Late again

It may simply become more efficient for me to write in the morning, but I don't really want to worry about that at the moment.

Yesterday, was kind of typical for me. I started out with the best intentions and then ended up dicking around for entirely too long. Finally, I ended up rushing off to class, arriving with five minutes to spare, and nothing really accomplished. Unless I can get a job playing flash games. Or setting up tower defences. Man, why don't these flash games teach me anything that I can apply?

And so I bitch, and I'm bitching about being lazy.

Public speaking was interesting. We saw the first half of the presentations. I noted alot of stuff, but what struck me the most was a) get some cue cards, b) use powerpoint, c) use humour. It's the last that is probably the most important, since there was just one that really had both humour and content. Christian did an excellent one on laughing, but it's not really something that we need to be convinced to do. So, my topic, we are not nearly as informed as we imagine, which I need to figure out how I can make it engaging, informative, and entertaining.

I talked with my cousin Sam yesterday, it was funny. It felt like I connected more with him in that moment more than, well, a long time. Maybe I've always had difficulty with this sort of thing. Dunno, I guess I'll see when I get to BC.

I'm going to sign off and get on with my day. I'm kind of procrastinating at the moment. Tomorrow I try to make a Vblog!

Missed a wednesday

And so thurday will be a double header.

Not that I did anything particular last night, but I'll get to that.

My psycho-pedagogy course is winding up. I've managed to struggle my way through it without really reading the required material. In all honesty, I'm kind of ashamed of my performance as a student. Ah well, I'm going to have to pay for it now. I'm setting up my final study sessions for the upcoming END OF ALL TIME! Or end of session if you don't feel like being so terribly dramatic. Anyway, psycho-pedagogy. For the final exam, they allow you one page of notes, double sided, written however you want. For the mid-term it was single sided and I filled a double columned page with 6 point text with virtually everything that I could think might possibly show up on the test. And then . . . I barely used it in the test.

This time, I've learned! This time, I'm going to review the material multiple times, to make sure I have a firm understanding of the principles! This time . . . I'm probably going to use a magnifying glass because 4 point text is REALLY hard to read.

Then there was discussions after class, reflections on the upcoming Canadian Prose test, and I helped Janie work on her presentation. I've still got to do mine, though I've had a breakthrough in what I'm going to do. I'm staying with convincing people that they know less than they think they do. The salent point is that people don't use analytical/critical thinking. They just take other people's opinions and adopt them. Natural? Yes, but not particularly advantaging in the long run. This is an example of how as a society we have grown beyond the simple survivalistic life style and need work towards creating ways that a social equilibrium can be reached. 

In other news, I was reminded how rich Canada is. I think as Canadians we have a bit of an inferiority complex living next to the Vespugians (United Statesians). I was recently flipping through some world facts (comparing our national produce and whatnot to other countries; sort of a way of checking the national pissing contests) and it became quite evident that Canada is actually doing pretty well for itself. As a friend of mine (Shannon) recently remarked, "Of course we're rich, I'm working on becoming a career counciler. They don't have that in poor countries, people are happy to be able to just get food on the table." In a way, I have grown up surrounded by affluence, but been unaware of it. Huh. 

Did anything else happen worth noting? I'm terribly behind on my speaq quest, but an idea is starting to blossom. I don't want to talk about it now for fear of crushing the poor thing. I'm still addicted to flash games and really need to study this a bit more. I'm still more or less lost in linguistics and so have to read a couple chapters on it per day for the next week. Herm. Alright, let's get rolling.

On this Tuesday

Back in the saddle! I'd like to say that I was bursting at my creative seams and seems and finally caved in and decided to write here once again. In reality, it's part of a larger plan. See, I spent the morning watching Loading Ready Run videos, (specifically phailhaus, Graham is dreamy . . .) and became inspired to create a VBlog. Video Blog. Video Web Log. Right.

So the point of this is that I need to set my ideas down somewhere, and where better than some backwards blog that nobody looks at. Ah, anonymity, you make my life so easy, and quiet. So I shall segue (pronounced seg-way . . . weird) into what happened today.

The short version: wasted morning watching LRR (or invested?), got up and headed off to Canadian Prose, found I was accepted in my new program, found the site writing world, and afterwards linguistics where I dicked around and then told jokes to the teacher after class.

In greater detail:
Canadian Prose was a bout Hope something something by David Richard Adams. Grr, now I have to look that up. "Hope in the Desperate Hour". I'm looking forward to reading it. I know I was supposed to read it before I went to class, but alot of things were supposed to happen that never finally did, like Y2K. So I'll be organized and ontime when society collapses because of some piddly computer error.

The class was pretty much about the book. It's fiction, mostly realist, though I'd be willing to argue that it has post-modern elements . . . but I'm obstreperous. Anyway I shouldn't talk too much about the book since I haven't read it, and I'm due for bed.

During class (when the teacher was telling us something important, like where we can pick up our marked essays) I found out that I have been unconditionally accepted in the English Cultural Studies program. YAY! ME! YAY ME! Who knows where this will take me, but I'm betting I'll enjoy the ride.

Other important notes? Not so much. I discovered a wealth of resources on the writing-world website, so I'll have something to latch onto when I finish my entirely uninspired SPEAQ quest. Sigh, and I was so looking forward to that course. Ah well, I might pass it anyway.

But I should be off to bed. I have much PSP tomorrow morning to contend with.