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Wednesday, December 31, 2003 sorry about the lack of posting, I guess there's been nothing I've wanted to post about.. Christmas was good, unveventful.. some friends from winnipeg came out after christmas and it was nice to see them. I've been watching less news (less tv overall) than normal, but have rediscovered the joys of nintendo - sitting on the couch drinking will do that to you, I guess. I've been *thinking* about packing up my apartment, I really should start. I've also been spending way too much time looking on mls.ca at housing in Winnipeg. we'll see if this lasts. posted by kim | 2:17 a.m.| (0) comments Tuesday, December 23, 2003 today is a good day. I got more than 4 hours of sleep last night (I may have even had a full 8!) I have finished my christmas shopping. I *think* I have my shit together for the austrian visa funhouse. I am (still) all finished my undergrad. I gave my notice at my apartment (and am extra happy because my landlord just gave me notice he was raising my rent $105 a month starting in April - so I got to say "HA! I'm moving out anyway, jerk-off"). My last day of work is 2 weeks today. It's almost christmas. life is good. posted by kim | 3:05 p.m.| (0) comments Thursday, December 18, 2003 I'm all done school... finally. wrote my last exam ever (at least for this round... maybe I'll want to be able to put more than BA/BA after my name one day) this morning and now really must go have a nap. apparently I've got a big night of binge drinking ahead of me... posted by kim | 3:40 p.m.| (0) comments Friday, December 12, 2003  You are a Theory Slut. The true elite of the postmodernists, you collect avant-garde Indonesian hiphop compilations and eat journal articles for breakfast. You positively live for theory. It really doesn't matter what kind, as long as the words are big and the paragraph breaks few and far between. What kind of postmodernist are you!? brought to you by Quizilla theory slut? I hate theory.. slut I can deal with.. posted by kim | 3:42 p.m.| (0) comments this blog's been a little too emo lately, you know? so I figured with christmas right around the corner and exams coming up I should bring it back to it's roots, back to the real reason all 5 of you read this page: you still don't know what to get Trite for christmas, and you know I seem to have a plethora of ideas. But in all seriousness, I have a christmas suggestion to add to the millions I have given. and it's for the "A novella about loss, longing and love all mixed up and snorted in a line of ecstasy on the back of an AA handbook. This one time zine, will move you with its poetic story of falling for too many girls and taking too many drugs. " sound familiar? anyhow, due to my extreme coolness (and much harrasment and pleading) Neil stashed a copy in my bag when I was in Winnipeg so I'd have something to read while procrastinating (god forbid I actually study).. and read I did - I managed to finish the book Tuesday at work, start to finish (please note I did absoultely nothing at work from 1:30 - 4:30).. and thouroughly enjoyed it. It had its moments where to me the drug refs seemed to have little use other than give the author street cred.. and there was not nearly enough sex for my liking.. but nonetheless it managed to hold my attention all the way through, and we all know what a short attention span I have - the prose is what did it, I simply enjoyed how it was written.. go read a chunk for yourself. cute, isn't it? it brings me back to when life was much less mundane seeming than it is today - not too long ago. anyhow, go on over to fever press and get yourself a copy. you all know what a shitty reviewer I am (yes kill bill was a fucking wicked movie) realise that I just can't explain my enthusiasm. Plus, you'd be helping out indy publishing in canada (yay) and my good buddy neil (maybe he'd come visit) (while you're there order some 'zines as well, rumour has it orange shoes contains some wicked nude sketches... somehow I've never been privy to seeing them.. ) posted by kim | 2:06 a.m.| (0) comments Wednesday, December 10, 2003 so I'm beginning to question the 6 month plan. As many of you know, I'm much too scattered and commitment-phobic to come up with anything as grandiose as a 5-year plan but I tend to like to at least know what I intend to be up to in the next 6 months. For most of my life it's been easy - it always at least somewhat involved school - but with monday marking the last day (ever!!) of classes, and my last (ever) exam in a little over a week, I've actually had to think about the latest 6 month plan. I figured I'd solved all my problems by booking a flight to Austria and joining up with the swap program. That would at least get life out of the way for a few months so I could buy myself more time until something better fell into my lap. But no. It can't be that easy. I'm beginning to second guess this whole thing. First, I'm having issues with swap, mainly that I'm supposed to be leaving in less than 5 weeks and still don't know if I have a working visa. This wouldn't be a huge deal, but having gotten student visas for smaller european countries before I know it can take a few days. And it just so happens that many of those days this time are over the christmas holiday - a time when many people really don't feel like working - an understandable thing. Since I don't know if I have a working visa, I don't really want to quit my current job, even though I really wanted to give a month's notice (too late, that would have been the 6th).. also, I have an apartment to move, so I should really start thinking about packing it up, but what's the point if I'm not going. Yes I've got my ticket paid for, and I was verbally told I would be accepted into the program, but I need it on paper. If not, I'll go for a month and bum around.. just take a little holiday - I'll likely go to turkey or something - because if I'm not working I want to go somewhere I've never been before. Mixed in with all this fun I've got exams to write (side note, I'm not much of a studyer anyhow), and this recent trip to Winnipeg has reinstated my romanticized view of my time there and a large part of me really just wants to move back out there. so what to do. I'm still waiting out this visa thing, although my patience is growing thin.. posted by kim | 1:17 p.m.| (0) comments Sunday, December 07, 2003 I just got back from 4 wonderful/impossible days in winnipeg that reminded me how much I love the city and the people there. especailly the people. we put Andy to rest yesterday, and partied it up for him the rest of the time. It was amazing, yet so hard to do at the same time. Still, it was nice to see everyone, to have everyone out in one room - Andy would have been happy and we were happy to be able to do it. anyhow. I love that city. I have to do something about it... posted by kim | 5:47 p.m.| (0) comments |
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