Daily Offerings: March 2007 Archives

Today I did something that will be shocking to anyone who knows me well. I accepted that I have a very serious spending problem and voluntarily gave up my credit cards. Well, I gave up two of the three. On the streetcar ride to give them to my grandmother I realised I need to pay some ridiculous consultation fee for a dermatologist tomorrow to have the keloid from my industrial looked at and/or removed. Seeing as how I have no income, a bank account overdraft-ed into oblivion, and had already had my mother clear the fee for the consultation on my MasterCard, I put it back into my wallet. Luckily I doubt there is very much damage that I can do in the next day considering the state of shock I'm currently in.

This plan seems to have a much higher chance of success than the last one, where I voluntarily removed them from my wallet and stashed them under a pile of stuff. Especially since it was easy to move the pile of shit when I wanted to order pizza through Pizza Pizza's online ordering system.

The unfortunate thing about all of this is the timing. Right when job prospects seem to be extremely unfortunate. Right when my graphics card becomes uncooperative. Right when apartment possibilities are limited to next to nothing.

I have decided though that the solution to all of this is to get my hair cut on Tuesday when I'm home seeing the doctor about my tonsils for the umpteenth time. Or at the very least, that's a temporary solution. A more viable long term solution would be get a job, but I'm going to focus on that tomorrow when I might actually be able to do something about it.

Fifteen minutes ago I was in a bad mood. It's not even twelve, and I've been up for as many hours as I have fingers on my right hand which is FAR too many hours to be up. I sat through the first half of my French class wanting to kill everything, despite thorough caffeination [made up word] thanks to one of the many local Starbucks. Then I came back home and continued the bad mood.

Then 5 minutes ago I loaded dooce on a whim. I haven't read it in a while because I've been rearranging my bookmarks trying to find an order that I like, and as a result of the mess I lost out on reading a few of my regulars. Two entries in and I had fallen off my chair laughing so hard. To me this says one of two things: This woman is comedic genius, or I'm sick and twisted.

I feel that early mornings are the bane of my existence. I also think it might be the title of a Britney Spears' song, but it is far too early for me to function properly. The worst part is that I feel like shit. Or maybe it's the fact that I only have one class to go to. Or maybe it's the fact that I HAVE to go because it's a review session and I have a habit of feeling like shit and not going, oh and I have a test tomorrow.

I can't even get my bitching done properly because I’m so disoriented.

Today I was supposed to go to Niagara, only I'm a tool so it didn't work out as planned. Instead I slept. Now I'm wide awake, and I have very little to show for it. I have a tentative design for the new layout (finally) and a possible community involvement project. But on the plus side: I only have five weeks of classes left!

I'm still here. Here's a list of things I've done over the past few days, which I might expand on later.

• Played Diplomacy: We're now into the break in Winter 1906 before Spring 1907 next weekend.
• Thought about summer courses: I wanted to take the next French Second Language course over the summer (FSL111) only it's not running. So now I'm trying to figure out if I do want to take a third course after all, and how I'm going to not forget the French I've learned so far.
• Thought about summer living: I was offered a sublet for the summer. I'm sorely tempted to take it, but I have to wait and find out of my living arrangements will materialise and whether they would start in April or September.
• Thought a lot about Toronto: I've decided I don't hate it here as much as I thought I do. I have decided against running for Assistant Social Chair at Woodsworth, and I'm not sure if I want to be a Frosh Leader, but I love the school enough to stay. I still have serious beef with the TTC though. Your subway stations are absolutely hideous and dirty. Fix them and try washing the walls once and a while. Get rid of those hideous Subway Online signs, and amalgamate all the Escalator, Exit, and Next Train signs into a new sign that matches the current signage. Stop screwing up LRT. Switch to a Fare Zone System. Split up the 501 Queen line. Etc., etc.
• Tried to go shopping: I tried twice. I wanted an obnoxious sweater with fur on the hood. Only it's spring now so I missed the boat on that. Then jeans weren't my size. I've been meaning to go to the Lacoste boutique though because there's a new spring jacket I'm dying to buy.
• Thought about the possibility of exchanges and travelling: I still want to go to Montreal and Vancouver. I'm not sure about school or just vacation. I'm aiming to do a ridiculous drive to Vancouver over the summer for a week with Adam, Sarah and Josh. I'm also hoping to go back to Montreal after exams with Andrew and maybe Adam. Cath (the Market Station lady in the Chestnut Tree) told me I should spend a whole summer in Montreal on vacation and then come back to school, and I'm considering it because I trust her with most of my life.
• Secured hosting for the site: Never fear, you can't escape me for another few years. I hope?
• Thought about the next layout: I have the base done, but I need a banner (*cough* Torie *cough*) and a possible change in colour scheme.