LoveIan

Summary

My life seems to be in summary form. I don't even remember the last 10 months - I could probably put the entire thing in headings, sub-headings, and [non-violent] bullets.

Just kidding. But not really, because:

I always want to do so much more than I'm really capable of. So every morning I wake up, laugh at myself, then get on it. Somehow it works out, so I laugh at myself again at night.

10+ hours/week exercise (yoga).

I'm taking a full [time] course load.

I'm working 10-20 hours/week

I'm working on an honours thesis - and I've sorted a real place to do it at. None of this experimenting on undergrads crap. I've been an undergrad lately, I know not to trust them. Hah.

I should apologize [half to myself] about not getting to the blog for a while. I really mean to and I really enjoy doing it. It's the only chance I get to purposely fragment sentences! See.

Every time I get back to the blog after being gone a while I feel like I've changed. And the way the last few years have been, I wouldn't be surprised.

I've tried to push 14 months of [school/work/everything life is supposed to be/Canada] into 10 months, so that I can manage a year of [fun/real life/Britain] in 2 months. And, so far so good.

But I really mean to get back to blogging. I'll honestly try my best.

My summer preview. It's a parody -- sort of. :)

Back to Uni

I've been posting very frequently for the last month (almost every day; sometimes twice in one day). I just got back to uni this week, so I might have less free time than I've had in the last few months. After looking over all of the projects/essays/studying I'm going to do I think I'll be fairly busy this year.
I'm also working part-time because I want to spend part of the summer in Cardiff. I may have found a fairly easy job at the university though, only a few hours a week. I'll hear if I get it sometime later today. I'm also considering being the Social Events Coordinator for the Psychology Student Union. I'm doing this for a couple reasons: 1) It would look good to have some university-related/community-involvement to put on my resume. I've always been so busy working to pay for my university (and have spending money) I've never really had much involvement. And they always ask for it for scholarships/applications for anything. 2) I have no interest in most of the events that the university puts on. I can honestly say I have no interest in a toga party or a Hawaiian theme night. Those things have been going on at the schools I've been in since I was about 10 years old. It's childish and stupid - I think most people don't care now because they just want to get drunk. But I'm not interested in showing up for an event unless it's actually going to be something fantastic. Oh and bakesales! They have those kind of fundraisers. I don't even like to write that word. It conjures up images in my head of primary school children and Christian fundraisers.
I want to make the events sexy - make them more exciting and stop the same boring stuff that happens every year. So with all of that, I'm probably going to be pretty busy.
I'm still going to blog though. It may not be every day, but I'll try my best to get on here as frequently as I can.
The book is pretty much done: almost on schedule. I've got a few tiny pieces to finish off, and it's going in for editing this week. So it will be printed and available in a few months.

Love,
Ian

Last Day of Classes! (Yesterday)

Yesterday was the last day of classes, and so of course something had to be done to celebrate! After tequila, I always have some weird ideas (as you can see from the pictures.. and the movie) but I always end up having fun!

And here is the movie....

Cardiff

I got accepted! Start school at U of Cardiff in the fall! Haha yes.

In case you were wondering, "Is Cardiff a good school? I don't really know foreign univerisities..."

 

Oh, what's that? The Pysch department is rated right above Oxford? At the top of the list? Well come on, you shouldn't expect me to settle for the second best.

I think this deserves some celebratory shopping. Come on! I'll be starting at a new university, and I have absolutely nothing to wear!

I'm going to be a foreigner!

So, I was accepted!
I'm not 100% sure where I'm going yet, but I think there's about a 80% chance I'll be here:

Yeah. Not exactly UBC hey?

(Cardiff)

But, if not, I'll be here:

(Glasgow)

But.. I want Cardiff.

There's actually a chance I'll end up at Sussex, and that'd be fantastic - but I want Cardiff!

I can'ttt wait! =D

Hello Possums.

To everyone who keeps checking this:

Wow! You haven't given up on me yet? Impressive. I haven't posted anything in forever. You sure are persistent. It's cute. I love it. There's even someone from Vietnam who checks on a regular basis... hm.... wonder who that could be...?

Anyway! The whole regular posting thing has kind of gone the way of the dinosaurs. (Aside - UBC has these guest lectures all the time, and I just heard about one guy who is apparently going to talk about controvery related to studies in dinosaur social behaviour, and when my Geog teacher mentioned it I laughed because suddenly in my head I got this mental picture (imagine it all in the Monty Python, impersonating a woman voice):

Sussex?

Well, I've decided, as much as I love Kelowna and UBC O, I'd kind of like to do something exciting!

So, since UBC has tons of exchange programs (and my marks are good, so I have lots of options) I want to go to do an exchange program! I want to go to the University of Sussex.

I could get an apartment there, and it's less than an hour away from London (oh the shopping) and, on weekends, Paris is just a tube ride away (ohhh the shopping). I think It'd be so much fun to live in Europe for a year!

But I'd definatly want to be in the UK. Moving across the pond for a year would be enough, but I don't think I'd want to try somewhere like Spain ... with university and moving and the language that would just be too much.

So, tomorrow I'm going to go, and see if I can work it out! This is so exciting.

Accessibility

So, I just send a couple drunken emails...

...to my profs. I've just been so into the whole accessibility thing, and talking to them and everything, that its hard not to send them emails! When I drink I like to send emails. To everyone, and to tell them how much I love them.

Oh well.
Whatever.

I should be studying.

I have my Social Psych final tomorrow, and I guess I should be studying, but I have something against studying on the night before an exam... I don't really know if it helps.

Well, I actually just use that as my excuse fot when I don't feel like studying or want to do something else instead.

So today, I did some shopping, and I think I want to go see James Bond! My hairdresser (who I love) has kind of got me into buying hair products and stuff now, and I've never really been into it before, but I kind of understand it now! So I bought this giant bottle of Paul Mitchell "The Condioner" because its sooo good. I put it in my hair every night before bed, then just put a toque on and wash it out in the morning! It makes such a different. I used to have a little bottle, and I'd only do that occassionally, but it works so much better if I do it every night. I might end up going through alot though, so thats why I bought a 1L bottle!

C'est done!

Okay, I'm going to start off being perfectly honest: I don't speak French. I know it'll come as a shocker, but I figured I just should explain a little after my title. In case anyone was wondering. So yes, French is not for me! I took a little French (when it was required) but I don't really know very much French; I know two phrases that I think will get me by if I ever need to go to France:

1) Voulez-vous couchez avec moi, c'est soir

2) Je cherche Dior

You get the idea. I think French is just a little questionable though, its all about Spanish! It just sounds nicer, not that I have anything against French people (whoah... racial issues are a little dodgy after the whole KKKramer issue).

Anyway, onto the point. I am done classes! Sure I still have some exams to do, but they'll be easy! And in the next three weeks I have what? Four exams? I think I can pull that off. I love this whole university thing. I have 5 weeks off, starting today!

Hmmm... what to do, what to do!?

Maybe some shopping!? Partying!?

I love my life.

So, I'm a little superficial and materialistic at times? I can handle that.