I love my mom. She usually only calls about practical things ’cause long distance gets expensive after a few minutes. But just now, she called me twice. The first phone call was to ask if I was playing/keeping up with/watching Test the Nation. I reminded her that I didn’t have television and my internet didn’t allow me to watch television life, but she hinted that I should participate online nonetheless and filled me in on the premise of the show. The surgeons and the millionaires were winning, the tattoo artists had recently slipped up, the fitness instructors were doing quite well, and Mayor Miller is very smart but the smaller mayors were dragging him down. Then she hung up to continue playing.
I told my sister this as I was thoroughly amused. She answered, “i think she’s lonely, needs to get divorced and get a white bf who’s a uni prof.”
She called me back afterwards and I calculated her score (strong in language and math, not so much in logic and perception- like me) which was above average. The teams’ standings had remained the same but the celebrities had done well. I questioned who these Canadian “celebrities” might be and assumed there would be a member of the Barenaked Ladies, a news personality, a socialite, etc. but instead my mother filled me in on how smart “the East Indian [character] on Royal Canadian Air Farce [she meant This Hour Has 22 Minutes but that's a fair mistake] who has oily skin and drools” (yes Mom, he’s better looking in real life) and the imam from Little Mosque on the Prairie were (he is also good looking).
I scored 119. My breakdown:
| language 11/12 memory 6/6 logic 10/12 visual memory 5/6 math 10/12 perception 6/12 |
I feel like I should’ve done better being special ed. and all, but really, most marks went for perception and I’m wary about driving anyways. *shrugs* I love our relationship with public broadcasting. And my mom is sometimes cool. O, and then she called my sister.
Today my ‘tween-morning-and-alarm took place at a suburban-looking (bright and sunny) science fair. I don’ t remember anything except for the set up but the fundamentalist evangelical Christians and Muslims were getting together in the corner to promote intelligent design. I love how the immediate radio content influences my dream. It’s funny, I woke up to it too (CBC’s The Current, 900 segment) – on the situation in Turkey.
It’s not quite as bright and sunny outside this morning. O well, at least it’s warm.
My moon, my man… (I will resist downloading leaks, I will I will I’ll try – at last until the date of the European release) Take it slow, take it easy on me… (?)
Filed under: Attempts, Elsewhere, Motion picture, Travels | Tags: China, Cities, Dreams, Gifties, Museums
Yesterday, I went for dim sum (I would link you the article I have to read on for my intro. to Chinese culture class if I could but it’s likely subscription only) with some of the people I’ll be going to China with. The company was very good and the food was okay (my regular place in North York owns all other mid-range Chinese restaurants that serve dim sum). Not that many people showed up unfortunately but we can probably blame springing forward one hour. The Saturday before, I went for burgers with the A-boys who were in the neighbourhood apartment-hunting (and using our pimping wireless connection) and it was crazy icy but by today most of the puddles had evaporated and o man, I’m really excited for leopard print wellies (hopefully they go on sale and my mother remembers them). I usually find animal prints tacky but these ones are cute.
This morning I woke up to sunshine, smiled, and promptly fell asleep again, waking up at intervals of thirty minutes until they ran out and I continued to sleep right up until the time I usually leave for class (usually after breakfast and washing up and outfit-planning). I did manage to make it to class on time so I’m incredibly grateful for dreaming again. I haven’t had such a fun dream in such a long time. It also contained sunshine and was likely brought about because of it. (more…)
Filed under: Attempts, Internaute, Music | Tags: A-boys, China, England, Sraffies
Missed seeing 300 with the A-boys but apparently it sucked but am going to try to bug some people to see Pan’s Labyrinth at some point so that’s okay. My 2006 continues to be stable and except it’s so weird that I have to tell myself about how it’s stable. I like that it’s stable but I’d really like something interesting to happen ’cause I’m really just kind of bored. I remember a livejournal entry from a million years ago (read:two or three years ago?) about waiting for something romantic to happen and not romantic like “lovey-dovey” (I remember that word) or late 18th century Western European or even vaguely Roman (though that could be funky) but romantic like something… exciting. Stability is boring (though muchly appreciated).
I’m on skype right now with sraffies which is always fun and some are coming sometime after Easter which is terribly exciting and I’ve found a hostel close by (it’s not just ’cause I’m weirded out by your internet-nature but partially because of my lame lack of furniture) so yay. It’s also right smack in the middle of exams which is lovely. I’ll figure it out. It won’t be long before I’m off to China and then to East London which is a vampire to hang out with tf. I’m going to start referring to people by initials (like Belle but they would be friends rather than lovers) instead of physical or ethnic cues… here anyways. I like to refer to people by nicknames they’ll never know. My mind is just spilling right now. I haven’t done anything today. I’ve done a bit today.
- I woke up around 11.
- I showered.
- The guys came over and used our pimping wireless connection.
- Burgers with the guys.
- Back.
I haven’t really accomplished anything since. Sraffies blow my mind. This blog entry is dedicated to you. You’re totally the only people who read this blog (please comment if you’re not a sraffie, I’d love to know). This isn’t sleep deprivation (that was hard for me to spell) silliness and mind-blowing but that of unproductivity. I’m really excited to travel this summer. I don’t mind that it’s summer school either. I hope it’s exciting. I’m going to buy a Chinese translation of His Dark Materials (plug). And then hanging out with tf will be much much fun. She’s back in the country in a few weeks but I’ll miss her. I need people time. The problem with stability is that time passes by too quickly and you miss people. I need to buy a ticket to England still. Okay. Good night.
Everytime I say 2006 I mean 2007.
By everytime I mean the one time.
