all where the magic happens. Since most of what you see in my pictures is only what's behind me, I thought it might be interesting for you all to see it from my perspective.
This is where I study, catch up on my TV shows, make my music videos, do my late night snacking, write my super lame Xanga posts... among other awesome things. There is usually more of what I like to call "academic sprawl", or the crazy mess of papers, textbooks, notes, and whatnot... but I'm currently studying for the midterm of my lightest course, so the sprawl has been kept to a minimum.
You can't see it because it's cut off, but at the top of that poster over my desk, it says "justification for higher education". You can probably guess why I put it over my desk - pretty self-explanatory. I thought it might be a fun way to keep motivated.
What does your workspace look like?
In any case, I hope you all have a stellar weekend. And just so you all don't think I'm a complete party pooper, here is my Halloween tribute:
Hey, cut me some slack... I've got some major studying to do. Have a safe, spooky, and cavity-inducing Halloween, everyone! Random Fact about D #32: I am not really a makeup kind of girl. I don't wear it every day - especially not for school. Usually just on special occasions, or when I have time. Which is... rare. Haha. I don't own much of it at all. But don't get me wrong - I can clean up quite nicely, I promise.
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