Stream of Consciousness:

You Are a Pineapple Smoothie

You are adventurous and brave. You aren't afraid of much. You are in love with new experiences. You are usually the first to try something. You get bored rather easily, and you need to be challenged in life. You are turbo charged. Most people find it impossible to keep up with you in any capacity.

Well, it looks like 2008 is officially over. I'm quite glad we've put that year to rest. It wasn't a horrible year by any means, but it felt as if nothing in my life has happened. No advancement, no excitement, nothing. I don't really feel any better off than I was January 1st, 2008.

I'm quite excited for 2009 and looking forward to it. I think it'll be a fabulous year and if I have things my way, it's going to be full of excitement and changes in my life; hopefully all for the better.

Cheers to the promise 2009 brings! Bring it on Life, I'm waiting and ready!

Figured I'd respond.


1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? How about presents wrapped in bank notes?

2. Real tree or Artificial? Real.

3. When do you put up the tree? Sometime before Christmas... likely mid-dec.

4. When do you take the tree down? Sometime after Christmas.

5. Do you like eggnog? With Rum.

6. Favorite gift received as a child? Nothing jumps out.

7. Hardest person to buy for? Half-sisters.

8. Easiest person to buy for? Myself.

9. Do you have a nativity scene? Nope.

10. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards? Mail.

11.Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Just about everything. Christmas reeks of consumerism.

12. Favourite Christmas Movie? Shouldn't we be spending time with our family/loved ones at Christmas? We shouldn't be watching movies.

13. When do you start shopping? Usually the 24th of Dec... but this year I've already started.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No.

15. Favourite thing to eat at Christmas? Fruitcake.

16. Lights on the tree? Yes.

17. Favourite Christmas song? Little Drummer Boy.

18.Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home.. but that's not really an option anymore.

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Nope.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star - non-denominational Christmas please.

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Morning, with our choice of any gift on Christmas Eve.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Consumerism, crowds, feelings.

23. Favourite ornament theme or color? Any homemade ornament.

24. Favourite for Christmas dinner? Jellow salad.

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Out of Grande Prairie.

26. Who is least likely to respond to this? Hopefully no one responds.

I read on CBC.ca a few hours ago that Jane Jacobs has passed away.

It's pretty sad. She managed to articulate a lot of what I've observed and made it actually a popular position within the Urban Planning field. I have no idea where the planning profession would be today had it not been for her.

RIP Jacobs.

So, the library decided to lose the book that I returned to it.

It was a few days overdue and someone had put a request on it. I returned it to the Dunn over the weekend sometime, put it in the little basket on the circulation desk. I figured everything was honky-dory as I'd never had a problem with the hundreds of books I've returned before. But no, yesterday I get a call from the Killam looking for their book, I told them I'd returned it to the Dunn. She didn't have much to say about that, it's not as if she's going to argue my story.

Right now the book is lost somewhere in the library system. I'm hoping it'll turn up when it gets delivered to the Killam, you see, it's a Killam book so since I returned it to the Dunn it has to be moved back to the Killam. What usually happens to the best of my understanding is the Dunn usually checks it as being back in but it's status is set to "In transit" as it's moved back to the Killam. I'm assuming that once it gets back to the Killam they once again check it in and mark it as being back at the library. I'm hoping it'll get caught at that point. I'll give it another couple days before I go and cause a fuss.

It's just a pain because right now it's incurring late fees. They'll be disputed as soon as this whole kafuffle is dealt with, maybe I'll even get some extra taken off "anguish".

I guess the moral of the story is to hand the books that you're returning to the liberian and watch her check them back into the system. Then promptly check your account to make sure it's off your record. I know it's a pain, but these incompetent people cannot be trusted these days.

In other news, 7 days till I'm back out west.

Still at school working away on our final report....

If only I could have sexual relations with my typewriter... then my life would be complete.

Well, after years and years of putting it off, I finally got my passport. I'm free. I can go anywhere (well just about) now.

You Are a Powdered Devil's Food Donut

A total sweetheart on the outside, you love to fool people with your innocent image. On the inside you're a little darker, richer, and more complex. You're a hedonist who demands more than one pleasure at a time. Decadent and daring, you test the limits of human indulgence.

If anyone reading this is a resident of Quebec and wants to marry me so that I can go to University for cheap, drop me a line.

Thanks

You Are a Bloody Mary

You're a fairly serious drinker, who's experimented a lot with different drinks. You're a drunk, but a stable drunk. You don't ever let your drinking get out of control.

Don't know how I feel about this:
http://www.cfr.org/pdf/NorthAmerica_TF_final.pdf

North American Union?

Oh, btw, this is friends only.

...Said the little mittened kitten.