Long day with lots of great accomplishments

I completed yet another course today as I wrote my Kenneth Burke and Dramatism final exam which is worth 50% of my final mark. Though I didn't have the luxury of more than one day of uninterrupted study time, I think I used my time well and wrote a decent exam all things considered.

Afterwards I raced to Grad Studies to register for summer session and finish writing my thesis!!!

Tonight, the crowning glory of my day was going to see The Corporation.



This is an amazing documentary that examines the role of corporations in our society and likens them to psychopaths. It is moving and leaves one with the feeling that people can do something about the situation. See the movie. Visit the website. Buy the book. Then do something to improve the situation.

I am going to bed now because I have to be up early tomorrow.

Blog updates

I just put up some new changes on my site including some fancy new links to other blogs. I should get back to studying now... I have an exam in less than 24 hours.

Late night marking

I am still trying to wrap up my marking for GE 300. I am tempted to just go to bed and wrap it up in the morning. Tomorrow I get my car fixed, which much thanks to Dad! Yay!

Here is a question for anyone interested in answering: Why must my cat insist on destroying any pile of paper that I tidy, straighten, or try to put away?

Saskatoon Barbie

This was sent to me from a friend. I find this amusing. I don't know how accurate it is, but it is kind of funny that no matter where you live, there are local stereotypes.

Ready to be merchandised at Pumpkins and Monkeys in time for Christmas! Mattel Inc. Announced The Release Today of Limited Edition Barbie Dolls for the Saskatoon Market:

Saskatchewan Crescent Barbie: This princess Barbie is only sold outside of Saskatoon proper (at selected stores only). She comes with assortment of Kate Spade handbags, a Lexus, a yappy lapdog and a 2 million dollar house. Options include tummy tuck, face lift, spa certificates for Spa Ahava, and a workaholic, cheating husband, Dr. Ken.

Briarwood Barbie: This trendy homemaker Barbie is available with the Lexus SUV or Ford Windstar minivan; gets lost easily, and has no full time occupation or secondary education. Traffic jamming cell phone sold separately. Optional matching gym outfit.

20th Street Barbie: This recently paroled Barbie comes with a 9mm handgun, a Ray Lewis knife, a slammed Chevrolet with oversized wheels and tinted windows, and a Methadone Clinic Ken. Also available in a "jailbird" version with orange coveralls. This collection will also feature "Little Prostitute Skipper".

Silverwood Barbie: This yuppie Barbie comes with choice of a BMW sports car or an Austin Mini, Starbucks cup, credit card and shallow Ken.

Local Celebrity Barbie: This Barbie is perhaps the best prototype for all the Barbies. Her hip length bleached-blonde hair hasn't been trimmed in years but the little knob on her back allows you to toss her hair around incessantly while on camera hawking adoptive pets. Accessorized with leopard skin pants, several cats and somebody else's Ken.

McNab Park Barbie: This white-trash model comes in Wrangler jeans two sizes too small, a NASCAR shirt, big hair, a six pack of Coors Light and a Hank Williams, Jr. CD set. She can spit over 5 feet and she can kick Ken's ass when she's drunk. Optional pickup with Confederate flag bumper stickers.

Caswell Hill Barbie: The "Mayfair" version has a mouth that is firmly closed so as not to show her summer teeth; Daisy Dukes and a half T-shirt that guarantees you can see her navel piercing and at least 5 tattoos. Both versions swear incessantly and are not recommended for children. She is a Bedford Road CI drop-out, and has never made it out of what she calls "the rockin' hill"

Confederation Park Barbie: This tobacco chewing, brassy-haired, Barbie still has not learned that you can't wear high-heeled sandals from Zellers with no pedicure, and without breaking a heel and falling while you chase your beer gutted, mullet wearing, boyfriend. Her make-up is dark red lip liner with lips covered in a sparkly pink color or no fill-in at all. Her ensemble includes low-rise acid-washed jeans with assorted coloured G-strings that stick out the back of her jeans, a white barely-there see-through shirt. Her long, layered hair is bleached/highlighted and BIG. Accessories include: CD-player equipped with Bon Jovi.

Forest Grove Barbie: This Barbie is the same model of Barbie that was released in 1982. She comes with shoulder pads, dark Polyester skirt, white pantyhose and a bad haircut. Options include a seasonal theme T-shirt, Wal-Mart purse and outdated shoes. This Barbie is most likely to be accessorized with a "Baby/arrow down" maternity shirt.

Aberdeen Barbie: This flannel wearing Barbie comes with her own 4-H ribbon collection, brown pick up truck and blue eye shadow! She's a country girl at heart with cow manure odored boots (scratch and sniff the soles for a realistic dose of country fun) Cowboy Ken is toothless and also clad in a red and black flannel check shirt.

Broadway Barbie: This Marxist-feminist, dreadlocked version is the most hirsute of all the Barbies. Instead of a car, she carries a bus pass. Her dog, a large mixed breed, accompanies her and her friend Midge, everywhere. She smells faintly of patchouli, lentils and sweat (but not from working out). Options include an African drum busking kit, body piercing kit, and the entire Ani DeFranco CD collection.

East Side Barbie: This ultra-slender Barbie sports a freshly-lasered bikini line and fabulous highlights from Andrew at Oz! Clad in full Lululemon regalia, she carries a Winner's shopping bag brimming with useless crap. Options include a small-scale replica of Earls restaurant, where she dines with her identical friends, Arbor Creek Barbie and the more socially conscious University Heights Barbie, a Yoga mat and miniature pink martini shaker.

My car has broken down again...

I am currently still waiting on the verdict on it, whether it is going to be fixable or not. So far the car has sucked $500 just to get it in the province, $700 to replace the battery and alternater, and $350 replacing the rad. No wonder I am broke right now.

Cross your fingers that this will be inexpensive, easy to fix, and the last thing to go on the car for the next 3 years.

Spring Cleaning

Today is the day I do some serious cleaning around here. It is kind of funny how messy a house can get when you are ~always~ out. I am not sure where I am going to start, but this place is going to sparkle when I am done with it.

Making progress

After a frustrating weekend and a great meeting this morning with my supervisor, I think I may actually have a handle on my presentation. I have been working on it pretty steadily this afternoon and it feels like it is coming together. That is a relief. I guess we will see how it goes tomorrow afternoon.

Argh

I had a presentation today. I worked very hard on it these past few days. It still sucked. I am going to work hard on it for the next week too. It won't suck.

As Eddie Rabbit would say...

I love a rainy night.

Today was the last day of classes, well officially any how... somehow I have a meeting and presentation tomorrow afternoon, a meeting Thursday morning, and a seminar class Thursday afternoon. Oh well, it is all in good fun :)

I have spent tonight making some plans and watching some tv... a nice relaxed evening.

Homestar Runner

Okay I took this quiz and lookie here:





Which Homestar Runner character are you?

this quiz was made by jurjyfrort


This is in honour of my great pleasure of getting to meet the creators of Homestar Runner at the campus pub a week ago Thursday. It was very cool. Much fun.

I must remember this...

From Wayne Booth and Marshall Gregory's book The Harper and Row's Rhetoric: Writing as Thinking, Thinking as Writing:

Thus, even if you are not intending to specialize in English or one of the many writing trades, learning to write will be one of the main objectives of your college education. If you are in college to become a better thinker and to gain greater control over your own life; if you are in college to increase your skills in dealing with people, to acquire knowledge, and to grow emotionally and intellectually; and even if you feel that your sense of well-being, self-respect, and future security and are somehow tied to how much you know and how mature you become, then you will want to develop your general sensitivity to language. Doing so will help you acquire knowledge through reading, listening, and conversation. It will enable you to catch nuances and implications that you would miss otherwise. And finally, it will help you resist shoddy reasoning and illegitimate emotional manipulation.


Why is a course in composition not a requirement for all students? I am not talking about first year English, which usually translates to literature, not composition. I wish I read this book 6 years ago. Back to work...

Catch up

There are times in my life where I get so busy, I forget to do things like post on my blog. I guess anyone who checks my site out has probably figured out I am a sporatic poster by now. What has happened since last you heard from me? Glad you asked:

• Jo's Annual Girls Night Out... a good friend of mine held her annual fromal dress up dinner. We all get dressed up to the nines, go for dinner, then go dancing. I ran into several girls I had not seen in quite a while, and a few that I knew, but I didn't know would be there. It was quite fun. I will post pics soon.
  
• I finally have a committee meeting scheduled for this upcoming Friday... yay!?
  
• I am completely caught up on all of my marking. I am really excited about that.
  
• We had our persian dance performance this past Friday (will post pics soon too). It was amazing. We had such a fun crowd that hooted and hollered while we danced. It was great. I ran into a friend of mine at the even too who runs the Hungarian dance group. It was neat to see her perform finally too.
  
• Another spin class... my bum still hurts.
  
• Rilla's house party... that was quite fun.
  
• A Sunday of sleeping, reading, and feeling like crap... and no it wasn't a hang over.
  

I will try and get those pics up in the next day or two. Toodles :o)

Workouts are good!

I just got back from a busy morning. I had a nail appointment first thing and then I was able to make it to the gym for a full workout with D'arcy (who rocks). My bum is still sore from last night's workout with Erin (who also rocks). I had never tried a spin class before and it was quite the experience... it was only a half hour, but those seats are pretty hard. I can still feel it this morning. Apparently, one gets used to it. Well, let's see if next week is any better.

Now to shower, grab lunch, get some work done, and then get ready for a night out with the girls :o)

Yet another quiz

You have a mysterious kiss. Your partner never
knows what you're going to come up with next;
this creates great excitement and arousal never
knowing what to expect. And it's sure to end
in a kiss as great as your mystery.


What kind of kiss are you?
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This reminds me of when I was little :o)

I love these cartoon dolls! They are super cute and they remind me of when I played with paper dolls and dressed them up with paper clothes. I am such a girl some days :o)

Sushi and Sopranos

Last night B and I made sushi at my house and watched the Sopranos. It was much fun and frolic. The result of our labours...


Mmmm... and leftovers for lunch were pretty nice too. More pics of the sushi adventure are here.

Looking towards the week to come

After finally baking another batch of my late Grandma's homemade bread recipe (yum), and handing in a draft to my supervisor on schedule and on time... here is a look at what I want to do this week:

• start draft of Ch 5... ideally I want at least 8 pages written by the end of the week
  
• CSSR talk finished and presentable for Wednesday afternoon (eek!)
  
• a cluster analysis for class, including questions to answer via email
  
• finally send off the documents for committee (once these were written, I kept stalling on sending them, I have no idea why...)
  
• mark Speech Strategy Report
  
• finish Job Packages
  
• Persian dance 2 hrs
  
• 3 hrs of teaching, 3 hrs of class, 4.5 hours of meetings, 2 hours of office time for students
  
• formal "Girls Night Out" dinner on weekend (the eternal question... what am I going to wear?)
  
• nail appointment... I have one this week, I just can't remember when exactly.
  
• go to gym 3 times this week
  

I can handle my life in day-sized and week-sized chunks. If I start operating on a larger scale, I get overwhelmed. This week is pretty manageable it looks like, if I stay on top of things from the get go.

Tonight, B and I are going to the gym, then she is coming over and I am making her California rolls from the awesome sushi kit she gave me for Christmas. Little does she know that I have The Sopranos Season 5 premiere for us to watch over dinner too... yay! Well, she might know now :)

Things I have learned this morning...

If there is something on an elevated surface, Myrah will knock it on the floor.

If you don't read labels carefully you could end up with "creamy" peanut butter with no salt, no sugar, and itty bitty granules of peanuts in it... not the fancy heavily processed stuff :(

Housework is never ending... just when dishes and laundry are done, I need to sort through my paper pile.

Just when you are broke should be sitting down to work is exactly when you get the urge to go shopping and eating out all the time.

Baking homemade bread solves everything :)

Reminder to self

Self... email your committee documents to the committee from school tomorrow!!

I am making Myrah clean up the messes she made in my apartment. She is a slob of a roommate... never does dishes, doesn't make the bed, knocks stuff off of tables and doesn't pick them up... tsk tsk... my slob of a cat...

I couldn't resist

I was procrastinating from my thesis when I happened upon an amusing site, Despair.com. Somedays these are just way too true, though I don't always subscribe to them.



There are a whole bunch more of these on the site. You can even buy the posters. Gotta love it!