Friday, January 30, 2004

 
HEY!

guess what?


........


okay... i'll tell you!

tommorow is saturday!


Janice posted this at 7:23 AM.

Thursday, January 29, 2004

 
this blog in one sentence: i love being happy.

i know that everyone has their grumpy days, and everyone gets lonely sometimes, or sad. definitely disapointed and occasionly hurt. all those things are a normal part of life. but out of all those things i'd rather be happy. so even though i could sit here and complain and list the hardships of my life and hate it... i'd rather be happy. sure i talk about the bad things... but i usually try and make fun with them. not to try and pretend the bad things don't happen... but just to make the best of bad situations. that is what i've learned the most this school year. when life gives you lemons... make lemonade (and i know at least one person reading that quote is thinking of it the WRONG way.... )

i was going somewhere with this indepth discussion on how to enjoy life... but my mind got distracted with the lemonade...

be happy. smile at the silly things. laugh at yourself.

life kicks ass. and guess what? i'm happy.


Janice posted this at 11:11 PM.

 
this is the slowest week ever!
Janice posted this at 7:31 AM.

Tuesday, January 27, 2004

 
my little sister has her 17th birthday today. it finally hit me how old she actually is. when i think back to what i was doing when i was 17 it scares the crap out of me! she's not old enough for that! i think that officially means that it is probably ME that has gotten old. something tells me she's a little more innocent than i was. but thats a tough call since i'm not living at home through her highschool phase.

i think i better do some dishes. there is no chore in the world i hate more than dishes. if anyone would like to trade my doing my dishes for something i'd be more than willing to consider it!
Janice posted this at 7:40 PM.

 
it's not that i think that i'm some ugly banshee woman... or that i think i'm like that Janice character off friends to have a conversation with.
but it just completely baffles me that anyone would ever be interested.
Janice posted this at 7:49 AM.

Monday, January 26, 2004

 
i have a problem with little dogs. okay... maybe i have MORE of a problem with little dogs owners. i'm looking out my window this morning and i think "stupid rat-dogs" to these two little shits that are going for a walk. and the one dog stops walking. and the owner pulls it a little and it doesn't really start walking again. of course she could've dragged its sorry ass along the sidewalk probably without noticing much resistance. but she walks over to it and picks it up and continues on the walk. what the hell is the point of walking your dog if you are just going to carry it? my next pet peeve with little dogs... they ARE still dogs. just because you can pick them up doesn't mean you don't need to teach them commands or rules. little dogs are annoying because they don't have any idea what they are supposed to be doing. they've never been trained to walk on a leash properly or to stop jumping on people.
summary: don't get a little dog unless you are going to treat it like a big one.
Janice posted this at 8:08 AM.

Sunday, January 25, 2004

 
my brother is a loser. but then again so am i. so it's all good. he wrote an article for his school's newspaper. okay his FACULTIES paper. there's a big difference between an engineering paper and a real attempt at a newspaper. anyways.... i thought this one had universal appeal. and i thought it was hilarious. if i was smart i should claim that i wrote this. but heck... i'm proud of my little loser brother. awwww...

Stupid Things I’ve Heard Artsies Say
By: Craig Fay

After the first few months at school I have discovered two things: engineering has absolutely nothing to do with trains and an awful lot to do with really hard math, and that artsies like talking the smack when they think no one is listening. Now granted engineers do talk the most smack out of any faculty but at least we do it in a very public and annoying way! Anyway, the point is that the artsies spoke thinking that no one was listening but there I was ready to eavesdrop and subsequently rip them apart in the Plumbline. So without further ado I give you: Stupid Things I’ve Heard Artsies Say.

1. “Engineers are just a bunch of losers who act all stupid because for the first time in their life they’re with other losers. Not all of them are like that but 99 percent are.”-Some Guy in line for the concert during frosh week.

Touché. But what’s your point? I don’t think there is a single engineer who believes they are cool. After you crack your first joke about integration or quantum mechanics it tends to shatter that little dream. So the real question is where is this mysterious 1% you speak of? But more importantly I think we should all give Mr. Arts a round of applause for knowing what a percent is, and being able to pronounce it correctly.
The thing is though that while engineers are a collection of losers acting stupid, artsies are just a collection of talentless, future welfare line regulars, who don’t need to do any acting to achieve the aforementioned (how’s that for a word eh? Hell of a lot bigger then percent you loser) mental state.
We’ll see who the loser is in few years when we’re building bridges and you’re living under them like the goat eating troll you are.

2. “You know, honestly I think Political Science is harder then Engineering”
-Roommate

Normally this sort of comment, when made to an engineer, would illicit a firm kick in the throat and that would be the end of it. Unfortunately because of the need to maintain bearable living conditions and that little bitch called the Residence Discipline Code, it just wasn’t an option. So now I have no other choice but to slander said roommate horribly in a faculty newspaper (which I am sure will nothing but a positive effect on my standard of living for the next four months). Anyway since I was unwilling to kick him in the throat he went on to point out that having to write essays was a lot more subjective then math or science and so engineering must be easier because there are definite answers to all the questions.
There is only one thing I can say to that. YOU SLEEP 18 HOURS A DAY! How fucking hard can a course be if you can sleep for that long and still pass? Maybe if you spent more time actually doing work essays would become a little less subjective. I mean seriously, I have yet to meet a person, artsy or otherwise, who spends more than two days writing an essay. If an artsy put as much effort into an essay as engineers do into all their classes you would have a Goddamn Hemmingway on your hands.
Point is wasting 75% of a day asleep is not hard. In fact it is one of the easiest lives around, probably the easiest because if you slept anymore you would be in a coma. Stop bitching about how hard things are and WAKE THE FUCK UP!

3. “Engineers are the most selfish people. They don’t do any volunteer work and blame it all on their classes”-A girl and her friend passing my C03 project group, in a hall.

I got news for you missy; you are going to be hard pressed to find a group of people with more social responsibility then engineers. We’re the people who make sure that your house doesn’t fall down, nuclear reactors don’t explode and that that stupid looking Santa outfit you put on your dog is made out of materials that won’t catch on fire when it knocks over a kerosene soaked Christmas tree into a lit barbeque. Hell we even make sure to limit the number of carcinogens in your Herbal Essence shampoo.
But I suppose it’s more important to skip classes that teach us how to prevent society as we know it from falling apart so we can have the rewarding experience of serving soup to a bunch of people who graduated a few years before you (lets face it there aren’t all that many McDonalds around).
Of course when you take courses such as “Introduction to the Colour Red”, “Learn to wipe your ass by yourself”, and “Cheerios go in your mouth not your nose” (that last one is a six credit course) you can find time to do anything, even sleep! NOTE: For all of you who’ve forgotten what sleep is, it’s that brief period of unconsciousness between tests.
All in all I’d say that volunteering is best left to the artsies at this point. I mean as engineers we’ll more than make up for our lack of doing it once we graduate, besides the artsies need as much practice as possible doing hard work for no money.


Janice posted this at 6:51 PM.

Thursday, January 22, 2004

 
i officially have patellofemoral syndrome.
so basically my knees are perma-fucked. not that i didn't know that anyways. but now the medical profession has confirmed it with a fancy name for me. i've been hobbling around for about 2 weeks now with my right knee feeling like it's going to just fall apart at any moment.

i am in a super chocolate fix mood. i have been craving it constantly. i've been pretty good about not sucumming. but i think i'll go help myself to some chocolate milk before my nap.
Janice posted this at 3:49 PM.

Tuesday, January 20, 2004

 
so when i got to class this morning i had it pointed out to me that there was crap all over the front of my sweatshirt. i was greatly disapointed because i had just washed it and it must be a stain on it. there were two dark spots on the front of it. unfortunetly for me i didn't notice it when i put it on in the morning because they were in that "blind spot" below my boobs. which makes me believe i didn't spill it on myself... it must be rust from the washing machine. the guys in class thought it was pretty funny when i pointed out that i have a boob-blind spot and couldn't see the stains. its very disapointing however because i liked that sweatshirt a lot. i guess i could continue to wear it with the stains and continue to ingore my blind spot (as long as i don't look in a mirror...). ignorance IS bliss.
Janice posted this at 10:43 PM.

 
i've decided that wearing button up dress shirts turns me on. they're hot.
Janice posted this at 1:10 AM.

Monday, January 19, 2004

 
Miss Karen Baton... would you PLEASE call everyone you know and tell them you changed your phone number over 2 years ago? i can't believe we are still getting phone calls for you. it's bad enough that they wake me up from my wonderful hibernation nap. so take care of it will ya? THANKS A BUNCH!
Janice posted this at 5:37 PM.

Sunday, January 18, 2004

 
i think conditioning your hair for a whole weekend with "natural extracts" is a good idea don't you?
Janice posted this at 10:40 PM.

 
so i haven't showered all weekend. that's right. i am the smelly kid on the block. i haven't had a shower since friday morning. i even went out to the bar friday night and spilt rum and coke all over myself. and i am still not showered.
i didn't see a single person all day saturday. so thats okay that i was smelly then i guess. i spent a few hours with anna this afternoon. she didn't seem to bring up my stinky problem.
but its starting to get to me. can i make it until my morning shower? it might be a new record of stink... hmm...
Janice posted this at 6:08 PM.

Saturday, January 17, 2004

 
psssssssssst! i'm goin to twist your nipple! (and you'll like it!)
Janice posted this at 1:30 AM.

 
i like shopping. so i went. after my very long nap this afternoon. bought some bar clothes. they'r e hot! and i got someb ooze. mmmmmm booze/

went to the wave for soph reunion. but noone really came. so i got super drunk and had fun anyways.
rita rocks! i love that girl. can't wait to live with her in my 5th year. (sh'es smart... but doin internship so se'll be around antoher year.

i had fun. but once again i'm sttiing here trying to sober up so i don't tget bed spins. i'm listening to britney. she's my hero!!!!!

you're TOXCI!

Janice posted this at 1:28 AM.

Thursday, January 15, 2004

 
i came home from a long day in the eng building to discover that my dad did manage to make it to his meeting in london today... and he also managed to drop off a wonderful plastic bag full of goodies. i had sent in my order for peanut butter cookies... but managed to get brownies instead. i am not complaining. in fact the chocolate fix is probably almost better.
i also got a recipe book for different kinds of muffins. i have no idea why. maybe because i told my mom that i once made banana cranberry muffins with my rotting bananas? thats all i can come up with. or it was supposed to be a christmas present and she forgot to give it to me. (i figure that is more likely since i got an electric mixer for christmas too...?!) maybe she's just tired of taking cookie orders whenever i hear someone is going to be stopping by london. guess i'll have to make some muffins...
she also sent me with some pillsbury cinnamon buns. *drool* i'm going to make them tonight and eat ALL of them. maybe even by myself if anna isn't home early enough to enjoy their warm gooeyness.
i think i like brownies more than chocolate chip cookies.

my friend karen went on a trip to korea. i had a weird dream last night that she messaged me on msn telling me that she was lost and didn't know what to do. she was lost in chicago and found a computer with internet on it and she was desperately trying to figure out what to do. i hope that didn't actually happen to her. and a small part of me hopes that it really WAS a dream because if i didn't know better i would swear that it had actually happened.

my $7000 tuition has finally paid off. we recieved a FREE text book today. that is right. they just handed them out... FREE! "Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures"... coloured pictures... over 300 pages long... FREE! ?!!?!?!?! i am pleasantly suprised. but not so excited to read it... but its got pretty pictures of concrete in it! :D yay!
Janice posted this at 4:42 PM.

 
so i'm sitting at school.
and i am bored.
like you don't understand how bored.
i want to poke my eyes with toothpicks. not just prop them open... actually poke at them.
i wish they had napping rooms in this building. like little closets with cots and alarm clocks so you can just go in there and sleep for your breaks. but then again if there were little closets with beds in them there would probably be a very high demand for them and i wouldn't get in anyways when i wanted too since everyone has the same breaks at the same times. and there would be those dirty people having sex on them too. i mean why not? it'd be too convienent.
we're waiting on a "yes" from a guy in our class to move in to a 4 bdrm place... he better say yes! i don't feel like looking for another person!!!

Janice posted this at 11:57 AM.

Wednesday, January 14, 2004

 
clever got me this far
then tricky got me in

once again... awesome cd.

we've all heard that you shouldn't cook bacon without a shirt on. well don't cook it without pants on either. *sizzle-OUCH*

Janice posted this at 5:46 PM.

Tuesday, January 13, 2004

 
for no reason an actually copy of my grocery shopping list that only one other person will find hilarious... and i don't even think they read my blog:

milk
bananas
bread
bagels
green pepper
a new life
tomato
vanilla yogurt
juice
ingrediants for Dan's ginger cookies that I owe him
potato (just one)
batteries ->HP AAA XXX
lettuce
peanuts/sunflower seeds
wraps
cock (real)
Anna's bday Gift (?)
grapes
hotdog **weiners**
*SAUSAGE*



Janice posted this at 12:13 AM.

Monday, January 12, 2004

 
i bought a new box of macaroons at the grocery store today. i couldn't help it. i saw the display of boxes... and i knew that if i glanced at it long enough i'd see a box of macaroons... and it turns out i was right. and it somehow tackled its way into my basket and i caught it and threw it across the store. and while i was battling with it another sneaked in behind my brocelli. and i was distracted at the checkout line by the magazines promising sexy makeovers etc and it got through! and so when i got home i punished it for hitchhiking. and i ATE it! pfffff.... see if they'll try a stunt like that again! i think not!
Janice posted this at 10:15 PM.

 
ever heard the phrase there's no rest for the wicked? well i think i have. but i could be mistaken that this is a common phrase... it is 7am and i am not quite functioning yet.

well regardless... if this is true then i must be superly extremely wicked.
Janice posted this at 7:03 AM.

 
if you are going to proclaim yourself a genius... make sure you spell it right.

as i found out tonight... genius is not spelt genious. Shit.
Janice posted this at 1:15 AM.

Sunday, January 11, 2004

 
what do you mean noone is online at 6am on a sunday morning?! what is wrong with these people!?
Janice posted this at 6:08 AM.

Saturday, January 10, 2004

 
did i say something wrong?

on a side note:... i didn't remember writing that blog until i just saw it now. you are all lucky i didn't end up in a snowbank on my walk home last night. i also apoligize if i randomly messaged you last night. chances are if i wrote this i randomly messaged at least SOMEONE.
Janice posted this at 4:34 PM.

 
so i went to het ceeps and i liked it and i almostt puked in hte bathroom but i didn't nad it was good cuz then they would've cikcked me out.
i came home thiough necause i had to walk alone and i thought if i finishhed my drink i wuldn't make it myselt. i gave my drink to clam. shhhhhhh. lucy doesn't know. she bouthg it as a post-bdya drinkf or me.
shhhhhhhh
ppl liked my shirt.
if i lie down i wil get bed spinds and puke. so ihabe to stay sitting until i feel better. yah.
but nooone is online to chat to. boo all of you.
Janice posted this at 1:09 AM.

Friday, January 09, 2004

 
i think i feel the best when i'm dancing alone in my apt with music cranked... chores undone... wearing boy cut undies and a tank top.

and sometimes socks too... depends on how clausterphobic my feet are at the time. today is a sock day.
Janice posted this at 4:46 PM.

 
the story of an egg:
this guy dan in my class had an english muffin with bacon and eggs on it. it looked so yummy. so i thought today i would give eggs another chance. i don't like eggs. but i made an egg sandwich. i decided that its the yolk i don't like... so i thought i'd just use egg whites. the result? i got through half of my sandwich. but then i thought i might yak if i continued. but i started picking it apart... first eating the toasted top... then the tomatos i put on it... then i stared at the egg. and i rolled it up and ate it. and it didn't taste so bad. but when i got to the last bite made me feel like i was going to yak again. maybe its a mental thing. but i think i will wait a while before i try an egg sandwich again.
Janice posted this at 1:05 PM.

Thursday, January 08, 2004

 
i have made a huge discovery today! i now know why fish look so stupid. especially my goldfish... his name is Stupid. fish don't blink. they just stare all the time. and it makes them look stupid.
Janice posted this at 9:13 PM.

 
i ripped my pants today. so i have a warning out there for everyone: do not pull up pants soley from the belt loops! it took out a square of fabric from my pants. dissapointing since they were my favourite pair of pants. (and not a zillion years old either...)

i can name two good things about this week. and one of them involves the box of chocolate macaroons that i just finished.
Janice posted this at 7:15 PM.

 
i think i know someone who is kind of like the ugly duckling. except for the fact that when they grew up they were still ugly.
Janice posted this at 6:35 PM.

Wednesday, January 07, 2004

 
a very worthwhile cd to get... perfect circle - thirteenth step. maynard rocks.

i have had two days of classes and already i am feeling overwhelmed and stressed out. no falling behind this term! no sirree!!! ... how do i manage to make - and then break - this promise to myself EVERY term!?

its snowing outside and i'd rather spend the day curled up inside. somedays i get restless inside... but today i think i'd be quite happy reading my book and doing some dishes and napping all day.

then again i'd probably change my mind in half an hour.
Janice posted this at 8:29 AM.

Sunday, January 04, 2004

 
red fluffs... the gift that keeps on giving!
Janice posted this at 2:25 PM.

 
so i'm back "home" in london. it really is home. i just feel at ease driving into london and getting closer to my apt. i have realized as i unpacked my groceries that my crisper drawer in the fridge is growing new species of veggies. i don't think thats a good thing and i'm afraid to open it again.

Janice posted this at 12:38 PM.

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