Let's see.
So far, so good. It took about a week but I think I understand my job in the resource room now. I think the bulk will be in working with the students working on missed math credits. My 12U Physics course is shaping up well too. They are a very attentive group but a little bit quiet still. I was impressed with their first assignments - a paragraph about the nature or role of science. They put a fair bit of thought into them.
I had good fun in the playoffs last weekend. My knee had been bothering me last week but it felt pretty good during the weekend. Now, this week it is just awful. I've worn a tensor all day for the first time in years. I think volleyball coaching has been aggravating it.
I just finished tryouts for the junior boys' volleyball team today. There are a few good athletes and a couple of players with good training. But I've never been involved in junior boys' volleyball; so, I don't know how we compare to the field. We'll find out soon. Our first game is a week from Tuesday. Yikes. I don't even know who my setters are going to be.
I just got my new laptop yesterday, almost exactly ONE MONTH after I ordered it. One snafu after another. It's sweet though. I do miss a few things about my old one, believe it or not, Mark. I liked the curve of the keyboard under the wrists. I really miss the track point. Removing your hand from home row to use a mouse/touch pad is just so primitive.
TV. Terrible that Rex stayed and Aaron went home last week on Canadian Idol. Thank goodness Melissa won. I was a little scared this week because Rex's first two performances on Tuesday were actually enjoyable. Not that he suddenly developed a good voice over the week but he had suitably easy songs and managed to hold the pitch much of the time. The single written for the Idol is actually good. A rare thing in the Idol franchise. Last year's single was awful, awful, awful.
BOOKS. I'm reading Simon Singh's Big Bang. A little less "entertaining" than Fermat's Enigma or The Code Book but I am really enjoying it.
Friday, September 16, 2005
Sunday, September 04, 2005
Geekiness
I've often describe my geekiness (and that of several of our friends) with an explanation of the the reference game. As I spent most of the day alone, I had to find a solo way of indulging my geekiness. I rediscovered The geography olympics, now at http://www.geographyzone.com/new/index.php?t=1&b=1 . Although that redirects you to the new geography challenge with a much improved interface.
It's amazing how the brain works. At first I was getting only 7 out of 10 right and after a few tries was back up to pretty consistent 10/10 with the occasional 9/10 due to the South-West Pacific. Kiribati anyone? But soon I was recalling countries that hadn't even come up yet today. Soon, I was working for good times, not just perfect scores. You get a total of 120 seconds. One by one, you are asked to click on ten countries, randomly selected from 192. If you make a mistake, the correct answer is displayed - a nice new feature. I used to play with an atlas handy. I've been playing for a little over an hour and my top times for perfect scores are
100 seconds left - once
99 seconds left - once
94 seconds left - four times
Like minesweeper, there is obviously some luck involved. Small countries are bad because it takes time to hover over them. The location of a country can be bad too. It takes time to scroll across the world map. Here's a hint. Keep your mouse hovering over the Eastern part of the Mediterranean between countries for quick map shifting to within range of a very large number of countries. Another. Don't click on a country until you KNOW its whole name - it is displayed letter by letter. I've clicked on Austr(ia) only to find out that I was to click on Austr(alia).
It's amazing how the brain works. At first I was getting only 7 out of 10 right and after a few tries was back up to pretty consistent 10/10 with the occasional 9/10 due to the South-West Pacific. Kiribati anyone? But soon I was recalling countries that hadn't even come up yet today. Soon, I was working for good times, not just perfect scores. You get a total of 120 seconds. One by one, you are asked to click on ten countries, randomly selected from 192. If you make a mistake, the correct answer is displayed - a nice new feature. I used to play with an atlas handy. I've been playing for a little over an hour and my top times for perfect scores are
100 seconds left - once
99 seconds left - once
94 seconds left - four times
Like minesweeper, there is obviously some luck involved. Small countries are bad because it takes time to hover over them. The location of a country can be bad too. It takes time to scroll across the world map. Here's a hint. Keep your mouse hovering over the Eastern part of the Mediterranean between countries for quick map shifting to within range of a very large number of countries. Another. Don't click on a country until you KNOW its whole name - it is displayed letter by letter. I've clicked on Austr(ia) only to find out that I was to click on Austr(alia).
Here we go...
School's almost here. But before we look forward let's have a look backwards, if I can remember it all.
last Friday: I spent the evening at Ann and Steve's with them, Derek, Rob, and Rebecca. Great fun AND I found Dion and me curling buddies. I'm playing with Leigh and Jenn on Mondays and with Dion, Ann, and Steve on Fridays. This is going to be a fun season.
last Saturday and Sunday: Gee, I cannot remember anything except good long phone calls to Ottawa. If you know what I did last weekend, please tell me.
Monday: I went into school caught up with Heather a little. I really enjoyed Litter's game, though I was the only one apparently. Dan and player on the other team were arguing over a foul call right off the bat and we generally got our butts kicked. Our defence was actually really good. We just could not execute on offense. The player Dan was arguing with is Dave Flynn, with whom I have played and whom I really like and respect. I definitely played better than I have most of the season. I wonder if Dave's presence did it. I was making things happen on offense with precise OIs upfield around the zone, no drops, only two or three bad throws or throwing decisions.
Tuesday: Dream in High Park after school with Ann and Rebecca, which was fun despite the rain. It was Much Ado About Nothing, which I think they did the last time I went to Dream several years ago.
Wednesday: I started the day at Grand and Toy and stocked up on binders. At school, I started filing all the handouts in my drawer into binders. It took me all afternoon and I got "kicked out" around 6 because the last of the custodial staff was leaving.
TV: I'm glad that it wasn't Melissa or Aaron who got booted off Canadian Idol, as they and Amber were the only ones in the top 10 who had good voices and pitch control. Kevin has called me the pitch-Nazi in the past. I don't really like live music because of pitch problems. So I always like the in-tune Idol performances best, with little regard to "performance" but some regard to song-selection. So You Think You Can Dance was entertaining as always. The disco was INCREDIBLE, so was Artem in the Passo Doble. The rock-and-roll was also really good. It bothers me somewhat that the hip-hop dancers will get votes no matter what. Kinda like the best "country" singer in American Idol, who will always go farther than s/he deserves.
Thursday: Dion took the day off. I went to school and continued filling binders and reorganising my filing system in my desk. Got caught up with Kaitlyn and Heather and had a lengthy discussion of teeth. Crest Whitestrips come highly recommended but I'm not sure if that's really my thing. My teeth are clean and healthy - do they need to be pearly white?
BOOKS: I finished Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Leguin. I recommend it highly. It is classified as science fiction and won both the Nebula and Hugo awards for 1969 but I think it will appeal even to people who do not like science fiction. The one and only disappointing thing was the introduction, which was written by the author. I always read the introduction last because I hate knowing anything about a novel before I read it. But I had been looking for some criticism, particularly about the politics of the countries and entities involved. Is there a relationship between the Ekumen and the UN? (not really, I think) How about the Sarf? I thought that the Sarf was much like the Stasi and, of course, Orgoyen was much like East Germany. Does that make Karhide West Germany, even though it is a monarchy? Is there a relationship between the politics and gender in these countries? Anyway, I was left cold.
Friday: I got my class lists and went over the OSRs in preparation for making a seating plan. O man. I have a bunch of my strongest personalities from last year back. This should be another fun but tiring semester. I still don't really know what I'm going to be doing in resource. We'll see. Some people tell me I'm going to love it; some tell me I'm going to hate it. But the people who tell me I'm going to hate it hate everything.
I went out to dinner with Mike, Rob, and Rebecca. Good fun. We ate at Fresh, near Bathurst and Bloor. I had the special, guacamole veggie burger, with soup, Dahl. The burger was okay to good, the soup was amazing. I decided to walk home and was pleasantly surprised to find out that Indigo is open till 11pm on Fridays, especially since I got there just after 10pm. I ended up with "just" four books.
Saturday: spent forever making scalloped potatoes for the week and for the barbeque uptown. "Uptown" is my usual short hand for Dion's parents' house. The potatoes did not turn out will at all. The potatoes were undercooked, bland, and cold. But the name game was great.
last Friday: I spent the evening at Ann and Steve's with them, Derek, Rob, and Rebecca. Great fun AND I found Dion and me curling buddies. I'm playing with Leigh and Jenn on Mondays and with Dion, Ann, and Steve on Fridays. This is going to be a fun season.
last Saturday and Sunday: Gee, I cannot remember anything except good long phone calls to Ottawa. If you know what I did last weekend, please tell me.
Monday: I went into school caught up with Heather a little. I really enjoyed Litter's game, though I was the only one apparently. Dan and player on the other team were arguing over a foul call right off the bat and we generally got our butts kicked. Our defence was actually really good. We just could not execute on offense. The player Dan was arguing with is Dave Flynn, with whom I have played and whom I really like and respect. I definitely played better than I have most of the season. I wonder if Dave's presence did it. I was making things happen on offense with precise OIs upfield around the zone, no drops, only two or three bad throws or throwing decisions.
Tuesday: Dream in High Park after school with Ann and Rebecca, which was fun despite the rain. It was Much Ado About Nothing, which I think they did the last time I went to Dream several years ago.
Wednesday: I started the day at Grand and Toy and stocked up on binders. At school, I started filing all the handouts in my drawer into binders. It took me all afternoon and I got "kicked out" around 6 because the last of the custodial staff was leaving.
TV: I'm glad that it wasn't Melissa or Aaron who got booted off Canadian Idol, as they and Amber were the only ones in the top 10 who had good voices and pitch control. Kevin has called me the pitch-Nazi in the past. I don't really like live music because of pitch problems. So I always like the in-tune Idol performances best, with little regard to "performance" but some regard to song-selection. So You Think You Can Dance was entertaining as always. The disco was INCREDIBLE, so was Artem in the Passo Doble. The rock-and-roll was also really good. It bothers me somewhat that the hip-hop dancers will get votes no matter what. Kinda like the best "country" singer in American Idol, who will always go farther than s/he deserves.
Thursday: Dion took the day off. I went to school and continued filling binders and reorganising my filing system in my desk. Got caught up with Kaitlyn and Heather and had a lengthy discussion of teeth. Crest Whitestrips come highly recommended but I'm not sure if that's really my thing. My teeth are clean and healthy - do they need to be pearly white?
BOOKS: I finished Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Leguin. I recommend it highly. It is classified as science fiction and won both the Nebula and Hugo awards for 1969 but I think it will appeal even to people who do not like science fiction. The one and only disappointing thing was the introduction, which was written by the author. I always read the introduction last because I hate knowing anything about a novel before I read it. But I had been looking for some criticism, particularly about the politics of the countries and entities involved. Is there a relationship between the Ekumen and the UN? (not really, I think) How about the Sarf? I thought that the Sarf was much like the Stasi and, of course, Orgoyen was much like East Germany. Does that make Karhide West Germany, even though it is a monarchy? Is there a relationship between the politics and gender in these countries? Anyway, I was left cold.
Friday: I got my class lists and went over the OSRs in preparation for making a seating plan. O man. I have a bunch of my strongest personalities from last year back. This should be another fun but tiring semester. I still don't really know what I'm going to be doing in resource. We'll see. Some people tell me I'm going to love it; some tell me I'm going to hate it. But the people who tell me I'm going to hate it hate everything.
I went out to dinner with Mike, Rob, and Rebecca. Good fun. We ate at Fresh, near Bathurst and Bloor. I had the special, guacamole veggie burger, with soup, Dahl. The burger was okay to good, the soup was amazing. I decided to walk home and was pleasantly surprised to find out that Indigo is open till 11pm on Fridays, especially since I got there just after 10pm. I ended up with "just" four books.
Saturday: spent forever making scalloped potatoes for the week and for the barbeque uptown. "Uptown" is my usual short hand for Dion's parents' house. The potatoes did not turn out will at all. The potatoes were undercooked, bland, and cold. But the name game was great.
Friday, August 26, 2005
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
I almost didn't post this because it's just so boring.
I went in to school on Monday but didn't accomplish a whole lot. They're not really ready for us yet. I think that there will be another hire at the school; so, our timetables, class lists, and room assignments could still change. But I did catch up with Peter and got started thinking about the upcoming sport seasons. I also moved my desk to the far end of the Physics office, which means the desks are staggered and we won't always be backing into each other or needing to squeeze through.
After school I got a bite at Fairview and picked up a thank you card for Kevin's parents. I did want to let them know how much I appreciated the work they put in to host the wedding and I gave them copies of the photo CDs. I got to drop it off at their house before the Litter game at Parkway Forest. Ann and I spent more time talking shop than warming up before the game. I thought the game was pretty good. Horizontally Hip is a nice team and we lost 12-9 but that's okay.
I didn't do much during the day on Tuesday but I took care of a few phone-errands, including signing up for curling, and tidied up the apartment. Gina and I went out for dinner, which was great. We haven't seen each other in real life for a couple of years so we had a fair bit of catching up to do. Hopefully, we'll do the same thing next week.
Oh! and congratulations to my cousin, Jennifer, who is recently engaged to Gordon.
After school I got a bite at Fairview and picked up a thank you card for Kevin's parents. I did want to let them know how much I appreciated the work they put in to host the wedding and I gave them copies of the photo CDs. I got to drop it off at their house before the Litter game at Parkway Forest. Ann and I spent more time talking shop than warming up before the game. I thought the game was pretty good. Horizontally Hip is a nice team and we lost 12-9 but that's okay.
I didn't do much during the day on Tuesday but I took care of a few phone-errands, including signing up for curling, and tidied up the apartment. Gina and I went out for dinner, which was great. We haven't seen each other in real life for a couple of years so we had a fair bit of catching up to do. Hopefully, we'll do the same thing next week.
Oh! and congratulations to my cousin, Jennifer, who is recently engaged to Gordon.
Sunday, August 21, 2005
This week/end
Thursday, I went to lunch with Leigh, Dan, Derek, Rob, and Becky. Then I headed over to Spadina and College to pick up CDRs for the wedding photos. I happened to run into Jaclyn, who took me up to office to show me around and she gave me the most recent copy of Abilities. I am quite impressed by the amount and quality of work involved.
I had to make two CDs of photos for each major stakeholder. The 300+ highest quality images completely filled one CD. I put unretouched images and email-sized images on a second CD.
I think we played Scrabble. I won a very close one. There were three bingoes. We haven't had such a good battle for a while.
Friday, Dion and I had lunch with Janelle, which was good fun. Before we knew it, it had been a two-hour lunch.
We played Scrabble again Saturday afternoon. Only one bingo this time. Dion took this one handily but I brought it back to respectability near the end with AVAIL through a triple and turning BLAZE into ABLAZE. I still didn't have much of a chance but the result was much closer.
Saturday, Dion was raiding and working on a google coding challenge and decided that his keyboard just wasn't working well enough (CNTL was giving very strange outcomes) so we skipped down to Future Shop just before closing. We ran into Steve Ho there. We spent a couple of hours catching up and showing each other our new apartments. He owns at the Polo 1.
When we came home, I started playing GAMES, in the magazine, and Dion was WOWing. Then in the wee hours of the morning I happened to look out the window and noticed that there was a bunch of smoke and a few emergency vehicles over at Bay and Wellesley. Fifteen minutes later, there were more emergency vehicles than I could count (I count very badly :) ) and the power went out. It didn't come back on until about noon.
So this morning when the power was out we decided to go over to Plaza Flamingo for brunch and then we stopped by at Manning to see if there was any mail for us or other former roommates. We also go to see Melissa, who weighs about as much as a box of Kleenex. I exaggerate but she really is small. We were informed though that she has been adopted out. I hope she'll get her pills as a result.
Billy Joel has occupied our CD player all weekend.
I had to make two CDs of photos for each major stakeholder. The 300+ highest quality images completely filled one CD. I put unretouched images and email-sized images on a second CD.
I think we played Scrabble. I won a very close one. There were three bingoes. We haven't had such a good battle for a while.
Friday, Dion and I had lunch with Janelle, which was good fun. Before we knew it, it had been a two-hour lunch.
We played Scrabble again Saturday afternoon. Only one bingo this time. Dion took this one handily but I brought it back to respectability near the end with AVAIL through a triple and turning BLAZE into ABLAZE. I still didn't have much of a chance but the result was much closer.
Saturday, Dion was raiding and working on a google coding challenge and decided that his keyboard just wasn't working well enough (CNTL was giving very strange outcomes) so we skipped down to Future Shop just before closing. We ran into Steve Ho there. We spent a couple of hours catching up and showing each other our new apartments. He owns at the Polo 1.
When we came home, I started playing GAMES, in the magazine, and Dion was WOWing. Then in the wee hours of the morning I happened to look out the window and noticed that there was a bunch of smoke and a few emergency vehicles over at Bay and Wellesley. Fifteen minutes later, there were more emergency vehicles than I could count (I count very badly :) ) and the power went out. It didn't come back on until about noon.
So this morning when the power was out we decided to go over to Plaza Flamingo for brunch and then we stopped by at Manning to see if there was any mail for us or other former roommates. We also go to see Melissa, who weighs about as much as a box of Kleenex. I exaggerate but she really is small. We were informed though that she has been adopted out. I hope she'll get her pills as a result.
Billy Joel has occupied our CD player all weekend.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
other thoughts on the wedding
Monday, during ultimate warmup Rebecca asked if I had found the weekend emotional, or whether it was just her. I said, "uh yeah! I believe you heard me crying at the drop of a hat." Friday night, I did spend a lot of time contemplating everything and didn't fall asleep until well into the night. I hadn't realised how close the emotions were to the surface until during cake decorating I started to say so out loud. Kevin's mom reminds me a lot of my mother, although a little less so now that she has forgone the blonde. She is such a sweetheart, too. I'm glad I didn't spend a lot of time crying. It was a terrific time.
Monday, August 15, 2005
Kevin and Susanna Wed.
It was a perfect day and a remarkable wedding.
Here are some of my favourite photos. I was a back-up photographer, so I have an odd assortment of photos. I was looking for moments and angles that the delightful Yeung (sp?) could not get due to space-time constraints. I had a hard time selecting this set of photos. Vanity made it difficult to set aside the technically and artistically pleasing in favour of the photos of substance.
Susanna did not exactly walk down the aisle.
Proud parents of the bride await her arrival.
And she was having trouble getting through her vows.
Kevin had trouble starting his vows.
But they both made it.
See?
Poor Kevin! The photography was endless. A little levity is needed; so, Linda got "cheeky" - if you know what I mean.
No really, poor Kevin. It looks like he's escorting Susanna to the dance floor, which at this point might have been preferable. But no, he's escorting her to the deck for more formal photography.
A little refreshment between poses.
And some rest before the formal photography resumes.
Becky really outdid herself. If she had only made one cake, maybe someone would have eaten the tiramisu (sp?)
Here are some of my favourite photos. I was a back-up photographer, so I have an odd assortment of photos. I was looking for moments and angles that the delightful Yeung (sp?) could not get due to space-time constraints. I had a hard time selecting this set of photos. Vanity made it difficult to set aside the technically and artistically pleasing in favour of the photos of substance.
Susanna did not exactly walk down the aisle.
Proud parents of the bride await her arrival.
And she was having trouble getting through her vows.
Kevin had trouble starting his vows.
But they both made it.
See?
Poor Kevin! The photography was endless. A little levity is needed; so, Linda got "cheeky" - if you know what I mean.
No really, poor Kevin. It looks like he's escorting Susanna to the dance floor, which at this point might have been preferable. But no, he's escorting her to the deck for more formal photography.
A little refreshment between poses.
And some rest before the formal photography resumes.
Becky really outdid herself. If she had only made one cake, maybe someone would have eaten the tiramisu (sp?)
Saturday, August 06, 2005
midsummer
Yikes, summer is past half over now. Although a couple of days ago I was starting to get the feeling that I'm ready to go back. If I had to go back next week, I think it would be okay by me.
I have a project that I'm supposed to be working on for the board but I just can't get into it. I'm constantly procrastinating. It's amazing how much of nothing I can do. memories of grad skule.
Dion is going to be quarteting again. There was talk of his singing tenor with Kevin on lead, Jordan Travis on baritone, and Dave McEachern on bass but it sounds like they switched Jordan and Dion back to their "natural" positions. Dion's having fun with it.
The apartment is pretty much put together now. The computer is out of the kitchen and I've purchased a dozen or so storage pieces. spice storage. shoe storage. bathroom product storage. baskets, baskets, and more baskets. Once I get a couple of big things down to the garbage, it'll be fine. Everything else can wait indefinitely. Some more lighting maybe and a microwave would be nice but whatever.
My friend, Andreas, was in town for a couple of days this week. We had a very nice time catching up but it made me miss the crowd I met in Switzerland. A great bunch of people, really.
Dion's off at Kevin's stag right now and we're having a brunch for Susanna tomorrow. I hope it's a nice day so that we can go out to the island. I should remember to take my camera with me.
Oh. And today is our fifth anniversary. Hard to believe, isn't it? Five years ago, I had just started my masters, Dion hadn't quite finished. Kern and Kristin still lived here. None of our friends had kids. We hadn't even met Mark yet. Becky and Rob hadn't started dating. But Kevin and Su had been together for four years. Plus ca change....
I have a project that I'm supposed to be working on for the board but I just can't get into it. I'm constantly procrastinating. It's amazing how much of nothing I can do. memories of grad skule.
Dion is going to be quarteting again. There was talk of his singing tenor with Kevin on lead, Jordan Travis on baritone, and Dave McEachern on bass but it sounds like they switched Jordan and Dion back to their "natural" positions. Dion's having fun with it.
The apartment is pretty much put together now. The computer is out of the kitchen and I've purchased a dozen or so storage pieces. spice storage. shoe storage. bathroom product storage. baskets, baskets, and more baskets. Once I get a couple of big things down to the garbage, it'll be fine. Everything else can wait indefinitely. Some more lighting maybe and a microwave would be nice but whatever.
My friend, Andreas, was in town for a couple of days this week. We had a very nice time catching up but it made me miss the crowd I met in Switzerland. A great bunch of people, really.
Dion's off at Kevin's stag right now and we're having a brunch for Susanna tomorrow. I hope it's a nice day so that we can go out to the island. I should remember to take my camera with me.
Oh. And today is our fifth anniversary. Hard to believe, isn't it? Five years ago, I had just started my masters, Dion hadn't quite finished. Kern and Kristin still lived here. None of our friends had kids. We hadn't even met Mark yet. Becky and Rob hadn't started dating. But Kevin and Su had been together for four years. Plus ca change....
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
oh boy. lots to write
Sooooo much has happened.
Two Tuesdays ago... Was rather boring. We had to be at school but there was nothing going on. So I probably shuffled some papers. It was really hot for packing that night.
Wednesday was the big move day. Of course we were short on boxes, so I had to go to the liquor store for more. That was 10 in the morning and already it was blazing hot. The movers were about 40 minutes late but that wasn't so bad. We just sat around for about 20 minutes with nothing to do. The movers, Jamie and Barry, were awesome. Jamie was the brains of the operation, Barry the people person. They got everything in the 6'X9'X12' truck for one trip. It was very close. We have a lot of furniture. They didn't even really need ropes to tie things in, it was that packed. We had to block a lane at Yonge and Wellesley at 6 pm to unload the truck. I'm sure we were highly unpopular. It took almost 4 hours and we paid $400, including tip. I was a bit shocked to learn that the movers make only $12/hour. It's heavy work, no breaks, and it was scorching hot. Doesn't seem right.
Luckily, there was a Canada-wide Sympatico system failure that night. It seemed like quite a coincidence that our service wasn't working the first time we set it up but that's what the problem was. I say luckily because that meant Dion was available to help move furniture and such.
Kevin and Su came over to see the place and kill some time before heading over to their new apartment while the tenants finished moving out.
I had been convinced that I would sleep like a rock that night because of all the work and the air conditioning in the new place but it didn't happen. I actually had a really hard time falling asleep. It felt a little like we were at a hotel. Rinsing plastic cups in the bathroom sink, living out of a suitcase.
Thursday was the last day of school and very uneventful. I think I shuffled furniture.
Friday was busy again. I went over to the old place to help clean while Mark moved out. It was a nicer day than our moving day. Then I went back to the new place and Jaclyn came over to visit. We chatted, went out to eat at the Friendly Thai, and combed the bookstores between Wellesley and Dundas. There are many. At the World's Biggest, I picked up two new science books. Then Dion came and picked me up (he had been uptown golfing and then hanging out all day). We went over to Bathurst and cleaned the fridge and picked up the last of our stuff. We spent the night uptown.
Saturday was the family gathering for the Canada Day long weekend. Pretty fun although Norman's friend Howard ruined the name game with long clues about an R-rated inside joke.
Don't really remember Sunday. must have unpacked. Same with Monday. Although I do remember that Dion was home because he inadvertently booked it off. Litter lost again I presume.
Last Tuesday, we left for Salt Lake City. Very uneventful travel except that our room wasn't ready at 2, when we arrived, or at 3, when they said it was supposed to be ready. Kevin missed the Magacity cake presentation waiting for the room.
Wednesday had the quartet quarter finals. Mirage's set didn't go that well in the afternoon. The Fixx's set in the evening was a little better. Hot Air Buffoons were a big hit, as were OC Times, a young quartet from the Far Western District (FWD) and Realtime, another young quartet from the Canadian West Coast.
Thursday was the chorus wildcard contest, I think. I really thought Megacity sang well and they did score just over 80% but it wasn't good enough. They finished 10th, which was their qualifying position. The top 6 made it into Saturday's contest. I think I got a workout in on Thursday.
Friday had the College contest and the regular quartet semifinals.. I was pleased that I was almost able to pick the CQC top 5. I had 1, 2, 3 and 5 in the right order and I really liked 4 but I didn't know if they would make it for lack of reputation. I got another workout in in the afternoon.
Saturday was a really long day. The breakfast was nice, as always, and very entertaining. The chorus contest was almost unbearably long. It started at 10:45 (I missed the mic testers and the first chorus) and ended over _7 hours_ later. The absence of a curtain was the main culprit, I believe. Even though the choruses weren't being judged while the lights were off, they all had formal ways of taking the risers and walking off the risers. I almost had the chorus contest picked correctly too. My order ended up 2,1,3,4,5. I thought the the Masters' ballad was great but that the uptempo was off. It might have been the hall's accoustics, which were disappointing. I couldn't make out the lyrics because of the stomping and box thumping, though I imagine it was not a problem for the judges. TNL's set was a big hit, especially the uptempo. All the mime gags got big reactions, too. Just bias, I suppose, that I had them in first. Alexandria was a little disappointing. I've always liked Alexandria until this year. Not that they were bad but I'm usually highly impressed.
The evening quartet contest was scheduled to start a little over an hour after the afternoon contest. Needless to say, we missed the start. Luckily, there was about and hour of pre-contest presentations and performances, so we didn't miss any of the competition, except the last quartet, Saturday Evening Post, which we skipped out on. Everyone was pretty excited that Realtime won and OC Times was over the moon with their 5th. I know that because FWD and Ontario cohosted a hospitality suite after the contest and OC Times and their supporters could hardly contain themselves.
Sunday was an uneventful travel day.
Yesterday, I did very little except for laundry until the game. Litter added a sorely needed W to the scoreboard. Dion came, I don't know if that was the difference. It was 17-14, I think.
Phew. I'm done.
Two Tuesdays ago... Was rather boring. We had to be at school but there was nothing going on. So I probably shuffled some papers. It was really hot for packing that night.
Wednesday was the big move day. Of course we were short on boxes, so I had to go to the liquor store for more. That was 10 in the morning and already it was blazing hot. The movers were about 40 minutes late but that wasn't so bad. We just sat around for about 20 minutes with nothing to do. The movers, Jamie and Barry, were awesome. Jamie was the brains of the operation, Barry the people person. They got everything in the 6'X9'X12' truck for one trip. It was very close. We have a lot of furniture. They didn't even really need ropes to tie things in, it was that packed. We had to block a lane at Yonge and Wellesley at 6 pm to unload the truck. I'm sure we were highly unpopular. It took almost 4 hours and we paid $400, including tip. I was a bit shocked to learn that the movers make only $12/hour. It's heavy work, no breaks, and it was scorching hot. Doesn't seem right.
Luckily, there was a Canada-wide Sympatico system failure that night. It seemed like quite a coincidence that our service wasn't working the first time we set it up but that's what the problem was. I say luckily because that meant Dion was available to help move furniture and such.
Kevin and Su came over to see the place and kill some time before heading over to their new apartment while the tenants finished moving out.
I had been convinced that I would sleep like a rock that night because of all the work and the air conditioning in the new place but it didn't happen. I actually had a really hard time falling asleep. It felt a little like we were at a hotel. Rinsing plastic cups in the bathroom sink, living out of a suitcase.
Thursday was the last day of school and very uneventful. I think I shuffled furniture.
Friday was busy again. I went over to the old place to help clean while Mark moved out. It was a nicer day than our moving day. Then I went back to the new place and Jaclyn came over to visit. We chatted, went out to eat at the Friendly Thai, and combed the bookstores between Wellesley and Dundas. There are many. At the World's Biggest, I picked up two new science books. Then Dion came and picked me up (he had been uptown golfing and then hanging out all day). We went over to Bathurst and cleaned the fridge and picked up the last of our stuff. We spent the night uptown.
Saturday was the family gathering for the Canada Day long weekend. Pretty fun although Norman's friend Howard ruined the name game with long clues about an R-rated inside joke.
Don't really remember Sunday. must have unpacked. Same with Monday. Although I do remember that Dion was home because he inadvertently booked it off. Litter lost again I presume.
Last Tuesday, we left for Salt Lake City. Very uneventful travel except that our room wasn't ready at 2, when we arrived, or at 3, when they said it was supposed to be ready. Kevin missed the Magacity cake presentation waiting for the room.
Wednesday had the quartet quarter finals. Mirage's set didn't go that well in the afternoon. The Fixx's set in the evening was a little better. Hot Air Buffoons were a big hit, as were OC Times, a young quartet from the Far Western District (FWD) and Realtime, another young quartet from the Canadian West Coast.
Thursday was the chorus wildcard contest, I think. I really thought Megacity sang well and they did score just over 80% but it wasn't good enough. They finished 10th, which was their qualifying position. The top 6 made it into Saturday's contest. I think I got a workout in on Thursday.
Friday had the College contest and the regular quartet semifinals.. I was pleased that I was almost able to pick the CQC top 5. I had 1, 2, 3 and 5 in the right order and I really liked 4 but I didn't know if they would make it for lack of reputation. I got another workout in in the afternoon.
Saturday was a really long day. The breakfast was nice, as always, and very entertaining. The chorus contest was almost unbearably long. It started at 10:45 (I missed the mic testers and the first chorus) and ended over _7 hours_ later. The absence of a curtain was the main culprit, I believe. Even though the choruses weren't being judged while the lights were off, they all had formal ways of taking the risers and walking off the risers. I almost had the chorus contest picked correctly too. My order ended up 2,1,3,4,5. I thought the the Masters' ballad was great but that the uptempo was off. It might have been the hall's accoustics, which were disappointing. I couldn't make out the lyrics because of the stomping and box thumping, though I imagine it was not a problem for the judges. TNL's set was a big hit, especially the uptempo. All the mime gags got big reactions, too. Just bias, I suppose, that I had them in first. Alexandria was a little disappointing. I've always liked Alexandria until this year. Not that they were bad but I'm usually highly impressed.
The evening quartet contest was scheduled to start a little over an hour after the afternoon contest. Needless to say, we missed the start. Luckily, there was about and hour of pre-contest presentations and performances, so we didn't miss any of the competition, except the last quartet, Saturday Evening Post, which we skipped out on. Everyone was pretty excited that Realtime won and OC Times was over the moon with their 5th. I know that because FWD and Ontario cohosted a hospitality suite after the contest and OC Times and their supporters could hardly contain themselves.
Sunday was an uneventful travel day.
Yesterday, I did very little except for laundry until the game. Litter added a sorely needed W to the scoreboard. Dion came, I don't know if that was the difference. It was 17-14, I think.
Phew. I'm done.
Monday, June 27, 2005
no title available
Let's see if I can remember it all.
Monday: Several students actually came for "tutorials". got caught up on some stray marking. Litter got killed.
Tuesday: supervised spec ed exams
Wednesday: my kids wrote their exams. I marked, and marked and marked.
Thursday: marked at a much reduced pace
Friday: see Thursday. took some valuables up to Dion's parents' for temporary storage
Saturday: went to Neil and Liiling's wedding reception. I arrived horribly overdressed. So I walked to the nearest mall and bought a $30 sundress. The closest thing to fitting was - shockingly - a size 7. I haven't worn a size 7 since before puberty. Anyway, the replacement dress was a very good idea. much more comfortable, at least as comfortable as 45 degrees including humidex will allow. After the wedding we killed some time at Chapters, just for the airconditioning. Dion and I then went to the McDonalds's of our first Valentine's day for a milkshake (for me) and a Sundae (for him).
Sunday: got as much packing done as the heat would allow.
Monday: nice staff luncheon for Ted. Ted's great. also got sick. It's been coming.
Monday: Several students actually came for "tutorials". got caught up on some stray marking. Litter got killed.
Tuesday: supervised spec ed exams
Wednesday: my kids wrote their exams. I marked, and marked and marked.
Thursday: marked at a much reduced pace
Friday: see Thursday. took some valuables up to Dion's parents' for temporary storage
Saturday: went to Neil and Liiling's wedding reception. I arrived horribly overdressed. So I walked to the nearest mall and bought a $30 sundress. The closest thing to fitting was - shockingly - a size 7. I haven't worn a size 7 since before puberty. Anyway, the replacement dress was a very good idea. much more comfortable, at least as comfortable as 45 degrees including humidex will allow. After the wedding we killed some time at Chapters, just for the airconditioning. Dion and I then went to the McDonalds's of our first Valentine's day for a milkshake (for me) and a Sundae (for him).
Sunday: got as much packing done as the heat would allow.
Monday: nice staff luncheon for Ted. Ted's great. also got sick. It's been coming.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Sunday, June 19, 2005
lots to report
Well, I didn't get the science fair reports finished until Thursday night. But what a week!
Monday, I had ultimate. We lost a close one to Weapons of Mass Disctruction. Then I went out for food after, which was fun but put me behind in preparing. Tuesday afternoon I had the first of my in-class science fairs. I had to rearrange all of the desks so that all the students could display their projects and have electrical outlet access. Repeat Wednesday. Thursday was the science fair. About twenty of my thirty five grade 11 groups came and entered the contest. I was _really_ proud of them. They worked really hard on these projects and produced some high quality work. Thank goodness we had the grade 12 bridges being tested during the science fair. It was some desperately needed entertainment for during the contest. Three of the bridges held over 400 lb. Closer to 450, I think.
Thursday and Friday I congratulated my grade 11s for the outstanding work that they had done on their projects. I almost got a little choked up on Friday when I told them I was glad I wasn't a judge. There truly was no way I could choose. I spent more time with the projects, so I know how much thought most of the groups put in to it.
Dion and his friend/classmate/coworker Otto came to the science fair. Dion is sooo in the good books as a result.
Friday, I was absolutely exhausted. sleep-deprived, really. I stayed up to 2:30 on Thursday marking the science fair projects so that I could return them Friday, the last day of classes. I was an idiot. misspelled my name in several yearbooks even. I couldn't believe that even in the last class of the day, 21 out of 33 students came to class and most of them were on task most of the time - making up Jeopardy games about Physics for each other. I got out of the school as fast as I could, leaving a big mess of papers and equipment, to go out to celebrate with Heather and Kaitlin. I wasn't keeping up my end of the conversation, though they seemed just fine without me, until I got some food in me. I had skipped breakfast _and_ lunch. Very good fun. I'm really glad that we all get to stay at the same school next year.
Saturday was busy. I had washed, dried, folded, and rehung my draperies, done some grocery shopping, and rented a steam-cleaner for our area rugs by noon! I spent the afternoon on the rugs and then met up with Dion, our new landlord, and her agent to sign the new lease. We found out the the landlady, Cynthia, attended the highschool where I teach. Small world. We saw the terrace/party/excercise room for the first time. It's rather nice. The terrace is enormous and the exercise equipment is quite decent.
From the new apartment, we headed to Dion's chorus's send-off party for Salt Lake City. I really like the set and had a good time chatting with Su, Annie, and Nancy. Watching the beards being removed was also good fun. Dave Streeter looks like a complete stranger without the beard and mustache. I got a lot of really cool photos, but again I can't be bothered finding a place to post them. Maybe I'll look up our sympatico site again.
Today, I cleaned the last of the area rugs. This last one is wool, so it held onto the smell of the previous owner's dog more tenaciously. It's still not perfect but it does look and smell much better. That's about it.
Monday, I had ultimate. We lost a close one to Weapons of Mass Disctruction. Then I went out for food after, which was fun but put me behind in preparing. Tuesday afternoon I had the first of my in-class science fairs. I had to rearrange all of the desks so that all the students could display their projects and have electrical outlet access. Repeat Wednesday. Thursday was the science fair. About twenty of my thirty five grade 11 groups came and entered the contest. I was _really_ proud of them. They worked really hard on these projects and produced some high quality work. Thank goodness we had the grade 12 bridges being tested during the science fair. It was some desperately needed entertainment for during the contest. Three of the bridges held over 400 lb. Closer to 450, I think.
Thursday and Friday I congratulated my grade 11s for the outstanding work that they had done on their projects. I almost got a little choked up on Friday when I told them I was glad I wasn't a judge. There truly was no way I could choose. I spent more time with the projects, so I know how much thought most of the groups put in to it.
Dion and his friend/classmate/coworker Otto came to the science fair. Dion is sooo in the good books as a result.
Friday, I was absolutely exhausted. sleep-deprived, really. I stayed up to 2:30 on Thursday marking the science fair projects so that I could return them Friday, the last day of classes. I was an idiot. misspelled my name in several yearbooks even. I couldn't believe that even in the last class of the day, 21 out of 33 students came to class and most of them were on task most of the time - making up Jeopardy games about Physics for each other. I got out of the school as fast as I could, leaving a big mess of papers and equipment, to go out to celebrate with Heather and Kaitlin. I wasn't keeping up my end of the conversation, though they seemed just fine without me, until I got some food in me. I had skipped breakfast _and_ lunch. Very good fun. I'm really glad that we all get to stay at the same school next year.
Saturday was busy. I had washed, dried, folded, and rehung my draperies, done some grocery shopping, and rented a steam-cleaner for our area rugs by noon! I spent the afternoon on the rugs and then met up with Dion, our new landlord, and her agent to sign the new lease. We found out the the landlady, Cynthia, attended the highschool where I teach. Small world. We saw the terrace/party/excercise room for the first time. It's rather nice. The terrace is enormous and the exercise equipment is quite decent.
From the new apartment, we headed to Dion's chorus's send-off party for Salt Lake City. I really like the set and had a good time chatting with Su, Annie, and Nancy. Watching the beards being removed was also good fun. Dave Streeter looks like a complete stranger without the beard and mustache. I got a lot of really cool photos, but again I can't be bothered finding a place to post them. Maybe I'll look up our sympatico site again.
Today, I cleaned the last of the area rugs. This last one is wool, so it held onto the smell of the previous owner's dog more tenaciously. It's still not perfect but it does look and smell much better. That's about it.
Sunday, June 12, 2005
woohoo
I marked 89 unit tests yesterday! Let's see if I can get through almost 40 science fair project reports today. But I'd better plan tomorrow's lessons first. I have one more topic to cover in each course before the exam.
Saturday, June 11, 2005
a great day
My grade 12's tested their bridges today. All of the bridges were under 500 g (600 g was the limit); most were under 300 g. Four of the nine bridges held over 60 kg, which is all I had available at the time. They will be tested destructively at a Physics Fair night next week. One of the bridges going to the big show is just over 200 g. It holds at LEAST 300 times its own weight.
In the evening we had our year-end athletic banquet. I was given the honour of presenting several prizes - most improved and Jaguar pride for Jr. Girl's Volleyball, most improved and most valuable for Coed Ultimate, and Jr. Female Athlete of the Year.
Have pictures, can't be bothered finding somewhere to post them.
In the evening we had our year-end athletic banquet. I was given the honour of presenting several prizes - most improved and Jaguar pride for Jr. Girl's Volleyball, most improved and most valuable for Coed Ultimate, and Jr. Female Athlete of the Year.
Have pictures, can't be bothered finding somewhere to post them.
Saturday, June 04, 2005
still nothing to report
Wednesday, I stayed very late after school trying to set up some demos. I could hardly get anything to work. I found a couple of good things but they were for topics we haven't quite reached yet. Which, is fine, we'll get to them.
I've been getting away with lots of last-minute planning these days. I hope the reason is that I'm just that much better at it rather than I'm letting my standards drop.
I've cooked more than usual this weekend. Scalloped potatoes and ham yesterday, pancakes for breakfast today, tuna casserole tonight. I sliced too many potatoes yesterday, so I used the leftovers in the tuna casserole rather than potato chips. I was really good. I think I'll do that from now on.
I haven't felt like working; so, I've been procrastinating with the cooking and housework. And I gave Dion a much-needed haircut. I hope it lasts him till Utah. We're going to be REALLY busy at the end of the month. I think I mentioned this already but I'm starting to get nervous. Marks due Monday, last day of school and moving Friday, perhaps Saturday, and then leaving for Utah Tuesday. I'm not sure how I'm going to do it all.
I've been getting away with lots of last-minute planning these days. I hope the reason is that I'm just that much better at it rather than I'm letting my standards drop.
I've cooked more than usual this weekend. Scalloped potatoes and ham yesterday, pancakes for breakfast today, tuna casserole tonight. I sliced too many potatoes yesterday, so I used the leftovers in the tuna casserole rather than potato chips. I was really good. I think I'll do that from now on.
I haven't felt like working; so, I've been procrastinating with the cooking and housework. And I gave Dion a much-needed haircut. I hope it lasts him till Utah. We're going to be REALLY busy at the end of the month. I think I mentioned this already but I'm starting to get nervous. Marks due Monday, last day of school and moving Friday, perhaps Saturday, and then leaving for Utah Tuesday. I'm not sure how I'm going to do it all.
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
I got a bit behind there.
Let's see.
Last weekend was the long weekend. On Friday evening, we hung out at Rebecca and Rob's. Nice and relaxing. Then Saturday, we looked a couple of apartments, including one possibility at Yonge and Eg with indoor access to the subway station. Then good times at the barbeque and Dion's parents'. Someone brought a PS2 with the karaoke game. I think we need one. Rest Sunday. Start of the ultimate season Monday. We played very badly.
We had TDSB North Region Finals at our School on Wednesday. We almost got ourselves knocked out by Earl Haig in the Semis but pulled off a win. It came down to last point wins. Then, we just couldn't get the W against York Mills in the finals. Second Place meant that we needed to play the second place finishers from the other two regions for the fourth semi-final spot at TDSB championships.
Thursday, we went to see an apartment at Yonge and Bloor/Wellesley. Pretty small but the price was right. It was in pretty bad need of a facelift. That night, we also decided that neither one of us was willing to drive to Ottawa for the wedding. So we decided to take the bus. But we couldn't leave early enough to arrive before the middle of the night.
In my afternoon class, I blew a resistor. It started to smoke. I have to remember to do that every time I do Ohm's Law. It amuses the small minds. It'll make the lesson memorable.
Friday we left around 12:30 am from the bus station. Unfortunately, they had enough passengers to send two busses, one of which (ours) went to Ottawa express. We arrived at 4:30 in the morning. We couldn't bear to call my brother to come pick us up. I slept for a bit and we got breakfast when the Van Houtte's opened. Ian came and got us, we got changed, and went out for breakfast with Dad.
The ceremony was early and the bride, Sophie, and groom, my cousin, John, looked smashing. But being in the cathedral had me thinking about my Aunt Norma a lot. Most of Sophie's family couldn't make it to the wedding; it was a small affair. A big contrast from Norma's wedding when it was standing room only for the crowd of over a thousand.
We (Dion, Ian, Dad and I) visited briefly with Doug and Mel in the afternoon before heading to the reception.
What a lovely reception it was! It was hosted at Francis's mother's home in her backyard, I mean 5-acre park. Really beautiful. It only rained while we were under the tent eating. There was a dragon dance before dessert - very cool. Dessert was a yummy and beautiful cake made by my cousin Margaret and a chocolate fountain that would only work with large amounts of chocolate. Things wrapped up on the early side but I really think it was one of the nicest weddings I've attended.
Yesterday, A.Y. got knocked out of the TDSB playoffs, effectively finishing 5th - just out of the semi-finals. We played well against Bethune but Humberside was just too skilled for us. We'll do really well next year. Only 3 of our players are in Gr 12 now. Then Litter played well but lost. I got home way too late for a school night. I want to see everyone but I don't know if I should be going out after games on school nights. Fortunately, there aren't many more Monday nights this school year.
We're applying for an apartment we saw today. It's _between_ Wellesley Stn and Yonge St. Rather small but nice and they've come down from $1300/mo, which they had posted on MLS a couple of weeks ago to $1200/mo. Can hardly be beat for location.
All I can think of for now. But it has been two weeks.
Last weekend was the long weekend. On Friday evening, we hung out at Rebecca and Rob's. Nice and relaxing. Then Saturday, we looked a couple of apartments, including one possibility at Yonge and Eg with indoor access to the subway station. Then good times at the barbeque and Dion's parents'. Someone brought a PS2 with the karaoke game. I think we need one. Rest Sunday. Start of the ultimate season Monday. We played very badly.
We had TDSB North Region Finals at our School on Wednesday. We almost got ourselves knocked out by Earl Haig in the Semis but pulled off a win. It came down to last point wins. Then, we just couldn't get the W against York Mills in the finals. Second Place meant that we needed to play the second place finishers from the other two regions for the fourth semi-final spot at TDSB championships.
Thursday, we went to see an apartment at Yonge and Bloor/Wellesley. Pretty small but the price was right. It was in pretty bad need of a facelift. That night, we also decided that neither one of us was willing to drive to Ottawa for the wedding. So we decided to take the bus. But we couldn't leave early enough to arrive before the middle of the night.
In my afternoon class, I blew a resistor. It started to smoke. I have to remember to do that every time I do Ohm's Law. It amuses the small minds. It'll make the lesson memorable.
Friday we left around 12:30 am from the bus station. Unfortunately, they had enough passengers to send two busses, one of which (ours) went to Ottawa express. We arrived at 4:30 in the morning. We couldn't bear to call my brother to come pick us up. I slept for a bit and we got breakfast when the Van Houtte's opened. Ian came and got us, we got changed, and went out for breakfast with Dad.
The ceremony was early and the bride, Sophie, and groom, my cousin, John, looked smashing. But being in the cathedral had me thinking about my Aunt Norma a lot. Most of Sophie's family couldn't make it to the wedding; it was a small affair. A big contrast from Norma's wedding when it was standing room only for the crowd of over a thousand.
We (Dion, Ian, Dad and I) visited briefly with Doug and Mel in the afternoon before heading to the reception.
What a lovely reception it was! It was hosted at Francis's mother's home in her backyard, I mean 5-acre park. Really beautiful. It only rained while we were under the tent eating. There was a dragon dance before dessert - very cool. Dessert was a yummy and beautiful cake made by my cousin Margaret and a chocolate fountain that would only work with large amounts of chocolate. Things wrapped up on the early side but I really think it was one of the nicest weddings I've attended.
Yesterday, A.Y. got knocked out of the TDSB playoffs, effectively finishing 5th - just out of the semi-finals. We played well against Bethune but Humberside was just too skilled for us. We'll do really well next year. Only 3 of our players are in Gr 12 now. Then Litter played well but lost. I got home way too late for a school night. I want to see everyone but I don't know if I should be going out after games on school nights. Fortunately, there aren't many more Monday nights this school year.
We're applying for an apartment we saw today. It's _between_ Wellesley Stn and Yonge St. Rather small but nice and they've come down from $1300/mo, which they had posted on MLS a couple of weeks ago to $1200/mo. Can hardly be beat for location.
All I can think of for now. But it has been two weeks.
Saturday, May 14, 2005
far to incoherent to summarise in a title
Last Sunday was my birthday. Dion, his family, and I went out for brunch at Plaza Flamingo. It was good. I got very yummy cake on Tuesday from the math department.
Thursday was our second ultimate tournament of the season. The weather was much nicer this time but our play was inconsistent. We have league play again on Monday.
Today I've been apartment hunting online. I got an old finnicky printer working, which is helpful to the cause. We're looking for something at Yonge and Bloor for July first. We're also considering College, Wellesley, St. Clair, and Eglinton and Yonge. We'll see. There are lots of vacancies, so I don't feel rushed yet. But it is going to be a busy time when we're moving. I'll have projects and exams to mark, packing to do, and we're going to Utah the Tuesday after moving day, I think.
Can't decide what I want to do today. I can't bear the thought of marking all day. I may do housework and errands instead. Man, I'm boring. I've been getting hints from my roommates that I'm not doing enough fun stuff.
Thursday was our second ultimate tournament of the season. The weather was much nicer this time but our play was inconsistent. We have league play again on Monday.
Today I've been apartment hunting online. I got an old finnicky printer working, which is helpful to the cause. We're looking for something at Yonge and Bloor for July first. We're also considering College, Wellesley, St. Clair, and Eglinton and Yonge. We'll see. There are lots of vacancies, so I don't feel rushed yet. But it is going to be a busy time when we're moving. I'll have projects and exams to mark, packing to do, and we're going to Utah the Tuesday after moving day, I think.
Can't decide what I want to do today. I can't bear the thought of marking all day. I may do housework and errands instead. Man, I'm boring. I've been getting hints from my roommates that I'm not doing enough fun stuff.
Saturday, May 07, 2005
Is another week gone?
This is getting a little silly. It's all a blur.
Monday - ultimate practice
Tuesday -
Wednesday - ultimate practice
Thursday - home at a reasonable time, watched a couple of hours of TV
Friday - one really terrible lesson, a disappointing ultimate practice, window shopping on Queen W, good dinner at a nice Indian restaurant with Trevor Trodd, Caroline and their friends.
I can't even remember the rest.
Monday - ultimate practice
Tuesday -
Wednesday - ultimate practice
Thursday - home at a reasonable time, watched a couple of hours of TV
Friday - one really terrible lesson, a disappointing ultimate practice, window shopping on Queen W, good dinner at a nice Indian restaurant with Trevor Trodd, Caroline and their friends.
I can't even remember the rest.
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