Happy (Early) Halloween!

I can't believe we're at the end of October! Where have I been?!

It's Halloween this week!

I'm not a fan of dressing in costumes, I never was, but there was always something about Halloween that got to me. I think it's the interaction with strangers. It's a night where you can just talk to people and feel the community working together (in an indivual sort of way) I don't like how things today are weird around interaction with others, you pretty much have to be weary of hugging a neighbour's kid that you've known for years in fear of a lawsuit! It's sad we have to take precautions from the people around us. I'm surprised we still accept candy from strangers!

I'll be going door to door collecting canned foods with my little cousin (who in her own right will be collecting candy) then moving on to some parties, so I hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween!

Not so much has changed in the last two weeks, I've turned another year older! Actually, ignore that exclamation point. I've started the mid-life crisis ... okay, not yet but I'm starting to get to the point where I'm no longer thrilled at birthdays. I thought that just happened to older people! Haha, guess I'm there! Is it wrong to think turning 22 is so tragic?

Autumn is well on it's way through the city, we've even had snow! How awesome was that? All my papers are pretty much done, one more in mid-November and then we move on to mid-terms! Forget that though, I'm sure everyone has had their share of that stress to want to be reminded of it.

That's it, just another update. I've been getting ideas for blogs but it ends up failing once I get to the computer. I find myself online and thinking, "Maybe I should write a blog," and that's how one is formed, whatever's on my mind as I start typing takes over any pre-planned entries. I'll get more organized with this!

I think I've said that before.

Reading Week (Can't wait for it to be over!)

Financial burdens. I'm pretty sure we're all there, if not then at least a high percentage of us.

Not receiving as much as I was given in the estimate, OSAP was kind enough to cover tuition ... and that's about it. Now, here I am working during my week off, something I had been looking forward to enjoying. By enjoying of course I mean catching up on my reading and having Thanksgiving with the family. Granted I'd probably not catch up on my reading, but the intention was there!

I hate my job. I want to look for a new one but the security of great hours are with my present job and am afraid to give that up in case I need them.

I'll have a break on the 14th! I'll be working the polls at election as a DRO, helping democracy! Oh yeah! I know, you don't have to say it.

I hope a lot of students end up voting. I know lots of my friends don't, not because they're disinterested (though on some level they are) but because they don't feel their vote matters. To be honest, it's rare when one single vote matters nowadays. But one single vote put with another single vote (and so on) makes a difference! If all the people out there who didn't vote got out there, it would show in the polls. Hopefully you use your right as a citizen and vote for who you think would be a good candidate, I know I will.

So yeah, hope everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving week off! I hate to say it but I hope this week actally goes by faster that what I'd hoped it would have a few weeks ago ...

A Wasted Attempt

I can spend all day writting it here and still the words don't seem to come out the way I want it to. I can organize my thoughts, come to a final conclusion, yet somehow in the end I fail at it.

I'm not talking about a school paper, or any paper in general. I don't even think I'm talking about this blog! Ever get insight on something you can't explain? Ever manage to realize that insight is about yourself?

I'll try to explain. I'll try to say it without deleting it!

I failed.

IT'S A LIE! (Referring to a Hyperbole)

I've often been plagued with the thoughts of whether or not I was cut out to be an English Major. It's not that I couldn't do it, I just didn't know if I had ... spirit for it. I was glad to come to the realization that I did so I though I'd post this conversation I had with a good friend of mine in the cafeteria:

Sarah: Your an English Major, right?
Me: Yep.
Sarah: What's a hyperbole, again?
Me: (yelling) IT'S A LIE!

Now, I'm usually a quiet person. I like to be outgoing, but rarely loud. This being unexpected, as my yelling was loud enough for most of the caf to look at me with a contempt look of being annoyed, she let out a sudden laugh which caused her food she was chewing on to go from her mouth, up and lodge in her nosal cavity. Sort of like when you puke and it comes out your nose ... yeah. So she jumped up, panicking of course, 'causing me to laugh, her to flail about. She called me up hours later to let me know the last of the lettuce was finally retrieved.

Granted, it was one of those 'You-had-to-be-there' moments but I wanted to share 'cause ... I could.

*Please note, a Hyperbole is a lie! I've never met someone who could eat a whole horse and I've never come across a pile of books that weighed anywhere near a ton!