Friday, May 25, 2007
Monday, May 21, 2007
DILEMMA
Ok, so everything isn't as settled as it seems.
A recent poll of Liam's mind suggests that UVic is in the lead at 55%, but Mount Allison is coming in close at 45%. This is anybody's game, now.
Shit.
A recent poll of Liam's mind suggests that UVic is in the lead at 55%, but Mount Allison is coming in close at 45%. This is anybody's game, now.
Shit.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Saturday, May 19, 2007
ramble on...
Hi! I'm fulfilling my half-assed duties to this blog. It's been a while, I suppose.
Oh Summerstock. I'm really going to try to make an effort to enjoy everyone's company there. I know I haven't really been all "there" for a long time, but soon I'll have no choice, so I really ought to make the best of it. I'm actually very excited to do some cast bonding in the next little while. It'll do us all some good. We'll feel more like a cast than just a bunch of people with the pretense that we're all here for the same reason.
I feel bad because there's people who have told me they're going to miss me at Westmount, but I can't really say I'll miss them. Maybe I will, but I probably won't. I can't begin to express how grateful I am that a lot of people I've known have been so kind to me and welcoming, and I don't deserve their hospitality. I just need to remind myself that I really do appreciate all the people in my life. I know I do, but I've just felt so out of touch it's hard to remember that I do. But I know the people who have made a big impact in my life, so I know who I will miss, even if it doesn't feel like it now. But dammit, if I've seemed unappreciative lately, please let me know! Don't tell me what I want to hearm either. I don't like it when people do that. I hate it when I do that. I wish I could be more honest. Well not to say that I'm not honest with people, but I wish I had more courage to say things to people that I wouldn't normally say. Everybody needs a critic, sometimes.
Wow, that paragraph hopped from one thing to another. Amazing how the mind works, really. That's the difference too, between writing for an audience or for some purpose, and writing to yourself, writing for the sake of writing. I'm not trying to make an argument or an opinion. I'm just dishing out my thoughts, unfiltered, unedited. Well not completely unfiltered. Obviously my mind moves faster than I can type so there's still a lot that goes beneath the surface. And I realise the very nature of an online blog means there's a chance of an audience, so you gotta think about what you're saying a teensy bit.
I'm reading Unfinished Tales, to prep myself for The Children of Hurin, and because I've wanted to read it for ages, so now is a good time to start. I'ts funny, I'm more excited about this new book than I am the release of the 7th Harry Potter book.Oh well, I know where my loyalties lie. But it's not like I'll never read the other books. I'm definitely in no hurry though. I probably won't see the 5th movie until I've read the book though.
One person I've realise that I really look up to is Alex. He's one of the nicest people I've met. And it occurred to me that he barely ever actually talks about himself, really. I dunno, maybe it's just that I don't know him well enough, not nearly as well as I'd like to, but even so, I don't doubt that he's still an excellent human being, regardless. So Alex, I dedicate this paragraph to you. If you don't get into UVic, I'll be very very angry with the universe.
Oh Summerstock. I'm really going to try to make an effort to enjoy everyone's company there. I know I haven't really been all "there" for a long time, but soon I'll have no choice, so I really ought to make the best of it. I'm actually very excited to do some cast bonding in the next little while. It'll do us all some good. We'll feel more like a cast than just a bunch of people with the pretense that we're all here for the same reason.
I feel bad because there's people who have told me they're going to miss me at Westmount, but I can't really say I'll miss them. Maybe I will, but I probably won't. I can't begin to express how grateful I am that a lot of people I've known have been so kind to me and welcoming, and I don't deserve their hospitality. I just need to remind myself that I really do appreciate all the people in my life. I know I do, but I've just felt so out of touch it's hard to remember that I do. But I know the people who have made a big impact in my life, so I know who I will miss, even if it doesn't feel like it now. But dammit, if I've seemed unappreciative lately, please let me know! Don't tell me what I want to hearm either. I don't like it when people do that. I hate it when I do that. I wish I could be more honest. Well not to say that I'm not honest with people, but I wish I had more courage to say things to people that I wouldn't normally say. Everybody needs a critic, sometimes.
Wow, that paragraph hopped from one thing to another. Amazing how the mind works, really. That's the difference too, between writing for an audience or for some purpose, and writing to yourself, writing for the sake of writing. I'm not trying to make an argument or an opinion. I'm just dishing out my thoughts, unfiltered, unedited. Well not completely unfiltered. Obviously my mind moves faster than I can type so there's still a lot that goes beneath the surface. And I realise the very nature of an online blog means there's a chance of an audience, so you gotta think about what you're saying a teensy bit.
I'm reading Unfinished Tales, to prep myself for The Children of Hurin, and because I've wanted to read it for ages, so now is a good time to start. I'ts funny, I'm more excited about this new book than I am the release of the 7th Harry Potter book.Oh well, I know where my loyalties lie. But it's not like I'll never read the other books. I'm definitely in no hurry though. I probably won't see the 5th movie until I've read the book though.
One person I've realise that I really look up to is Alex. He's one of the nicest people I've met. And it occurred to me that he barely ever actually talks about himself, really. I dunno, maybe it's just that I don't know him well enough, not nearly as well as I'd like to, but even so, I don't doubt that he's still an excellent human being, regardless. So Alex, I dedicate this paragraph to you. If you don't get into UVic, I'll be very very angry with the universe.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Well, here I am again, partaking in this pathetic e-ritual: go on msn, check facebook, check blog, check callboard, go offline, all in the hopes that I might find some new insight, or some decent conversation while I sit here, doing time. It seems posting on blogs has become something of an anomaly amongst this crowd. Come ON! Let's keep it up, people! Or have I become the odd man out? Oh well, so be it. I can always find solace in solitude as much as in the company of others. At least it's worth a try. Take THAT, people! I will sit here contentedly twiddling my thumbs in the society of myself.
oh MAN! Just over a month left of high school! Paah-raaaise Je-zuss! I really think all I'm going to miss is the teachers, and may be a tiny handful of people there. But really, I'm ready to go. The unfamiliarity of a new life at University really doesn't scare me. I don't feel like I relate to these people at Westmount, anymore. These days I'll go to classes and leave without much chit-chat in between. I will miss the faculty though. They rock, quite simply. But yeah, Scott put it perfectly when he said it was like they put you in a box, and then you get to big for that box, and you feel cramped and you need more movig space, until one day you can smash the walls and open it up to find yourself in a much bigger box! Hmm...that came out bleaker than it was meant to...but that's the gist of it, really. And at least in the bigger box there's more room and more flexibility for living. But it is, ultimately, another a box. Yet this doesn't have to be a bad thing. This is a reminder that this too, will one day be too small for us; it gives us imperative to grow and evolve, until one day we will have PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER.....like the Genie. Good movie, Aladdin. (Mmm-mmm tangents). But for now, the long and short of it is, Westmount is one box too small for me. Yeah, that's nothing new, I know.
To more important news, which isn't really news at all: Yaay! I'm going to UVic. I love the fact that I can say it's a matter of when, that it's something that's ACTUALLY going to happen. I think it'll do me good. I truly hope it does. I need some good.
I still don't know what to do for that damn poetry contest! Maybe I'll have to turn to my friends Silverstein or Lewis or Chesterton for some nonsense poetry inspiration. I really have no idea. Quick! Someone give me something to poem about!
oh MAN! Just over a month left of high school! Paah-raaaise Je-zuss! I really think all I'm going to miss is the teachers, and may be a tiny handful of people there. But really, I'm ready to go. The unfamiliarity of a new life at University really doesn't scare me. I don't feel like I relate to these people at Westmount, anymore. These days I'll go to classes and leave without much chit-chat in between. I will miss the faculty though. They rock, quite simply. But yeah, Scott put it perfectly when he said it was like they put you in a box, and then you get to big for that box, and you feel cramped and you need more movig space, until one day you can smash the walls and open it up to find yourself in a much bigger box! Hmm...that came out bleaker than it was meant to...but that's the gist of it, really. And at least in the bigger box there's more room and more flexibility for living. But it is, ultimately, another a box. Yet this doesn't have to be a bad thing. This is a reminder that this too, will one day be too small for us; it gives us imperative to grow and evolve, until one day we will have PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER.....like the Genie. Good movie, Aladdin. (Mmm-mmm tangents). But for now, the long and short of it is, Westmount is one box too small for me. Yeah, that's nothing new, I know.
To more important news, which isn't really news at all: Yaay! I'm going to UVic. I love the fact that I can say it's a matter of when, that it's something that's ACTUALLY going to happen. I think it'll do me good. I truly hope it does. I need some good.
I still don't know what to do for that damn poetry contest! Maybe I'll have to turn to my friends Silverstein or Lewis or Chesterton for some nonsense poetry inspiration. I really have no idea. Quick! Someone give me something to poem about!
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