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***********FOODOLOGY*************** What is your salad dressing of choice? I like oil and vinegar… balsamic is good, as is asian vinegrette What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? Upscale – Gosh, so many good ones, The Creperie, Melting Pot (in USA) Regular – Shogun Japanese Food, Fire and Ice (in USA) Fast Food – Uh… a mixture… Continue reading Ali-ology meme

After two pretty full days of orientation (and class), I guess I'm ready to tackle this school year. LIS has approximately 50 new students, HUCO has approximately 7-10 new students, and my program [the intersect of the two] has 4 (myself included). It'll be a good three years, I think! Of course the more I… Continue reading Initial thoughts on grad school

… and we are all growing older. This weekend reminded me of this fact, and not only because of birthdays. Friday I met up with many people I hadn't seen for far too long. I got a marvelous haircut from Jackie (thanks!) before moseying to the Sugar Bowl to hang with fellow Huco students (and… Continue reading Life is a busy adventure…

… in other words, I think I'll be able to handle things just fine, regardless of the fact that apparently the first month will be spent learning xml (which reminds me of Hanne's comments about her crash course this summer… and somehow the fact that it'll be a month's worth of learning rather than just… Continue reading First day on campus provides perspective…

Tomorrow I attend two orientations (or rather, bits and pieces of two orientations) for school. Tomorrow this grad school thing becomes something closer to a reality. Tomorrow… is nearly today!

Saturday of convention went excellently. My speach was well received (thanks again to Louis for the hard work he put into the powerpoint presentation — without it, I would not have been able to present it nearly so well). Books for Africa actually generated a fair bit of buzz from the Kiwanians. Ian's Key Club… Continue reading The Road Home (from Regina)

After a day's board meetings, Ian and I went walking. We found a Korean grocery store where he bought shrimp crackers (in a massive bag!) before walking down toward the Casino and back, and then heading toward Victoria Park. Victoria Park was wonderful for people watching among other things: Ian climbed a tree! Plus there… Continue reading Hilbilly Hoedown and other adventures

Yet another hotel room, though this time, a familiar hotel. I've made it safe and sound to Regina, and am enjoying my stay as of yet. Last night was a Kiwanis District board dinner at The Diplomat restaurant (loved the decor!), which was a pretty fancy steakhouse etc. It was good to see the board… Continue reading In Regina…

You are supposed to write a note with the 3's of YOU. ——————————————————- 3 names I go by: 1. Ali 2. Ali Kira 3. Ali G 3 jobs I've had in my life: 1. Cashier 2. Hostess 3. Bartender 3 places I've lived: 1. Edmonton 2. Montreal 3. Revelstoke 3 favorite drinks 1. Juice 2.… Continue reading Three Things

I'm still not caught up on emails, but the deluge of school-related emails has begun, and I'm understandably worried. Not so much from the Library side of things, but… heck, while I'm *relatively* computer savvy compared to the majority of the population, I guess, my pseudo-ludditish tendencies might be my downfall. I don't know a… Continue reading Overwhelmed…