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So, this was the fourth year that we have run a Buy Nothing Day Free Market to coincide with Buy Nothing Day on Friday and Saturday. And this year was by far the most successful. Not only did I get to see/talk to many great people including classmates and my uncle and aunt, but I… Continue reading On Buy Nothing Day 2011

To be honest right now I would want to sit down and chat with Hermione Granger as a post-secondary student (or the equivalent) to see how she handles her time management. I find that while I'm good at time management in general, work-life balance issues are at issue, and I feel that she as a… Continue reading Writer's Block: Tea for two

… I find it pretty interesting how my reaction to different types of presentations change depending on what the intended audience is. Today was the first of three days of Bibliographic Instruction presentations in my Reference course. Certainly I was reminded of Sean's critique of the blind use of PowerPoint just as Tufte critiqued it… Continue reading I'm not sure if I'm getting more critical about presentation styles, but…

… I still manage to slot in a bit of fun now and again. Friday and Saturday were no exception, as Trivia Night (we placed in the top 5 or so, as usual, thanks to our awesome Kiwanis Trivia team) was on Friday and Saturday included a Kiwanis project (finishing painting at the Boys and… Continue reading Okay even though I wander the world with a stress cloud overhead…

So I really like my iPod Touch. I've liked it ever since JD got it for me, and I guess I mainly use it to play games (or for the internet and whatnot when travelling outside of Canada). Naturally I have a bunch of favorite games, but lately I've been on a bit of a… Continue reading On social gaming…

So I guess I could sum up my life in several ways lately. This morning I'm concerned because my main email account doesn't seem to be receiving many messages — so that's unusual and I'm concerned about it. And then I noticed that I really haven't blogged in a long time. This makes sense, of… Continue reading An update from a busy woman

I was at home when it happened. I woke up to the radio and went to the TV to watch more coverage before later that day heading to school. Nothing terribly special, really. In other 9/11 related talk, I recommend reading a graphic novel about the events. Alicia Torres' American Widow is one of my… Continue reading Writer's Block: 9/11

So I went to my dear friends Brett and Diana's wedding in North Carolina last week. It was one of the most enjoyable wedding I've yet attended: most of the attendees were near my age, friendly, and while it was small (50ish people in attendance) it was beautiful: on a plantation with good food, music… Continue reading A brief post-trip start of another school year update

… since I'm terribly behind on things, very busy and the like, I've started actually cooking (or otherwise assembling from somewhat fresh and less pre-prepared ingredients) lunch. Mostly this stems from the fact that I get hungry around noon-ish and JD is oftentimes trying to sleep. This combined with the fact that I rather like… Continue reading Obviously…

And really most of my behind-ness lies in three areas: school related stuff, online related stuff, and cleaning/organizing related stuff. Obviously thesis stuff now that it has deadlines, and research assistant stuff (also with deadlines) will have to get dealt with in the short term. What this means of course is that I'm not outside… Continue reading So, I'm behind (what else is new though, this summer?)