How to Burn a Sit Com

Hey, Faithful Readers. So after the can of worms i opened last week on based on my comments on this blog (Yes, FRWAAA you are forgiven). I have decided to address another serious issue that plagues our society (How was that for thesis writing 150?)

The issue: HOW NOT TO COMPLETELY DESTROY YOURSELF OVER IN ONE WEEKEND!

1) Go to sleep early. No really, sleep and I have completely broken it off. We have officially filed for divorce and the question NOW is, what the heck do I do now. It's like a whole part of my life has just left me...I mean even Calculus didn't do that when I cheated on it for music...kudos for those who remember what I'm talking about.

2) Be wary of SNAP DECISIONS! You never know WHERE these will turn up, or where they will take you. So, if you faced with the snap decisions about study, or cooking dessert or even RUNNING BUDDIES...i advise you take a deep breath...AND JUST GO FOR IT...because then you might end up divorce sleep over it. But please, think through, because sometimes you might end up kicking yourself.

3) Just because ONE assumption was right DOES NOT MEAN that you should CONTINUE to assume things...see previous blog.

4) Reading and Spelling and oh yeah grammar are important. Oh and so is not over-gernalizing. Apparently people can find that offensive...i don't know why Americans would ALWAYS get up TIGHT about CANADIAN AWESOMENESS, but hey, i guess it will always be a mystery. Either that, or people will freak out...stupid Americans.

5) Don't offend americans...apparently they don't like it. Pfft, lame. Canadians don't mind...BECAUSE THEY MAKE FUN OF ME ALL THE TIME! (GUILT GUILT GUILT).

6) People don't like being guilted. That is a direct quote. I don't advise saying it in real life...because you know it's grammatcially incorrect. DEATH GLARE! (not from me, but the kid sitting next to me...am I typing too loud? Yeesh Creep.)

7) Don't write about people on your blog....i don't think the kid sitting next to me appreciates it...LAME! SEE NUMBER 4 LOSERS!

8) Repeat number 5...It's starting to be a bad habit. Oh well, i figure they will get over it.

So it's been a crazy weekend...details to follow shortly. Although, Skype buddies, I advise you go on this week. Cause you know...stuff happens. Oh and remember, CANADA ROCKS!

Glares from the kid beside me again... -.-"

Signing off,
DG

Essays, No Thesis Necessary.

The essay, has been the back-bone of university classes since the beginning of time. So important to classes that at any given time you can walk into a library and see someone slaving through an essay. Each time it becomes more and more apparent that you should also be finishing that essay that you have sitting on the back burner, which needs to be finished...but you somehow don't really want to, and are more willing to not do it and just go else where and have fun. Oh university, why is success so hard to come by?

However, almost as vile as the essay, is something equally terrifying: ASSUMPTIONS! They are arrive in your life and the more you let them fester in your mind, you end up wish you hadn't because suddenly the assumption becomes reality. But yet, you have very little proof that you are correct. I mean think about how many people have been wrong about assumptions through out history...Hitler comes to mind. His assumptions were so horribly wrong (thankfully) that his war crumbled in his hands. Or how about Voldemort? Yeah! I'm pretty sure it was his assumptions that got him killed NOT a little boy with a magical stick and a scar...please, no one would even buy that. Oh wait...they have...and...oh....stupid teenagers...

So, i speak to you, Faithful Reader with an Assumption Addiction, remember FRWAAA, people still love you. But take a stance, just say no. No to assuming that the girl across the hall hates you. No to assuming that the guy who smiled at you wants you to go away. No to assuming that your parents love you. No to assuming that you're life would suck with out him/her. Say no to assumptions and you'll be safer. Emotionally, physically, spiritually, pretty much all ways. No one can hate you if you DON'T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS!!!!

And so members of FRWAAA (i know it does sound like a tribal war cry), remember this acronym poem:

A is for annoying
S is for stupid
S is for seriously? Just stop
U is for use assumptions carefully and frugally
M is for minimally, how often you should use them
E is for everyone who needs to stop

AND REMEMBER YOU CAN! IF YOU TRY! Don't worry FRWAAA members, someone loves you.

Signing Off,
DG

Sunk Costs Don't Matter!

Ah Econ. Only in econ, can you be purely cynical and everyone celebrates with you. I mean, only in Econ can you hear your teacher say: that it does not matter how much time you have invested in a relationship, when deciding whether to keep them or not...because SUNK COSTS DON'T MATTER (in plain english: historical costs you have invested, do not matter in decision making...what's done is done...it's water under the bridge...PEOPLE THE PAST DOESN'T MATTER!)...I knew Econ was a sarcastic thing, but heck, now i can be mean to people AND sound smart!

In other news, sleep is being a complete jerk again...

You know those nights you actually go to bed early, and you wake up in the morning feeling SO GOOD, and you swear that animated birds are singing, and that how you are feeling MUST be how disney characters feel whenever they open their eyes, or talk...or move...breathe...die? Anyways, but you also know that feeling when sleep decides to be a complete and total jerk...and it just doesn't get along with you? And no matter how hard you try, you end up sitting awake a 4 in the morning, with a bleeding nose wondering how in the world you are going to be able to function in the morning! Not that I speak out of experience.

Sleep, is over rated, and completely a waste of time...but honestly sleep, let's get back on speaking terms again. Sleep and I have always had a rocky relationship...some nights we're best of friends...and the next thing you know, sleep is all offended and feels ignored, even though you were ONLY A LITTLE late to go to bed...it punishes you for like...entire 3 days? And by the end you are so dead that sleep can pretty much take total advantage of you...if i didn't know any better I would say i'm in a very UNHEALTHY relationship...but sadly, i just can't let sleep go...there is something about sleep that makes me keep crawling back...BUT DARN IT, BREAKING UP WITH SLEEP SHOULD NOT BE THIS DIFFICULT.

So, i guess that's my drama...of my life...my ever constant, never ending, always present love-hate relationship with sleep. And despite the amount of time i put into this relationship, it just isn't going to end well....so I guess....i should take my econ professor's advice...and remind myself that it's time to get over sleep and say: SUNK COSTS DON'T MATTER! HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW, JERKFACE!

...yay...it'll take a while...

Sleep you are a cruel mistress!

Signing off
D...zzzz.....Uh...G!

So...What to Do Between Classes?

So, as most university students learn very quickly, sometimes having huge gaps in your schedule ROCKS, and sometimes it's more awkwardly spaced out that you really can't use the time productively. I mean when you have a 3 hour break, you can really be productive and finish your essay for your econ class. However when the break is only an hour and half and it's right during lunch hour...it's not so helpful. Because you spend half your time eat, the rest of your time getting prepped for homework, and the rest wishing you had more time. So, really by the time you get to the end of the half hour break, you have accomplished nothing, and then have to make up for the wasted time later on in the evening.

However, that's hardly a big deal, time is always available right?

WRONG...there is never enough time. Even when you think there is enough...some how it always slips between your fingers.

Alright so it's the end of week two, faithful reader, and it's getting a little exhausting. It's tiring, university. It makes me wonder WHAT I could possible have had worth stressing over in high school. University means you have 3 papers due before september ends...high school means you have 3 papers due before December ends..maybe. University means you have to study in the library, discipline yourself and start studying early. High school means you don't study anywhere but at home...in front of your computer, your discipline is sorta there...if at all, and you don't study early...rather you study EVERYTHING the night before.

So there are major difference between university and high school, but the biggest? I WAS NEVER THIS DEAD BY THE END OF TWO WEEKS OF HIGH SCHOOL, not even grade twelve. I miss grade twelve...it was cute by comparison.

But i'm having a blast. It's fun. You meet people (whom I won't name for issues with privacy...so don't even ask). And I'm enjoying every minute...not every assignment...but every minute. There are people constantly on the move here, each with somewhere to go and there own rather spread out circle of friends. But it's fun, i fully recommend it.

However, for those looking for universities...DO NOT CHOOSE A UNIVERSITY WITH SO MANY STAIRS! MY THIGHS ARE GONNA BE FREAKIN' HUGE BY THE TIME I GET BACK TO CANADA! And no one like huge thighs...it's awkward. But i suppose it's par with the course?

So, what do you do when your stuck between classes? Blog...and facebook...and oh yeah..do homework??? PFFT no. who does that?

Signing Off,
DG

Of Football and Labour Day

So, my faithful CANADIAN Readers, i am if you haven't heard ENJOYING my time down here in the US of A. However there a few MAJOR difference between us and them (and I'm NOT talking about food products...)

Firstly there is football. The first game of the season was this past Saturday...and EVERYONE but a select few went. Now when I say everyone..I MEAN everyone. The traffic was TERRIBLE, the parking lot was over-flowing...and not to mention the fact that everyone was SO EXCITED TO SEE THEIR TEAM WIN. So, Canadians remember the 2010 olympics? You know the ones with the crazy lines, and huge crowds? Yeah...well guess what THIS WAS ALMOST THE SAME THING. Granted the crowd was a little smaller, but the feeling in the air, all the over excited people...it was practically the same...AND THIS HAPPENS EVERY WEEKEND...you'd think that the effect would have worn off by now...but it hasn't.

SECOND: PASTA! Apparently Canadians have an accent...like...seriously...We say things like: Pasta, magazine, bag, rag, hag....you get the picture we say it wrong...or differently. AND get this WE SAY SORRY DIFFERENTLY! LIKE...WHOA! And on top of it all we spell things like labour differently then THEY spell labor...except we already knew that.

Third: KD (enough said...)

Fourth: Labour day. or Labor Day. Canada should really adopt this mentality. AND BEFORE YOU EAT ME for not being gung-ho for Canada hear me out: having labour day off after a week of school makes you appreciate it SO MUCH MORE. It actually feels like a HOLIDAY not a "day before school". WAY DIFFERENT. Like i was SO HAPPY for labour day to come...that I couldn't believe it. Usually Labour day is a day full of anticipation and dread...not so...now it's a day of relaxation and deep breathing. AWESOME!

So..America and Canada are different. In many different ways....whether is school spirit (they put Canada to shame), or food products (Sorry Americans...Canada wins there) or just plain spelling (I LIKE THE 'U'!) But differences lead to conversation and then to friendships...hopefully. SO YOU GOT TO LOVE THE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES!

AND PRAISE THE HEAVENS FOR LABOUR -labor- DAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Signing Off
DG

How to Break Through a Wooden Board

Here is a great way to relieve stress faithful reader. Just get a piece of wood, grab a partner and have at 'er. Although there a few rules I'd like to go over first:

1) Write Goals on one side of the board:

         This is important. We all need something aspire to! Sometimes we make goals that are too lofty...so be sure to keep them manageable. This is key. But always make sure that you give your all to achieve them, but if you fall short, don't let it get you down. I've made goals, then realized I needed to quickly rearrange them. Too lofty...you doom your self to failure...too shallow...you short change yourself. MAKE MEANINGFUL GOALS!

2) Write Fears on the other side:

         We all have fears about the unknown...called university. Sometimes we have to face our fears so that we can move forward. University is one of those times. Life is full of moments where we won't know where to turn, and we'll walk blindly forward in faith, HOPING that it will get us safely to another place. Fears are nothing more then stepping stones to bigger and better things, you've only got to move passed them. Fears, temptations, obstacles, distractions are everywhere and we've all got up, but don't let them defeat you. 

3) Find A Partner to Hold the Board:

        We don't need to go through life alone. Our fears do not always have to be faced by our selves. We don't always need to achieve our goals via our own power. There are others, different people we can use as resources to help us reach our full potential, lift us when we are feeling down, guide us when we are lost (or blind folded). Life is not an easy road, but people can certainly help make it a little more manageable.

4) Measure the Distance between the board and your Hand so that you will go THROUGH the board, and have the FEARS facing you:

       You've got to over come fears to reach your goals, therefore you've got to break through the board to reach your goals (i know, clever). But the distance between you and the board is key. Too far away you won't reach your goals...and you'll only stay in your fears. Too close and your fears will also stop you. You need to be in the right spot to reach your goals, as it is for everything in life. Be in the right place is sometime key to achieve what you want most in life.

5)Take a Athletic Stance, Touch it Three time with your non-dominant hand, THEN MOVE YOUR DOMINANT HAND THROUGH THE BOARD WITH THE HEEL OF YOUR HAND!

You'll reach you goals, faithful reader. You will. They will come true, with a little work and overcoming some fears you will achieve your full potential. Plus, it's a great stress reliever :D

Signing Off

DG

Here's To Song, Here's To Time, Here's To Both With Friends Of Mine

Well Reader, it has finally hit me.

I'm actually leaving.

The realization arrived about 12:09 this morning...and much to my dismay...I haven't been able to shake it.

So, I think I need to say a few words.

No, I'm not the only one leaving. No, I'm not the only one in the world to go else where for high education. So i'm not going to talk about moving anxiety. I'm going to miss a lot of people. A lot of priceless friends whom I have grown to love and respect. And perhaps I did not show it, or make it obvious, but beneath all my prickles, sarcasm, cynicism, and biting patronizing, i truly grew to care for each and everyone of you.

I'm going to miss you all terribly. You each have shaped my life in so many ways. From giving me a back bone, to supporting me, to making me laugh, to letting me cry with you, you have poked and prodded, and sanded down my character to a slightly smooth more confident me. You each in your own way (big or small) remind me of how important friendship really is, and how important you each are to me. I will never forget the impact you have made in my life.

So, It may not be much, and may feel impersonal, but I want to say thank you. Life is full of partings, it's unavoidable...so good bye is all that i can say there. But I wish to thank you all, thank you for being my friend,  thank you for trusting in me and letting me trust in you. Thank you for listening to me, and allowing me to listen to you. Thank you for looking past my flaws, ignoring my emotional callouses and being patient with me. Thank you for your kindness, your respect of me, and your love. Thank you for not giving up on me, even when I was ready to give up on myself. Thank you for being my partner in crime, and my guardian angel. Thank you for the laughs and the kleenex, and thank you for being their for me.

We've had a good run, my friends, it's been a crazy adventure. We've seen things we'll never see again, felt things we'll never feel again, and made some awesome memories. Been through rough patches and calm spells, but we've made it. So, remember this, where ever life takes you, and whatever the endevour...I'll be cheering and maybe you won't be able to hear me or see me, but know this, I'm supporting you all the same. I'm going to miss you guys.

I love you guys!

So in closing here is perhaps my favourite "good-bye song":

Here's to song, here's to time

Here's to both with friends of mine

Here's to friend who raise their voices HIGH!

Kings have riches widely lain

Lords have land but then again

We have friends and song no wealth can buy!

Here's to YOU!

Signing Off,

DG