Whew..

So, I got my *shitty* paper back in Class 480 - the one on Romanization. Fortunately I analyzed Hingley's book so well that Dr. Rossiter didn't mind that I didn't tie it into North Africa very well...whew...so I got 17/20 (85%). I finally broke the 80% cap that I had in this class, and it seems that I won't get a shitty mark in this class! Yeah!

Yeah - Ben should be here in a little over a week! :)

-ttfn!

The Killswitch Engage Concert...

The concert was yesterday...my first solo concert! It wasn't as bad/boring (?) as I thought it would be to go to a concert by myself. I would definitely do it again...and probably will have to! The concert itself was amazing - the opening bands were awesome as well - 2 cents and Bury Your Dead. I'm going to find some of their music....good stuff. Killswitch Engage were awesome - they are a fabulous show to watch. They have so much fun on stage - its nice to see. Some bands can be quite snooty about it, but they just look like they have so much fun. One of the guitarists wore this crazy tank top-bad shorts-white headband-cape ensemble and he was super funny to watch. Within the first couple of songs they even had the guitar tuner/dude with a cowbell on stage. Cliche but super funny!

There were tonnes of people there - 'the Edmonton Events Centre' (Reds) - and the concert didn't start on time - but they never do. I got there before 6, ate, then went to the outside entrance to wait in line. I already had a ticket and so we were supposed to go inside and wait at the upstairs entrance by the arcade. I should have stayed in line outside - it was much faster - but I got a good seat anyway, and I didn't freeze my ass off.

During the show I sat/stood by these people and were 'adopted' into their group for the night. They thought it was cool/brave that I went by myself... ... I talked with this guy named Joel...he wanted to get too close, but after he figured out that it wasn't happening, we talked and became friends. Its nice when guys get the "I'm not single" (blatant) hints. He's 22, in the army (infantry for 3 years) and a very interesting guy. After deciding he wasn't sketchy, I accepted his offer to drive me home - he felt bad that I had to take the bus home in the shitty weather. That was super nice! Joel and a couple of his army-friends are going out on Friday on Whyte and I think I'll go chat and hang out. Fun times!

TTFN!

The End of November?? What the hell...

Where did November go?? It's already the end-ish of it?!?! :@ WTF?!?!

November has been extremely fast and chaotic: school, graduate scholarship crap, friends, etc. First, on school - I'm still doing well in Greek, although lately I need to study more! I've been too busy doing other stuff! In Latin I'm doing well. I just had a quiz last week and I got 96% on it! That should raise my mark a bit! I'm feeling way more confident (at least right at this moment!) and everything seems to be going ok! In Classics 480 - I seem to have an 80% cap in this class. No matter what I do, I seem to get 80% exactly. It's not exactly a bad mark, but it's not super great...I just handed in my 'research' paper in the class last Wednesday. I don't feel good about the paper, but I was freaking out about a scholarship application. His topic was super broad (I had to discuss the evolution of 'Romanization' in the last hundred years and relate it to North Africa) and it was only 8 pages, maximum. I felt ok about it until I was looking over the text book I had to use and I got 16 pages of point form notes on the evolution of Romanization within the first 2 chapters of the book! I spent most of my page limit beating that to death and I barely talked on North Africa. We'll see how I did on it in a few weeks. I'm fairly sure that the marking system in this class is fairly fluid - there is no set grading system for it - so I'm betting on the prof seeing how much effort I put into it (I've bugged him for every assignment except for the midterm). We'll see and, other than continuing to work really hard, there isn't much I can do!

Last wednesday Tessa and I went to see 10 Days On Earth by Ronnie Burkett. It's a very good (but emotionally heavy) puppet play about a simple man who lives with his mother. It is setu during 10 days of his life beginning when his mother dies in her sleep and he doesn't know it. It was really good - I recommend it highly - but it's not a super happy, light show. Awesome (but what's with me seeing puppet shows about death??).

Ben's doing good! He's in the field for this week and next week, and then (hopefully) he'll be home! He had an interview last Sunday dealing with his performance to date and he's in the top 10 in the class! Awesome - that's just where he wanted to be - it's not super good to stick out in the army! Right now, I'm just focused on seeing him (soonish!).

A couple of weeks ago, I found out about this Graduate Scholarship - Ontario Graduate Scholarship - from McMaster a week and a half before it was due. I needed to get Referenes from Profs, write letters, gather transcripts, and all that kind of stuff. It was super stressful and I felt really bad asking profs for references that had to be done asap! One of my profs backed out because she felt that the time limit was a bit too much for her. My other prof came through on the same day because she's AWESOME!!! I had to ask another reference who is in Ontario so I sent in an 'uncomplete' application package that I hope to god they accept. Susanne (Ben's Mum) helped me with my letter of intent, along with my Law-school applying friend Anita, and between their advise, I sounded like a super-genius! If the OGS people don't accept the application, at least I have a letter that I can send to the Grad Schools.

TTFN!