Shoooorts

Fail.  It is exponentially harder to blog every day when I'm home.  I was only on my computer once yesterday, in the morning, and only very briefly.  Fortunately April is almost over, so then I won't have to feel guilty for missing a day or two.  Also, I'm fairly certain that, now that exams are over and people no longer need a reason to procrastinate, no one reads this.  Whatever.

So yesterday morning, my mom and I went and got our new passport pictures taken (I hate passport pictures-you aren't allowed to smile!  My picture looks nothing like me!) and went and submitted my application for my new passport.  I wish I could say I was going somewhere exciting this summer, that requires a passport, but really...I might have to go to the States for a couple days.  That's it.  Then I drove my mom to pick up her car, which was having some work done on it.  Then we went to Old Navy and I got four new pairs of shorts for the summer.  We also stopped at Chapters and I bought Being Nikki, the sequel to Airhead, by Meg Cabot.  The sequel to Being Nikki, Runaway comes out in a couple weeks, and I'm going to get that one too.

After we were done shopping, we went out for lunch at this place called Teriyaki House.  It's all-you-can-eat sushi for, like, twelve bucks.  Let's just say, we almost definitely ate our money's worth.  It was delicious, though.  I've been dreaming about it since last August, which was the last time I was there.

Books read this year: 20*
Days left until camp: 27

love <3

*This morning, I finished Teen Idol by Meg Cabot and I started Looking for Alaska by John Green.  I'll let you know what I think!

Travels

Yea, sue me.  I missed a day.  I think I have a pretty reasonable excuse, as I was travelling all day.  Yesterday morning I was in Newfoundland.  Now I'm home, in Ontario, and very happy!  Yea, that's really all I have to say.  I am home, and happy!  I also have a lot of stuff to do in the next month, and I don't know how that's going to happen!  Oh well, I'll figure something out...hopefully!

So today is one of my best friend's birthday, and I'm so sad I can't spend time with her today.  I haven't seen her in months, because I've been away at university, but I want to see her very badly!  This is what happens when you move far away for school lol.

Books read this year: 19
Days left until camp: 29

love <3

Online check-in

Today was a nice day.  We got to sleep in, which for my mom means eight o'clock.  Woo.  We got ready, had some breakfast, and chatted with some of the other people staying at the B&B.  It was nice.  There's a whole big family of them, and they're having a birthday party tonight for the mother, which we were planning on crashing, but are now invited to.  Should be...fun.

After breakfast, we walked downtown to do some shopping.  It was actually a lot of fun.  We didn't buy a whole lot, but we got some nice stuff.  It started to rain a little bit towards the end, but that didn't really matter.  It meant less people were out and about, so the stores weren't as busy.  Then we had a really good lunch, which was supposed to be my treat, but the debit machines decided not to work, and fortunately we had enough cash.  At least I tried to treat...

We're back now, and just did the online check-in for our flight tomorrow.  I can't believe I'm actually going home tomorrow.  This semester went by so quickly, but I'm so excited to go home.  Only for a month, but it's better than nothing!

Books read this year: 18
Days left until home: 1
Days left until camp: 31

love <3

Bay Roberts

Today was such a fun day!  I spent it with one of my very best friends from university.  Us, and our moms, spent the day in her hometown.  It's just a small commuunity about a half hour outside of the city, but somehow, during a year and a half of friendship, I've never made it out there.  But today we did, and it was gorgeous!  We wanted to see a moose (we didn't), an iceberg (there aren't any-no ice!) and a whale (it's too early in the season, but we think we saw one!  It was off the the distance, so we're not sure...but there's no one to tell us it wasn't a whale, so we're saying it was!).  All in all, it was a really good day, and we had a lot of fun.

Last night, we went downtown, and actually spent some time with the parents of the lead singer of Stereos!!  When they were in town earlier in the week for the Junos and for the concert, the lead singer, Pat, stayed at the same bed and breakfast that we're staying at!  He was gone by the time we checked in, but his parents are still here, so we went out with them last night.  His mother even took my mailing address and said she's going to get Pat to sign something and send it to me!  How exciting is that?!  It was a pretty good night, all in all.

Books read this year: 18 (still working on Crow Lake)
Days left until home: 2

love <3

busyyy

I totally don't have time to be posting right now.  Moved out of res this morning.  That was sad.  Went and saw my house for next year with my mom and signed the lease!  Yay!  Tonight I'm going out, and that is pretty much it.  If I have time tomorrow or Saturday, I will go into more detail!
Days left until home: 3

love <3

:)

My mom's here!! Her flight landed nearly five and a half hours ago.  It is so nice to see her!  Three and a half months really is a long time.  We did some packing this afternoon, and now she's gone back to the hotal and I am spending the night with my friends, as our last night is res forever.  It never really hit me until today that this really is my last night is res.  I've lived here for two years, and I love it!  It's going to be weird living in a house next year, although I am really excited about it.  I know I definitely made the right decision.

So the concert last night was ridiculous.  There aren't even words.  I mean, I knew it was going to be good, but it was so much better than anything I could have expected.  I'm still kind of in shock of how good it was.  I mean, Hedley has been my favourite band for a good three or four years now, and getting to see them perform live has always been one of my dreams, and they did not disappoint.  Maybe, in the next couple of days, if I'm able to sort out my thoughts a little bit better as to how I really felt about it, I'll let you know.  But for now...completely amazing.

Books read this year: 18
Days until I'm home: 4
Days until camp: 34

love <3

DONE!!! :)

DONE!!!!!!!!!! I finished my last exam about an hour ago and I am now done my second year of university!!  Oh my goodness, I am so happy exams are finally over!!  And tonight will probably be the best night of my life.  I am going to a concert here in town, with Fefe Dobson, Stereos, Faber Drive, and Hedley!!  I got tickets for my birthday, in January, from my mom and I have been waiting for this night for the last three months.  I'm not a big Fefe Dobson fan, and I saw Faber Drive on New Year's, but Hedley is basically my favourite band in the entire world.  Ahh I'm so excited!!!!!  I will try my best to take pictures, but I'm pretty sure there isn't any photography or video allowed.  But I will try my best!

There is kind of a downside to today, though.  As I mentioned before, my mom is coming out here tomorrow, and I am so freaking excited to see her!  But, the volcanic ash cloud from the explosion in Iceland last week that was over the UK and Scandinavia, and parts of Europe and heading towards Russia.  Well, I guess it changed directions or something, because yesterday it was over the east coast near us, and yesterday morning all flights were grounded.  I checked both the St. John's and Toronto airport websites this morning, and it doesn't look like there's any problems, but I'm worried my mom won't be able to get here, or she'll get stuck in Halifax or something.  I just want to see my mom! lol  So I'm a little worried about that, especially because I'm not flying home until Sunday, and I don't really want to spend four days here by myself when it's supposed to be our vacation.  So hopefully she'll be able to get here tomorrow!

Books read this year: 18*
Exams left until summer: 0!!! (I need something new to count down...ideas?)

love <3

*For those of you following my mission to read fifty books this year, yesterday I finished Forever in Blue, the fourth and final book in Ann Brashares Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants series.  I have now started reading Crow Lake by Mary Lawson.  I highly recommend this book to everyone in the world.  I had to read it for English class in grade 12, and it quickly became one of my favourite books.  Here's what it says on the back of the book: "Here is a gorgeous, slow-burning story of family love and misunderstandings, of resentments harboured and driven underground.  Set in the rough-hewn heart of the Canadian Shield, Crow Lake brings us into the fold of the Morrisons, a family bound close by unexpected lose.  Young Kate Morrison worships her elder brother Matt, whose passionate interest in the natural world inspires Kate to become a biologist.  But as an adult she feels estranged from her siblings--Matt, Luke and Bo--who once composed her entire world, and she can't reconcile the heroic brother of her youth with the all-too-human man he has become."  I can't even describe to you how much I love this book.  Seriously, go read it!

Blondes

Two blonde advisers were going to Disneyland . They were driving on the Interstate when they saw the sign that said Disneyland LEFT. They started crying and turned around and went home.

Two blondes living in Oklahoma were sitting on a bench talking, and one blonde says to the other, "Which do you think is farther away... Florida or the moon?" The other blonde turns and says "Helloooooooooo, can you see Florida ?????"

A blonde pushes her BMW into a gas station. She tells the mechanic it died. After he works on it for a few minutes, it is idling smoothly. She says, "What's the story?" He replies, "Just crap in the carburetor" She asks, "How often do I have to do that?"

A police officer stops a blonde for speeding and asks her very nicely if he could see her license. She replied in a huff, "I wish you guys would get your act together. Just yesterday you take away my license and then today you expect me to show it to you!"

There's this blonde out for a walk. She comes to a river and sees another blonde on the opposite bank "Yoo-hoo!" she shouts, "How can I get to the other side?" The second blonde looks up the river then down the river and shouts back, "You ARE on the other side."

A gorgeous young redhead goes into the doctor's office and said that her body hurt wherever she touched it. "Impossible!" says the doctor.. "Show me." The redhead took her finger, pushed on her left shoulder and screamed, then she pushed her elbow and screamed even more. She pushed her knee and screamed; likewise she pushed her ankle and screamed. Everywhere she touched made her scream.The doctor said, "You're not really a redhead, are you?" "Well, no" she said, "I'm actually a blonde." "I thought so," the doctor said, "Your finger is broken."

A highway patrolman pulled alongside a speeding car on the freeway. Glancing at the car, he was astounded to see that the blonde behind the wheel was knitting! Realizing that she was oblivious to his flashing lights and siren, the trooper cranked down his window, turned on his bullhorn and yelled, "PULL OVER!"  "NO!" the blonde yelled back, "IT'S A SCARF!"

A Russian, an American, and a Blonde were talking one day. The Russian said, "We were the first in space!" The American said, "We were the first on the moon!" The Blonde said, "So what? We're going to be the first on the sun!" The Russian and the American looked at each other and shook their heads. "You can't land on the sun, you idiot! You'll burn up!" said the Russian. To which the Blonde replied, "We're not stupid, you know. We're going at night!"

A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit one night... It was her turn. She rolled the dice and she landed on Science and Nature. Her question was, "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your name, can you hear it?" She thought for a time and then asked, "Is it on or off?"

A girl was visiting her blonde friend, who had acquired two new dogs, and asked her what their names were. The blonde responded by saying that one was named Rolex and one was named Timex. Her friend said, "Whoever heard of someone naming dogs like that?" "HELLLOOOOOOO......," answered the blonde. "They're watch dogs!"

Books read this year: 18
Exams left until summer: 1!

love <3

FACE! (I am GOD...)

I'm a terrible person. That might be an exagerration; we'll see. Over a year ago, I got a Twitter. At that time, most people had a Twitter, no big deal. I had it until probably late October/early November of this past year. Then I pulled a Miley Cyrus and deleted my account. I'm not sure why; I think I just stopped seeing the point of having one. So I deleted it, and frankly I didn't really miss it. Then, last night, I went and remade my account. I have no idea why. No idea. But I did. So now I'm back on Twitter. Follow me at twitter.com/seanababy16. Do it!!!
So a couple days ago, I mentioned the new collaboration channel, 5AwesomeCollegeGirls, that I am involved with. I said that it was going to start probably this week, because that's what I was told by Kourtney, the girl that I talked to. But, I haven't even talked to the other three girls, let alone have we all talked and started to figure out what we want to do and where we want to go with this. So I don't think we should start tomorrow. We might still, but I don't think it's the best idea. I think we should wait at least a week or two, and use that time for the five of us to talk and figure everything out. So if you're super excited for tomorrow to see the start of 5ACG, don't hold your breath.

Talked to Kourtney. She agrees, we need to work some stuff out before we start. So no collab channel tomorrow. :( Which is actually a good thing, because I still don't have a webcam and my digital camera still doesn't record noise. Good times.

So I found this video on youtube last night. I think I'm in love. Some of the shows I didn't watch, but a lot of them I did, and it made me really miss my childhood. Television and movies were just better in the 90s. Also, I don't know if you guys know anything about soul ages (the permanent age of your soul...sounds sketchy, I know) but I'm pretty mine is, like, 7. Not that I'm immature or just don't want to grow up or anything. My childhood was just a really good time, plus I love being around kids, and I tend to act kind of like a kid (again, not in an immature way) a lot of the time. Anyway, my soul age is seven or eight and I miss the 90s.

So funny story. As I mentioned yesterday, last night I went to a friends house for a while. It was a mid-exams/stress reliever/wanting to see everyone before they leave for the summer type of thing. So at one point, a bunch of people were playing Cranium, and I was doing the game show host role, reading all the challenges and questions and whatever. Someone challeneged me about something, and I said, "I am to this game as God is to the world!" In a room full of Christians. It was actually hilarious. I am the god of Cranium, OK? Deal with it!

So I just got off the phone with my mom, and at the end I realized that the next time I talk to her, it's going to be face-to-face!!  She gets here on Wednesday, and I could not be more excited!!  I haven't seen her in three and a half months, and it's killing me!!!  We are way too close to go this long without seeing each other!  But we're also staying here together for a couple days before we fly home and I am equally excited about that.  We're going to look at my new house for next year, doing lots of eating and shopping, climbing up Signal Hill (her idea...definitely not mine) and spending a day with one of my best friends Melissa in her hometown.  I am just so excited for the next week.  Plus, a week right now, I will be home with my mom and my dog and my car and my friends and lots and lots of other really great things.  I am so freaking excited to go home!!!  Don't get me wrong, I love it here, I love this city and this province and this school!  And being away from home for long periods of time doesn't bother me that much.  But really, there's nothing better than going home.

Books read this year: 17 (I actually have, like, 40 pages left of the book I'm currently reading.  I want to finish it so badly!!  Ahhhh, I hate exams.)
Exams left until summer: 2!

love <3

Jennifer Coolidge

I am posting early because I'm going out tonight and I don't know what time I'll be back.  And tonight, I'm not going to be antisocial!  I'm not, I'm not, I'm not!!!!!!

So not much happened today.  I was woken up from some much-needed sleep by some of the rudest people ever who didn't even try to whisper.  Really?  You're an adult, you can't get away with being rude, and then not even apologizing for clearly waking me up.  Sometimes I just don't understand people.  Oh well.  Only four more days of having a roommate in such close proximity!  Woot!

I really should have spent a large portion of today studying, as I have an exam on Monday and an exam on Tuesday.  However, I felt that I should take some time off.  So I watched a movie.  Which movie?  A Cinderella Story.  With Hilary Duff.  Don't judge me, it's a cute movie!  Plus Jennifer Coolidge is in it, and she is just hilarious.

Books read this year: 17
Exams left until summer: 2

love <3

negative b plus or minus the square root of b squared minus four a c divided by two b.

So I know I linked you guys to this video a couple days ago, but...oh my goodness.  I've probably watched it close to fifty times in the last three or four days, and each time it still has the same effect on me.  First of all, I love Jully Black.  I've always liked her, but now I love her.  And when Drake does his little rap thing, and then Nikki Yanofsky sings; I don't know why, but that part gives me chills every single time I see it.  Also, did anyone else notices that Justin Bieber looks kind of awkward when he's singing?  Like he's holding his body weirdly because he's so aware of the camera.  I don't know if I'm just seeing it because I don't really like him, or something, but he looks weird.

It is now later.  I just finished watching the first Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants movie (because, you know, I'm in the middle of reading the books, so why not watch the movies at the same time?! That's just who I am.) and holy smoly, I never realized what a sad movie it is!  I've seen it so many times, but I don't remember ever crying this much!  They were definitely worth it, though.

I also just watched the second movie.  I don't know if it's because I'm in the middle of the fourth book, and that's the one most of the movie is based on, but I noticed a lot of the movie is word-for-word from the book. Weird.  But not bad.  Just weird.  Most movies, that I've seen, at least, that are based on books follow the plot, but they rarely use actually dialogue from the books.  I enjoyed it though.

So today was pretty uneventful.  French exam this morning.  Pretty sure I aced it, but I was never really worried about it.  I've been speaking French since preschool.  Math...not so much.  Like I said before, it'll be a miracle if I pass that course, especially considering the exam is worth 60% of our mark and I don't think I even attempted to answer enough questions to pass, let alone getting the questions I tried right.  But we'll see.  Like I said a couple days ago, whatever happens, happens, and it's really not the end of the world.  Also, throughout the entire exam, I had this song stuck in my head.  Not the best when trying to concentrate on questions you don't know how to do.

Books read this year: 17
Exams left until summer: 2!

love <3

Collaboration!!!

So I just found out  about half an hour ago that I am going to be part of a youtube collaboration channel called 5AwesomeCollegeGirls.  It's like a spin-off of 5AwesomeGirls, 5AwesomeGuys, and all of that.  I am actually ridiculously excited about this!  Since I started watching 5AwesomeGirls last week, I really really wanted to do a collaberation channel like what they do, but I had no idea how to get something like that started.  Then I found out about 5ACG and they said they were looking for a couple other girls, and so I messaged them, and now here we are.  I know very little about how this is all going to work, but I'm still really excited about it!  I'll let you all know when we get it up and running and I hope you'll all subscribe and watch it, because I think it could be really good!

It is now much later.  I talked to a couple of the other girls involved with 5ACG and it looks like we're going to be getting it up and going either next week or the week after.  From what I can tell, the other girls all seem really nice, so hopefully this'll work out.  And really, what do I have to lose?  I was going to start posting youtube videos anyway, and I still will on my personal channel.  It's not like it's costing me anything and it's not like I'm going to be giving out tons of personal information.  I'm just collaborating with some other girls.  I'm pumped!  Goodness knows when I'll ever get to meet any of the other girls, as they all live in the States.  Oh well.

So I just got back from a pseudo girls night with my very good friend Sam and my roommate Katie.  We just went to the mall and spent money that none of us really had.  I really should have spent the entire time studying, but whatever, I needed a break.  Plus there's a point at which studying becomes counter-productive and I think I am nearly at that point.  Plus it was a really nice break just from all the stress of everything.  There's way too much going on in my life right now for me to even begin to deal with, and tonight, even for just a few hours, I was able to forget about most of it and that felt really great.  Seana is happy :)

Books read this year: 17
Exams left until summer: 4 (in 12 hours this will be 3, and in 19 it'll be 2. woot!)

love <3

there's a hole in my bucket

There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza.
There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza,
A hole.

Well fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry
Well fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Fix it.

With what shall I fix it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I fix it, dear Liza,
With what?

With a straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry.
With a straw, dear Henry, dear Henry,
A straw.

But the straw is too long, dear Liza, dear Liza.
But the straw is too long, dear Liza,
Too long.

Then cut it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry.
Then cut it dear Henry, dear Henry,
Cut it.

With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I cut it, dear Liza,
With what?

With an axe, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry.
With an axe, dear Henry, dear Henry,
An axe.

But the axe is too dull, dear Liza, dear Liza
But the axe is too dull, dear Liza,
Too dull.

Then sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry.
Then sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Sharpen it.

With what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza,
With what?

With a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry.
With a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry,
A stone.

But the stone is too dry, dear Liza, dear Liza.
But the stone is too dry, dear Liza,
Too dry.

Then wet it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry.
Then wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Wet it.

With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I wet it, dear Liza,
With what?

With water, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry.
With water, dear Henry, dear Henry,
With water.

How shall I fetch it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
How shall I fetch it, dear Liza,
How shall I?

With a bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry.
With a bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry,
A bucket.

There's a hole in my bucket.

This is what I do instead of studying.  Are you proud of me? Haha  For anyone who doesn't know, this is a kid's song, and it's pretty much the best song ever.  Did anyone else notice how completely incompetent Henry is?!  Really?  He doesn't know how to cut straw, or how to fetch water? haha I always found this song quite amusing as a child and now, thanks to my procrastination, you can all experience it again as well! (You're welcome)

I'm listening to the radio and some lady just tried to say Michael Buble, but she pronounced his last name wrong.  She said Bublee-ay, and now I can't stop laughing.*  It's not even that funny, but my mind seems to find it hilarious.  It's a good thing my roommate isn't here; she might think I've gone insane for laughing this much about something that really isn't quite that funny.

So I was just watching this video, and even though I hear the song on the radio all the time, and I have it on my iPod, this was my first time seeing the video, and it really gave me the chills.  I don't know why.  Talk about something really powerful!

It is now much later.  I should be studying for my French exam, which is Friday morning.  Unfortunately, within the last hour to hour and a half, my mentality towards exams has completely changed:  I no longer care about exams at all.  I know this is wrong on so many levels.  I think the problem is that I was studying all day for my math exam, which is Friday afternoon, and I have realized that it will be a freaking miracle if I pass that class.  I have been trying so hard in this class all semester and it just has not been working out.  It's a calculus class, and the majority of the material is integrals, and they just don't make sense to me, at all.  This is actually really unfortunate because in high school, math was my best subject.  It was one of the few things I was actually good at.  And now...like I said, it'll be a miracle if I pass this course.  But now, I really should go study for French, which I'm actually not worried about.  Math is the only of my five exams this semester that I'm worried about.  Oh well.  Only 46 hours until math'll be over, and 138 hours until I'm done my second year.  Woot!

Books read this year: 17 (this number isn't going to increase until exams are over)
Exams left until summer: 4

love <3

*I was just proofreading this before I post it and I read that sentence and started laughing all over again just thinking about it.  And it still isn't that funny...

P.S.  I just realized something, and this is probably the worst thing to realize in the middle of exam week, but whatever.  What I realized is that, pass or fail, it doesn't really matter.  I mean, yes, it might mean an extra year of school.  It might mean losing a scholarship, or not getting as high a GPA as you wanted.  But, really?  Ten years from now, the fact that you only got 75 in a course when you wanted an 80 probably isn't even going to be something you remember.  When you're applying for a job, or looking for a promotion, no employer is going to look at your university transcript and be like "Well, it looks like you failed math 1001 the first time you took it in 2010, so I'm afraid we can't hire you."  That would never happen in a million years.  So yes, it's always a good idea to strive for the best, but sometimes you aren't successful and that's just the way it is.  But in 5, 10, 20 years, you won't even remember.  Just think about that when you're stressing out over exams.

Glee Debrief!

[SPOILER ALERT!!! This entire post is dedicated to the new episode of Glee.  If you haven't seen it yet and you plan on watching it and don't want it ruined, don't read this post until after you've seen it!]

I tried.  I actually tried so hard to fight all my natural urges to be antisocial.  I didn't want to write while watching Glee.  I wanted to watch, whilst being social, and then write about it once I was alone.  I failed.  It is about to start, and I am on my laptop with every intention of writing throughout the entire episode.  Biggest fail ever.

First, I have a confession.  Most of you probably guessed this, but I...am a Gleek in every sense of the word.  I have never actually referred to myself as a Gleek before, but it's the truth.  There's no point in hiding it now; you'll all find out as we go through the episode.

--I love Sue Sylvester.  I know she is pure evil, but she's also hilarious and just amazing to watch.  She is the perfect antagonist for this show.
--Finn and...Rachel? WTF?!  This relationship is doomed, I guarantee it.
--Will is hot. Just saying.
--Will and Emma are the best couple in the history of the world.  I was rooting for them for all of last season!  Ahhh!! I love them! :)
--Again: Will is so freaking sexy!
--Finn singing while playing basketball and walking around school seems very High School Musical.  Anyone else get that?
--No more Finna and Rachel!  Called it!
--Finn's face during Gives You Hell is hilarious!
--"If we don't place at regionals then Glee club is over." Ummm...if they lose and glee club is over and then Glee as a show would be over...this show is way too popular to be over after one season.  They aren't going to lose.  Just saying.
--Why is Rachel singing with one of the guys from Vocal Adrenaline?  Rachel!  Focus!
--Did anyone else notice that for the first part of the show they only showed Quinn from the shoulders up?  I wanna see her preggers belly!!!!!!!!!!!!
--Will and Emma are possibly too cute for words.  I want them in my life.
--Emma's a virgin?!  Holy new angle on the plot!
--"I met someone else!" "Do I know him? Is he bigger than me?" I love Finn a whole lot.
--Now Rachel is dating the VA guy?!  RACHEL!!! What the hell are you doing?!
--Vocal Adrenaline...what the hell?!  They are soo good, and their director is a bitch.
--WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Hooking up with the VA director????  You're with Emma!!!!!  What are you doing?!?  You're a freaking idiot!!!  You're hot factor just decreased so much.  Now you're just a jerk.
--Tough love Rachel.  Tough love. "You can't kick me out!  Good luck winning without me!"  "Everyone is replaceable.  Even you."
--McKinley High Old Maid's Club! ahahah That's awesome.
--Terry and Emma?! Cat fight?!  Sadly, no.  But that would have been amazing.
--Also, Terry is a bitch.  So glad her and Will broke up, even though Will is a jerk.
--I don't trust Jesse.  Not even a little.  There's no way he doesn't have an alterior motive for dating Rachel.
--EMMA!!!!!!!!! Don't break up with Will!! Yes, he's a jerk, but you guys belong together!!!!! Gahh!!!
--No, Will, you're not good at being alone!  Which is why you should be with Emma!  Jezz Louise.
--Oh. Rachel broke up with Jesse.  Good.  He was not trustworthy.
--Rachel spent the entire fall trying to be with Finn, and now he wants to be with her again, and now she doesn't want him anymore?  Rachel!  Make up your mind woman!
--I want more Quinn!!!!! She was lacking from this episode.

I know this probably wasn't the best debrief of the episode.  I guess I'm not very good at writing reviews of shows while trying to watch them at the same time.  But I am so excited for next week's episode: Madonna!!  That should be amazing!

Books read this year: 17
Exams left until summer: 4

love <3

Glee glee glee glee (!!!!!!!!!)

Ten hours until Glee, ten hours until Glee, TEN HOURS UNTIL GLEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want today's post to be entirely focused on Glee.  However, in my time zone, Glee doesn't end until midnight, and then it wouldn't go up today, it would go up tomorrow.  And I am fighting all my urges to be antisocial and I'm not going to write while watching.  So instead, I am posting this little blurb to get you all very excited about Glee finally coming back to us, and once I have watched it tonight, I will post something very long discussuing all my thoughts about it.  Sound good?

Books read this year: 17
Exams left until summer: 5 (my first one is in two hours! Yikes!)

love <3

With unraveled embroidery and fraying hems...

I'm sad.  Tonight is the Blue Jays home opener at the Sky Dome (well the Rogers Center, but...really? it's the Sky Dome) and I really want to go. :(  I am a huge Blue Jays fan.  When people find this out about me, they're usually surpirsed, and I'm not really sure why.  I have been going to Blue Jays games since before I had any idea what baseball was.  Joe Carter is my all-time favourite player ever.  When Roy Halladay got traded in the fall, I cried.  I hate the Yankees with a passion.  I love the Blue Jays.  I want to go watch them play, right now. :(

It is now much later.  I wrote that this morning because I was feeling sad about missing the game live (and really, baseball on TV is not nearly as excited.  Anyone who's been to a major league baseball game understands) and I also just really didn't want to study.  So guess why I'm writing now?  Because I don't want to study!  My first exam is in  fifteen hours, and I'm not that worried, but I feel like maybe I should be.  I don't know.  My hardest exam isn't until Friday afternoon and I'm already stressing out about it.  Hard times.

So I saw the friend that I mentioned here and here at dining hall tonight.  I smiled and waved at her and she smiled and waved back and it didn't look sarcastic or fake or anything.  This leads me to two possible conclusions: a) she does not read this blog, or b) she read it and is not mad at me.  I don't know.  But, my dear, you know who you are, and if you're reading this, mad or not, please text me!  I really want to talk to you! Love you!! :)

So nothing of importance happened today.  I watched this video way more times than is probably healthy.  I don't even know this girl, I've never talked to her.  I just love this video.  I feel asleep last night with that song stuck in my head.  It is way too catchy.  If you don't subscribe to this channel, you should!  I just started watching their videos about a week ago and I love them.  Seriously.

Books read this year: 17*
Exams left until summer: 5

love <3

*For those of you following my fifty-book challenge, I finished Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood and am now starting the fourth and final book in this series, Forever in Blue.  Reading these books makes me want to watch the movies sooo badly, but, even though I own them, I know I don't have time to watch them, at least not until after Friday.  Argh! haha

"Why can't we worry about next year, I don't know, next year? Why does it have to ruin this year too?"

I feel kind of bad.  I'm pretty sure the friend I mentioned in this blog read what I wrote and is now mad at me.  I mean, if she read it she would automatically know I was talking about her.  I doubt anyone else knows who I'm talking about, but if she read it, she would know it was her.  But part of me also doesn't feel that bad.  I mean, it's not like I said anything bad about her.  I just talked about how I felt about the situation.  And it would be really unfair for her to be mad at me over how I feel.  My feelings are my feelings and neither I nor anyone else can change them; that's just how I feel.  And, like I said, I didn't say her name or anything bad about her.  If I had been like "Her name is Whatever and she's such a bitch!  If you know her, you should hate her!  And here's a list of all her flaws and all the bad things about her!"  If I had said that, then I could completely understand her being mad, because that would be a really mean thing to do.  So if you're reading this, and you're mad at me, I'm sorry!! I still love you, I promise!  Please text me or something and we can talk about it!  I'm not mad at you and I really hope you aren't mad at me, but I also hope you can understand where I was coming from.

So for anyone who read my post yesterday (which I hope is no one.  It was terrible.  I am sorry) you know that I am sick.  Just a stuffy nose, but still.  Being sick right before exams is probably the worst part of life.  So last night I ran out of Kleenex, probably because I was literally blowing my nose every fifteen minutes.  It was kinda gross, I'm not gonna lie.  So this morning, I was like, I have to go get more Kleenex, otherwise I might die.  So I walked to the Shoppers that is less than ten minutes away walking.  So I get there at about 11:30 and I see that it doesn't open until noon!  Well, I was not going to walk all the way home, wait less than ten minutes and then walk all the way back.  That would just be silly.  So I go the the Tim Hortons' that is right next to Shoppers and get a hot chocolate and wait.  While drinking my hot chocolate, I realized I had to go to the bank and get money so that I could buy the Kleenex.  So I go to the ATM and get $20 (my last $20!) out of my account.  Then I look at my watch and see that I still have fifteen minutes until Shoppers opens, so I decide to go to the grocery store and just look around, just for something to do.  So I'm walking around the grocery store and I see that they sell Kleenex!  So I'm like, well I'll just get it here instead of waiting fifteen minutes for Shoppers to open, where it is probably more expensive.  So I pick up a box of Kleenex and I'm ready to go.  Except, for some reason, I decide that continuing to look around the grocery story is a good idea.  This is where it all goes downhill.  Instead of just getting the $0.99 box of Kleenex that I needed and leaving, I ended up getting two boxes of cookies, two bags of Crispy Minis and some Fuzzy Peaches.  I spent $13 for a $0.99 box of Kleenex.  I really don't understand myself sometimes.

So I have a really big decision to make by Friday about where I'm going to live next year and I really have no idea what I'm going to do.  I can either come back to res for a third year or live off-campus.  The price is going to be about the same, so it's really just which one I want.  I am so not equipped to make this decision, which could potentially be life-changing, and I really don't know what to do.  So I am going to discuss the pros and cons of each option, and maybe you guys can let me know what you think. (I'm not asking anyone to make this decision for me; I know I'm the only one that can make it.  I'm just hoping maybe some of you can give me your opinions.)
1) LIVING IN RES
PROS
--right on campus; no time walking to campus
--on meal plan; don't have to worry about cooking or grocery shopping
--living with friends nearby
--can ask others for help with courses etc
CONS
--roommate; no single room/privacy
--dining hall sucks, especially for vegetarian
--lots of socializing; not conducive to good study habits

2) LIVING OFF-CAMPUS
PROS
--can make my own food and eat what I want
--live with more studious people; potentially better marks?
--own room; sooo much more privacy
--bathroom shared with three other girls, not 15
--can watch TV? maybe...(when not studying...)
CONS
--have to take time to cook and grocery shop; added stress
--have to take time to walk to campus; boots, coat, etc
--not as close to some friends; likely won't see them as often
--probably not as involved in winter carnival, I <3 MUNdays, etc

That's pretty much all I can think of for both, although I'm sure there are things I'm forgetting.  If anyone has any brilliant ideas or opinions about how I can decide, they would be so much appreciated.  I have until Friday and...I don't know.  I just don't know.

Books read this year: 16
Exams left until summer: 5

love <3

P.S.  The title of this post is a quote from season three of The OC, I'm not sure which episode.  Seth said it to Ryan.  For anyone who knew that, I love you.  Just saying. :)

The most boring post in the history of the world.

I have nothing to write about.  Like, absolutely nothing.  Don't even bother reading past this sentence, because it's really not worth it.  I'm not kidding.

Apparently you don't listen to what I have to say.  I wasn't kidding.  I actually had the most boring day of my life.  I studied actually quite a bit for my earth science exam, which is on Tuesday.  I'm not sure if I should be worried or not.  I'm thinking not.  Actually, the only exam I'm worried about is math, which is on Friday.  The whole course pretty much is integrals and I don't get it.  Not even a little bit.  That's the only one I have genuine concerns about.  The rest of them...whatever.  I know I have to study, but I'm not worried.  This might be a bad thing.

Also, I am now sick.  This is the worst thing in the world.  Not being sick, but getting sick right before exams.  All I really have, though, is an extremely stuffed up nose and a kind of sore throat, but I don't have a cough or anything.  This could be much, much worse I'm sure.  I'm just not too pumped about being the kid who's sniffling through the entire exam and annoying everyone else.  I hate that person! lol

That is actually all I have to say.  I know, I'm boring.  Until exams are over, I'm going to be pretty boring.  And probably after that as well.  My life is not that exciting, I promise.  I'm pretty sure I just lost five of my seven readers.  Boo.

Books read this year: 16
Exams left until summer: 5

love <3

P.S.  If, by some chance, you're reading this and you go to MUN and you're in earth science 1000 with George Jenner, or whatever his name is, and you know the format of our exam, I would love to be informed!  Only if you're serious though...

Little Bit About...Me!

So I was just watching some of the new episodes of 90210, on Megavideo, that I hadn't seen yet and it just stopped and told me that I had watched too much today and have to wait an hour before I can watch more.  Boo.  This, however, tells us many things: 1) I did not do nearly enough studying today; 2) it's time to blog; and 3) I have a television addiction.  This is a problem.

I'm not going to lie, I was kind of procrastinating blogging today, for the sole (soul?) reason that I have nothing to talk about.  Nothing happened today.  I slept in (again...), ate lunch...did internet things...I don't even remember...I think I studied for a bit, took a nap, ate supper, studied some more, and apparently watched too much 90210.  What an interesting life I live.  So I thought today, I would share with a list of some things about me.  I know most of the people currently reading this actually me personally (I think...) but I'm sure there are some things about me they probably don't know.  And in case there's people who don't actually know me and just stumbled upon this blog.  So I'm going to share just a random-jumble list of fun facts about me!

--I still have no idea what I want to be when I "grow up" although I am currently studying nutrition.
--When I was fourteen, I lost all the vision in my left eye, because of scar tissue on my retina, but the doctors don't know what caused it, and even though I had surgery on it, it didn't help.
--Between May 2001 and October 2007, I had nine different surgeries, eight of which were at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
--I am an only child, and even though from time to time I wish I had a sister, I actually love being an only child.
--My mom is my best friend, and the only person in the world I trust 100%.
--I have about four or five really, really good friends who I love with my whole heart and who I know would be there for me, no matter what.  You know who you are.
--I have been a vegetarian since I was thirteen years old, and I never found it difficult until I came to university and couldn't make my own meals.  But I'm still going strong!...for the most part..
--I really like writing fictional short stories and such, and I would love to have a book published one day.  The only problem: I am so self-conscious about people reading my writing.  So I'll publish a book that no one is allowed to read, ever.  Sound like a good plan?
--For the first time in a long time, I can honestly say I am genuinely happy.  For those of you who don't know me, this is a really big deal.
--My top five favourite movies of all time are, in no order: When Harry Met Sally, Pretty Woman, Remember the Titans, Footloose, and Dirty Dancing.
--Of those five movies, only one of them was made after I was born (Remember the Titans) and it's set in the 70s...I like the "old days"...
--I grew up listening mostly to music from the 50s, 60s and 70s and I know and love that music so much more than music from the 90s and the...2000s? 00s?  What the heck do you call the last decade?  What is this decade called? the 10s?  That's silly.
--I have the attention span of...something that has a short attention span.  I believe I relate most of Dory, from Finding Nemo, although I would like to think my memory is slightly better than hers.
--Speaking of memory, I have the hardest time remembering things for tests and exams, but I have the most random memories of all time.  I remember completely insignificant details from books, I remember the most random experiences from my childhood.  It's weird.
--I still cry when I watch The Lion King. (Don't judge me.  And don't tell me you don't get sad when Mufasa dies and Simba is all "Dad?  Dad, get up.  Come on, stop joking around." If that doesn't make you sad, you have no soul!)
--I watched Aladdin for the first time this year.  I tried to watch it when I was a child and got ridiculously scared and never watched it again.
--I love live theatre.  I've been going to plays with my mom since I was old enough to sit still for a couple hours, and I absolutely love it.  I'm pretty sure I've seen every major play that has been in Toronto, among many, many others.
--When I was 17, I saw High School Musical on stage.  I wish any part of that sentnce was an exaggeration.  It's not.
--When I was younger, I used to have a crazy obsession with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.  Like, we're talking an unhealthy obsession.  I'm pretty sure I own every movie, book, doll, and everything else they've ever made.  I paid to be a member of their fan club.  I used to wish I was the "third Olsen twin" even though that isn't actually possible.
--While we're talking about MK and A (I know how cool I am. Don't worry about it), you know the movie It Takes Two?  The camp that it was filmed at is in, like, central Ontario, near Hunstville, and I went to that camp for ten summers.  Not because they were there!  Even I'm not that crazy (...).  My cousins have been going there forever, my aunts and uncles volunteer there, and going there is how I first heard of "the Olsen twins".
--I've never had a nickname.  My dad used to call my George, goodness knows why, as I'm a girl...but he stopped that a couple years ago.  I mean, my mom has "mom nicknames" that she calls me, like Bubby, Chickie, Dollface, Babyface (my mom's a tool) but those don't count.  So if you can think of a cool, legitimate nickname for me, I would be very grateful!
--My guilty-pleasure TV shows that I watch, even though I don't have time, are 90210, Desperate Housewives, Gossip Girl, America's Next Top Model, Canada's Next Top Model, Two and a Half Men, How I Met Your Mother, Big Brother, The Bachelor/Bachelorette.
--The shows I'm actually not embarassed to admit I watch are The Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, and The Amazing Race.  And, of course, Friends, although I have to rely on reruns and the seasons that I own on DVD.
--I would love to run The Amazing Race with my mom, except I'm pretty sure you have to be American, which is the stupidest thing in the entire world.

I'm sure there are a million other weird, crazy, ridiculous things I could tell you about myself, but I can't think of anything else right now.  If there's anything you want to know, feel free to ask!  And tell me some things about you that I maybe don't already know!

Books read this year: 16
Exams left until summer: 5

love <3

Pre-teen Moments...

First of all, for everyone who commented on my blog yesterday with book ideas, thank you so much!  I truly can't wait to start reading some of these new books!  And for those of you who didn't read my blog, or couldn't think of any books to suggested, you can go here to keep ideas coming! We're only a quarter of the way through the year, and I want more book suggestions!

So you know how, in elementary school when you had your birthday party or whatever, you're mom would always tell you that you had to invite everyone in your class or no one at all, so that nobody would feel left out?  Please tell me my mom isn't the only person who said that! lol  And, as you got older, that stopped happening.  More clique-like groups we're formed with the people you were friends with, the people you got along with, and it just would have been weird if you invited other people because you weren't really friends with them.  That's pretty much the way it is now.  I mean, there's been a couple times when I've felt kind of left out, like in grade six when one of my good friends, Nicki, didn't invite me and a couple of our other friends to her party, because she was trying to be friends with the "cool kids" and her mom had put a limit on the number of people she could invite.  Apparently we weren't "cool" enough.  But Nicki later apologized for not inviting us, she wished she had, and now, almost nine years later, I still consider her a close friend.

But other than silly little things like that, for the most part, when people are doing parties and get-togethers and "invite-only" type of things, I can usually guess if I'll get an invite or not based on who's hosting it.  I most definitely am not under any illusions about who my real friends are.  So, you can imagine my surprise when one of my good friends was having this girls night thing tonight to celebrate the end of classes and I didn't get an invite.  This girl and I, we aren't like best friends, but we're pretty close.  She came out with us for my birthday and bought me a really cute purse as a gift, she'll randomly come over to my room and end up just sleeping on my floor, because we just talk and stuff.  So when I heard that she was planning this thing a few weeks ago, I'm not going to lie, I was kind of expecting an invite.  She even posted it in her Facebook status and stuff like that.  So I just kind of kept waiting and waiting...and waiting.  After a couple weeks, I kind of figured I wasn't being invited.  That kind of hurt.  I'm not sure I really could have afforded to go, because they're getting a hotel suite and everyone is paying at least $40.  But it still would have been nice if she had invited me.  And then, today, she had the audacity to call me and ask me to go with her to the liquor store to pick up some champagne and whatever for her for tonight, because she isn't 19 yet.  Really?  You're going to ask me to buy booze for you, for a party that you didn't even invite me to?  Really?  I was not impressed.  I didn't want to pull a diva moment or anything, so I of course did it.  But I was just really not impressed.  Then, in the cab on the way back, she was like "Oh, I really should have invited you!" like the thought had just occured to her at that moment.  So I was like "Yea. You should have." Do you think she got the message?

I'm sorry for sounding like such a pre-teen.  It's just when your friends creat pre-teen moments, there's not much else to do, no other real way to react.  But other than that, my day was pretty good.  I slept in, which was amazing.  I, of course, should have gotten up early to study, but...nah.  I can sleep in one morning.  It won't kill me.  I then went for a run in one of the neighbourhoods near campus.  I'm not really sure why.  I hate running.  I love working out, but I just hate running.  It is not something that I find any joy in.  But some stupid part of my brain was like "Go for a run Seana!  That'll make everything better!"  I hate that part of my brain.  And I hate running, times a million.  Stupid idea.

Tonight my house had a bar-b-cue to celebrate the end of classes.  It was really fun.  I had to wait almost an extra half hour for my veggie burger to be ready, but I didn't mind.  It was nice to hang out with the rest of my house, and not be worrying about exams for, like, five minutes.  That was really nice.  But it was also really sad.  Two weeks today, we all move out of this house.  All one hundred of us.  Some of these people, I might never see again.  There's forty of us coming back next year, but there is a really good chance that I won't ever see some of these people again.  We've all lived in the same house for eight months now, and I can say, without a smidgen of doubt, that I genuinely love everyone in this house.  There are a couple people that I don't really like, but I know, deep down...maybe really deep down, that I love them.  I don't know how I'm going to be go all four months of the summer without some Burke House love.  Although I am working in Nova Scotia for three months, and a very large portion of Burke residents live in Nova Scotia, so who knows...

That's all for today.  Tomorrow, I hit the books hard core.  Woot!....

Books read this year: 16
Exams left until summer: 5

love <3

New Year's Resolution!

So I know I already posted today, and I know I posted less than an hour ago.  However, there is something I wanted to mention to you all before I forgot, and it didn't feel right to put it in with the last post.  So I'm making another! (Nothing like procrastinating from studying...)

So my New Year's Resolution this year was to read fifty books.  I love reading, and I read a lot of books, but I've never really kept track of how many books I read in a year.  So this year, I'm keeping track.  The books I have read so far this year are:

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
8. Airhead
9. Being Nikki
10. Queen of Babble
11.Queen of Babble in the Big City
12. Queen of Babble Gets Hitched
13. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*
14. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*
15. Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants

I am currently in the middle of The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, after which I plan on reading Girls in Pants and Forever in Blue.  I also really want to read Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty and the other four books in that series.  It is also extremely likely that I will read, yet again, Crow Lake  by Mary Lawson, which is one of my favourite books of all time.  If you haven't read it, go now.  I will probably also reread Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson.  There's also a good chance that I will reread all four Twilight  books.  Oh!  I also really want to read Looking for Alaska  by John Green.  I have heard nothing but good things about that book.

So, that's a lot of books. Thirty, actually.  Which isn't quite fifty.  So please please please give me suggestions!!  What are some good books you've read??  I want to know!  I still need to read twenty more books this year, and I don't want to reread any more books! I want my last twenty to be books I have never read before.  This means don't bother suggesting anything by Meg Cabot, because I have read everything she's written.  Trust me.

Books read this year: 15

love <3

*Yes, I read these two books twice within about a month.  What?  They're really good books.  Don't judge. :P

:):):):):):):)

Hello lovely readers!!! I am in an extremely good mood today!  Know why?  Of course you don't!  It's because today might have been one of the most amazing days of my life.  Not even because of one thing, though.  Usually, when people have a really great day, it's because one really amazing thing happened to them.  For example, some other really amazing days in my life that come to mind are the day I got my acceptance letter to MUN, last Monday, when I found out I got the job I wanted for this summer, and  April 22, 2009, when I finished my first year of university and got to see my mom for the first time in three and a half months.  Stuff like that.  However, today was not one of those day.  There was not one "really awesome" thing that happened; there were several "pretty great" things that happened, and, all added together, they made for a positively amazing day.  I want to tell you all of these amazing things, but I feel if I write sentences and paragraphs for each thing, we'll be here till Christmas.  So instead, I am going to list them in quasi-point form:

--First off, today was the last day of classes for this semester.  Although that does mean that exams are coming up in less than a week, it also means that I don't have to attend another lecture until September.  That's great.
--My nutrition prof gave us back our big assignments this morning and I got 90.  As in, percent.  I honestly don't remember the last time I got higher than an 80, and for the most part, getting in the 70s is a really big deal for me.  This mark was huge.  I almost cried, I was so excited.  A couple months ago, I switched my major from chemistry to biochemistry nutrition, and I has a little bit unsure of my decision.  This mark is like God's way of showing me I made the right choice.
--I had a solo dance party/jam out in the elevator on the way to class to the song Celebrity Status by Marianas Trench.  Haven't heard that song?  It's great, go check it out now!  Haven't heard of Marianas Trench?  Where have you been?!  They're amazing.
--I found that, for my religious studies final, I don't need to basically memorize the whole Old Testament!!! Wooo!!  For our midterms, we had a "Quotes" section with significant quotes from the Old Testament, and, as the final covers the whole term, I figured we'd have to be able to identify a quote from any part of the course.  But my prof told us today that the quotes will be only from the material covered since the last midterm.  This greatly alleviates a large portion of my stress related to that course.
--Taking a break between classes and watching two good friends make up acronyms for our initials.  They ranged from silly to clever to nonsensical to pee-your-pants funny.  It was a nice break between classes, and a great way to spend some time with some friends that I might not see until September, or even later than that, as Rebecca is transferring to a different school and I honestly don't know when I'll ever get to see her again.  That realization was sad.
--In French class we talked about the possible decriminilisation of pot (we have to write an argumentative essay on our final and this is one of the possible topics).  I have never and will never smoke pot.  I just thought it was hilarious to listen to my French prof, who I'm quite positive speaks very little English, talk about pot.  He's such a cute, quirky man.  I'm weirdly glad that this is my last real memory of him.
--Today was the last meeting of the on-campus drama group I'm involved with.  It wasn't too sad, as I plan on being as involved, if not more, next year.  But it was really nice to see everyone again.  We then had an end-of-year slash cast party dinner at a restaurant downtown called Folly.  I wasn't planning on going, as money is quite low this time of year.  But a couple great people convinced me to go and I'm so happy I did.  It was great to spend some stress-free time with some people that I truly love.  A couple weeks ago, I was part of an original, one-act play with this drama group.  Through it, I meet ten truly amazing people that I have come to love with my whole heart.  These are people who I highly doubt I ever would have meet otherwise, so I'm extremely grateful that I decided to be in the play.  So even though, both money- and time-wise, I couldn't quite afford to go out tonight, I am so thankful I did.  It was a lot of fun, and the food was really delicious.

That is more or less my day.  It may not sound like much, but to me, it was just a purely amazing day.  Also, two weeks right now, my mom will be here.  I haven't seen her since January 6, and my mom and I are ridiculously close.  I'm an only-child and my parents are divorced, so we're kind of all each other has.  Just the idea that in only two weeks, I will be able to hug her and talk to her face-to-face and have her rub my back and do other motherly things for me* made this day even better.  I actually can't wait.

I hope you all had as amazing a day as I did.  Tell me about it in the comments!  Or, if you're day wasn't that great, tell me about that too.  Maybe I can try to cheer you up.

love <3

*As I was typing that sentence, I started crying.  That is how much I miss my mom.

Perfect

First off, I realize yesterday's post was kind of heavy and possibly quite thought-provoking.  I don't know.  That's just what was on my mind, and I really didn't have much to write about.  However, one of my good friends, Karla, came up with a pretty good answer.  She said, "If you get your heart's desire, it's a tragedy because you have nothing to look forward any more. You've got it, and you will probably lose your motivation. You always want what you can't have, so once you find it it won't be as significant as you thought. It's a pretty boring life if you don't have some kind of goal at all times, so if you truly get your heart's desire, there's no where else to go. That's depressing."   Thanks Karla!

So today was a pretty great day, and yet seemed to go by rather insignificantly.  The only class I had today was a french conversation class, in which we had a potluck party.  So basically all we did was eat lots of completely unhealthy (and yet extremely delicious) food and play random games, like charades, partially in french.  It was a great way to end what was possibly one of my favourite classes.

I then had lunch and threw in a load of laundry.  After that, I should have started studying for finals.  My first final is in a week.  The logical part of brain, the part that got me to university, should have been like "Seana!  Start studying!"  Instead I made, edited, and uploaded my first youtube video.  Now, I know what you're thinking: in my first post, I said I wasn't going to upload anything for another three weeks because my digital camera doesnt record sound, and this still remains true.  However, last night, as I was walking back from mailing a birthday card to my grandmother (who's the best granddaughter that lives 3000km away?!) I decided to take some footage of the campus, so that I could practice editing, as I have never made, let alone edited, a video before.  I figured I should get some practice in before it comes time for the real thing.  So I recorded about ten different videos, all on my walk back to my house.  I then pretended I knew what I was doing, put them altogether as one video, added some music, and uploaded it.  I legitimately had no clue what I was doing, so if you watch it and it looks choppy not amateur, well that's why.  But I like it.  I think the music fits perfectly with the footage, and it looks kind of cute and artsy.  Unfortunately, I filmed most of it as it was getting dark, so I don't know how well you'll be able to see everything.  When I watch it, I can see everything, but that's because I know what I'm supposed to be seeing.  But, this video was more so I could figure what I was at, rather than for youtubely entertainment.  I'm not even in the video!  That's how little intention I had of posting this baby.

Other than that, the day was highly uneventful.  Second last day of classes.  I actually prefer going to class every day, than studying for, and writing, final exams.  Me and exams do not mix.  I get ridiculously stressed out, and super nervous, and then forget everything.  I think I might be one of the few people who would prefer writing papers and doing term projects to writing exams.  But, just my luck, I picked a degree that involves zero papers, and I have to do lab exams.  Wow, I love my life. :|  But, as much as I dread exams, two weeks right now, I will be done all my exams, done my second year of university, and at the best concert of my life.  That is what I'm looking forward to.  The sooner exams are over, the sooner I get to have one of the best nights of my life.  Oh baby.

love <3

P.S.  In my youtube video, there is quite a lot of footage of the ducks that live in the pond on campus.  As you may or may not notice, there are several points in which my camera seems to jerk in one direction.  This is because of the fact that I am, for reasons unknown by me, petrified of ducks, and all birds.  I don't know why, but the entire time I was filming the ducks, I was sure they were going to take one look at me, see my shiny camera, and try to kill me.  Birds and heights are my biggest fears, so filming the ducks last night was actually one of the scariest experiences of my life, especially because I was alone and it was getting dark.  Yikes.

Tragedy?!

So I read this quote the other day and it kind of got me thinking. It was by George Bernard Shaw, who, in my opinion, is one of the best playwrights of all time. Plus he's Canadian (he's actually not, apparently. He's Irish. I am very upset to say that I did not know this. Whatever, there's a whole festival of plays every summer named after him in southern Ontario.). I love him. Even though he's been dead for quite a long time. Whatever.

Anyway, the quote was "There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it." I'm sure lots of you have heard this quote before. It's not exactly unpopular. But it really got me thinking. Obviously not getting your heart's desire would be very terrible. I define heart's desire as the thing that you want above all else in the world, in the very bottom of your heart. For people who read Harry Potter, it would be what you see when you look in the Mirror of Erised, from the Philosopher's Stone. So I think not getting your heart's desire would be really terrible. But only if you worked for it. If you did absolutely nothing to achieve your heart's desire and still expected to get it...no, not such a big tragedy. Example: say you wanted to be an actor on Broadway. If you had an agent, took acting classes, went to auditions regularily, was part of a local theatre troupe, that kind of thing, but you still never managed to make it onto Broadway, I think that would constitute a tragedy. But if you just sat around, never took an acting or singing class, wasn't involved in any kind of theatre or drama group, wished on shooting stars and at 11:11 that you could one day be on Broadway, but didn't really do a whole lot of much else, and never made it to Broadway...well, I would have a lot of trouble feeling sorry for you, you know?

So that is my take on the first half of the quote. But what about the second half? It is a tragedy to get your heart's desire? I'm not sure I really understand that. I mean, in my earlier example, if you were the second person, who did little to work towards their desire, but still got it? I could understand that being a tragedy. You don't learn anything! You don't learn the value of hard work, determination, and commitment to your dreams. All you learn is that...sometimes you can get really luck. Not good.

But what if you're the first person? What if you do everything possible to work towards your heart's desire, and you get it? To me, that's amazing! It really shows that hard work pays off, that you can achieve whatever you set your mind to, if you work for it. So why is that a tragedy? I'm not sure. Let me know what you guys think!! Seriously. I wish GBS wasn't dead; I want to ask him about this.

love <3
:)

Easter Happy Times

First of all, I love Jesus. He is my saviour. I don't know why this is important for you to know, it just is.

So happy Easter! I am nearly positive that, at the moment, no one reads this blog. But they will. And if they don't, I don't care. I'm not doing this for anyone but me. Does that sounds selfish? Maybe... It wasn't supposed to be.

So this morning I went to church for the first time since I was home for Christmas. I know I said I love Jesus, which would make you think that I should go to church every week, and I agree. People who only go at Christmas and Easter (C&Eers I call them) annoy me. What are you trying to prove? Anyway, when I was younger and lived at home, I went to church nearly every week. I've been going to the same church my entire life. My grandparents helped found it back in the '50s. It is a huge part of my life. Even now, when I come home from university for Christmas and the summer, I get a huge welcoming from everyone. I love it. :)

But for university, I moved halfway across the country. Within my first month here I got involved with my school's Christian fellowship. I have been part of it for almost two years now and it is a huge part of my life. I have meet some of my very best friends through it. People who, I know, will always be there for me, no matter what. But I never really got involved in a church. There are a fair number here, none of which, of course, are walking distance to the school. And I didn't really want to go by myself. I have no problem doing things by myself, I'm a very independent person. I moved halfway across the country to an island where I knew not a single person. I have no problem taking risks. This just didn't feel like one of those times.

So I have been churchless for my first two years of university. Not a big deal. I went to the CF meetings every Friday night, and was part of a small group. I never really felt like I was missing out. Until a couple of my very good friends, Priscilla and Amanda, invited me to come with them this morning. Amanda has a car and was more than willing to give me a ride. So I went with them. This church, called the Worship Center, was quite different than my church back home. I don't think it had a specific denomination (ie. baptist, united, etc), which didn't really bother me. There was a lot of singing. Like, a lot. I love to sing praise and worship God as much as the next person, I promise. This just felt like a lot. There was one song, and one of the lines was about how nothing but the blood of Jesus could save us, and it kept repeating "Nothing but the blood of Jesus" and all I could was that it sounded like a vampires theme song. I'm not a terrible person, I promise! There was just a lot of singing.

I'm not really sure what the point of that story was. I just feel that it was important. I don't think I realized until today what a huge hole the lack of church had left in my life. I'm moving into a house next year with a bunch of Christians, so hopefully I can tag along with them when they go to church. I just don't like going by myself. I don't know why.

So, for the very few people who actually read this, even if you don't have a relationship with Jesus, remember that today is not just about chocolate and creepy human-sized bunnies. This is about Jesus giving His life for us on the cross, and then rising from the dead three days later. It is because of Him that we have the life we have today, it is because of Him that God forgives our sins. Even if you don't have a relationship with Jesus, don't ever forget this. Ever.

love <3

P.S. I'm not trying to preach God and to convert people. God is just such a huge part of my life, and today is such a ridiculously important day. I couldn't not talk about it. Surely you understand. :)

BEDA

I know I just posted a few hours ago. Is it possible that I am already addicted to blogging?! It starts so young these days!

Um, not quite. I just found something that I thought was pretty interesting. It's called Blog Every Day in April (BEDA). I think I'm going to do it. I didn't start this blog until the third, so the first and second of April simply don't count. I don't know how well I'm going to be able to do this, though. Like I said earlier, final exams are starting in just over a week. This means that some of my blogs might not even be full words; they might just be me cyber-yelling in frustration at myself that I didn't try harder in school throughout the whole year and waited until a week before my 50% final to learn the entire course. Oh, how I love my life. :

Anyway, I am going to try BEDA. Wish me luck!

love <3

P.S. My youtube channel is youtube.com/seanababy16 but don't bother looking there yet. I don't even get back home until April 25, so probably won't post anything until April 26ish. But I will try! I really will!! :):):)

P.P.S. Please subscribe! Even if you think I am just some airheaded wannabe with absolutely no life (I'm not. Just saying). But even if you don't like my first couple of blogs, you should subscribe. Maybe they'll get better as I start to understand this thing ;). Also, tell all your friends!!!! Thanks lovers/haters! :)

A Blogger?

Hello blogging community. My name is Seana. (It's pronounced Shawna. It's Irish. Deal with it. :P) I'd like to say that I am new to the world of blogging, but that would be a lie. I have tried to make at least half a dozen blogs before now. They have all either been ridiculously lame, immature, pointless, or I just completely forgot that I even made them until about 15 minutes ago. Oops.

But this one is going to be different! I know it is! You know how I know? Because this time I care! Let me tell you a little story...

A couple days ago, one of my friends posted a youtube video to my Facebook wall. It was by someone named hayleyghoover. I'm sure most of you have heard of her. I hadn't. I'm not a big youtube-er. I don't dislike it, or anything! I just only ever really use it when I'm looking up specific videos. I'm not very good at finding just random videos. So anyway, my friend posted Hayley's latest video about things that annoy her. So I watched it. And I think I fell in love, just a little bit. I don't know what it was about this random girl that I liked so much. But there was just something about that video. So I subscribed to her, and went to look at all the videos she had posted. And I watched every single one of them. Took me a few hours, but I needed to procrastinate, and this did the trick. Then I saw she had a blog, so I went and read it. From the beginning. I'm not done, obviously. Girl writes a lot! But after watching all these videos, and reading all these blog posts, it got me thinking. Why couldn't I do this? I love to talk! Half the time it's nearly impossible to get me to shut up! And I can blog! And I'm the type of person where I don't care if no one cares what I have to say, I will talk anyway. Frankly, this will save my friends a lot of boredom, because if I have a vlog (video blog...I'm savvy, I know) then I can just say all the things that they don't want to listen to.

So, long story short, I am starting a blog here and a vlog on youtube. I have to wait a few weeks before I can start my vlog, though, because I don't have a webcam and my digital camera doesn't record sound (do not ask me why. I think it's dumb). But my mom has a digital camera that records sound, and then once I start working this summer and making money, I can buy a webcam! Wooo! I will try to post on here as often as I can. However, final exams are coming up in just over a week, so I will be spending most of my time studying/having a nervous break down. But whenever I need a break, I will try to be here!

Thanks for reading this! As soon as I have my youtube channel set up (I have no idea how long that would take) I will let you know the URL. Also, tell your friends!! Also, if anyone out here actually knows Hayley Hoover, I would love if you could tell her to read this. It would probably make my life!

Love,
Seana

P.S. The name of my blog is supposed to sound like Shenanigans, but with my name. Did I succeed? Let me know!!