When I walk into the book store with a blue sweatshirt on, blue nails and and buy a blue binder, do they really need to ask what my favourite colour is?
Just walk into my room and you'll understand the emotional attachment that I have to the colour blue. My dorm room does not in any way resemble the "it's so blue I feel like I'm underwater" feeling that is clearly evident upon entering my room at home. However, it is still clear that I don't just tolerate blue. I love blue.
Blue striped bed sheets, blue towels, blue cup, blue lanyard, blue hat, blue innered of coat, blue pencil case and awkwardly out of place, purple laptop.
If you judge me by my sense of colour then shame on you. My best friend loves pink! Do I judge her? Well, I don't let her hear me.
The main point I'd like to settle into your minds is: embrace that colour that makes you feel like a million bucks that just dropped you into a tub of books made of chocolate.
Remember, only the strong ones make it out alive. If you don't embrace life, how can I believe that you will embrace that which puts a smile on your face for just sitting there beside you. The colour is everything.
Enjoy the little things, this is t-bear signing off
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Things I Learned Today.
1. A tomato sandwich tastes good no matter where I eat it.
2. A sickness can be fought off with oregano.
3. When they say "hard" sudoku, they actually mean "this is the most difficult obstacle course that you will ever attempt, (you'll also be wearing a straight jacket so get comfy)"
4. Entertainment can be found in many places:
a. Eyeing up the security cameras.
b. Watching people fail at parking.
5. A backpack is a college students best friend.
6. Grocery shopping is more fun with Oma.
7. Heartland is addicting.
8. If my roommate doesn't hand in her papers, I get locked out of your room.
9. Four flights of stairs get easier to climb the more times I face them.
10. Leaving toast in the toaster too long starts the fire alarm.
11. The elevator is fixed.
12. Chocolate is a bad thing to buy.
13. The more dishes I use the more I have to clean up.
14. It's Tom Felton's birthday.
15. No matter how many times I try, I know they'll never come to me. I'll always have to go to them.
16. "Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to." - John Ed Pearce
This is t-bear, signing off
2. A sickness can be fought off with oregano.
3. When they say "hard" sudoku, they actually mean "this is the most difficult obstacle course that you will ever attempt, (you'll also be wearing a straight jacket so get comfy)"
4. Entertainment can be found in many places:
a. Eyeing up the security cameras.
b. Watching people fail at parking.
5. A backpack is a college students best friend.
6. Grocery shopping is more fun with Oma.
7. Heartland is addicting.
8. If my roommate doesn't hand in her papers, I get locked out of your room.
9. Four flights of stairs get easier to climb the more times I face them.
10. Leaving toast in the toaster too long starts the fire alarm.
11. The elevator is fixed.
12. Chocolate is a bad thing to buy.
13. The more dishes I use the more I have to clean up.
14. It's Tom Felton's birthday.
15. No matter how many times I try, I know they'll never come to me. I'll always have to go to them.
16. "Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to." - John Ed Pearce
This is t-bear, signing off
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Cable Television
If there is one thing in college that will be the time consumer of all time consumers it's Cable Television. Not growing up with all these wonderful channels will be the downfall in my trying to be successful career as a student.
People claim that going to college is a difficult adjustment for many reasons:
1. The freshman 15
2. The work load
3. The tight budget
First of all, I think I'll lose weight rather than gain it this year. I have been eating healthily, getting my daily walk across the lot from rez to the main building and forcing myself to climb the four flights of stairs to my room rather than take the unreliable elevator.
Secondly, I listen in class and almost get carpal tunnel writing my notes so fast. I also get major headaches trying to concentrate on and remember all the information being constantly added to my brain. The problem isn't understanding the information, it's remembering it. I'm working on the concentrate and do your homework part and it's not going unnecessarily bad.
Thirdly, osap decided to hold the money they said they were going to give me and now I'm down to my last dollars. I have till Wednesday to get the money or they lied about when they were going to give it to me. I'm practising my patience and working really hard to not go to the grocery store because I know if I do, I won't get out without buying stuff.
These things have made my college experience less than helpful at times but they are still nothing compared to the amount of time I spend watching my tv. I feel a much needed intervention in the near future!
Be kind to one another, this is t-bear signing off
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Movin In
Dearest friends who care enough to take the time to read my blog,
Today I did something different from every other day that I've lived. I moved out!! Now some of you are probably thinking that means into an apartment or an abode of my own but that is not the case. I am currently residing in residence which is just one step closer to that fully moved out feeling.
I was scheduled to move in from 11am-1pm today so we left home at 7 and arrived around 10:45ish. With much time to spare, we started unpacking the van and moving things up. Let me tell ya folks, the view from the 4th floor is one filled with trees, vehicles and more trees. It's beautiful!!! I can't say that I've ever felt more at home in my life! Well, except for at home.
When I first got into the room with Ma and Pa I started to arrange the furniture to my preferred placement. That bed being turned against the way was the best decision I've made all day (besides the club sandwich for lunch). The amount of space left over after the rotation of the sleeping quarters is so fantastic, and a bonus is, there's so much more room for activities!!
It took me longer to unpack my boxes and settle everything in my room than it took my roomie. She was done almost before I started. However, I'm pretty sure I'm a little OCD and things need places. Not just "look at that nice piece of floor, I think I'll just drop that right there." No, that is no way to create a living space for a study infested, sleep deprived, college student. My room is organized and if anyone has a problem with that then they shouldn't come over.
At first my attitude was, "I'll just be a loner and never make any friends". Now, I'm going to a meet and greet and a rez meeting thang which are both supposed to help me make "long and lasting friendships". I'll believe it when I see it. I am open to new friends though, don't think I despise newbies for I am one.
From your newest college student, this is t-bear signing off
Today I did something different from every other day that I've lived. I moved out!! Now some of you are probably thinking that means into an apartment or an abode of my own but that is not the case. I am currently residing in residence which is just one step closer to that fully moved out feeling.
I was scheduled to move in from 11am-1pm today so we left home at 7 and arrived around 10:45ish. With much time to spare, we started unpacking the van and moving things up. Let me tell ya folks, the view from the 4th floor is one filled with trees, vehicles and more trees. It's beautiful!!! I can't say that I've ever felt more at home in my life! Well, except for at home.
When I first got into the room with Ma and Pa I started to arrange the furniture to my preferred placement. That bed being turned against the way was the best decision I've made all day (besides the club sandwich for lunch). The amount of space left over after the rotation of the sleeping quarters is so fantastic, and a bonus is, there's so much more room for activities!!
It took me longer to unpack my boxes and settle everything in my room than it took my roomie. She was done almost before I started. However, I'm pretty sure I'm a little OCD and things need places. Not just "look at that nice piece of floor, I think I'll just drop that right there." No, that is no way to create a living space for a study infested, sleep deprived, college student. My room is organized and if anyone has a problem with that then they shouldn't come over.
At first my attitude was, "I'll just be a loner and never make any friends". Now, I'm going to a meet and greet and a rez meeting thang which are both supposed to help me make "long and lasting friendships". I'll believe it when I see it. I am open to new friends though, don't think I despise newbies for I am one.
From your newest college student, this is t-bear signing off
Friday, August 31, 2012
This one's dedicated to...
Nicole.
It's not a person, more a Feeling, per say. It presents a nagging / guilty kind of feeling in the pit of my stomach. The Feeling obviously doesn't understand that I've been very busy lately packing for school.
It's not my fault that the Feeling is so advanced in it's studies that doesn't have to stress out over something as small as clothes hangers, let alone the colour of them. It's not my fault that the Feeling feels the need to be persistent and bug me for weeks at a time. Well, I have a few words for the Feeling.
Finally, I dedicate this blog post to Hans Zimmer for a job well done. Not just for "The Dark Knight Rises" soundtrack but also for the "Inception" soundtrack. Keep up the good work my friend.
God bless! This is t-bear signing off
It's not a person, more a Feeling, per say. It presents a nagging / guilty kind of feeling in the pit of my stomach. The Feeling obviously doesn't understand that I've been very busy lately packing for school.
It's not my fault that the Feeling is so advanced in it's studies that doesn't have to stress out over something as small as clothes hangers, let alone the colour of them. It's not my fault that the Feeling feels the need to be persistent and bug me for weeks at a time. Well, I have a few words for the Feeling.
Go to LCBO on the Friday before a long weekend, and find some patience!!!The next person / cat I dedicate this post to is Garf. Poor Garf. She is so crabby and it makes me sad because I know that it's cuz of all the boxes and new stuff that's been appearing in my room for the last month. We have cuddle time every day but that doesn't seem to do anything cuz she just meows again real loud when I let her go. She has no idea just how long I'll be gone but I know that she knows I'm leaving. Cats are rather smart like that. Sometimes it's scary how much they contain in their little brains.
Finally, I dedicate this blog post to Hans Zimmer for a job well done. Not just for "The Dark Knight Rises" soundtrack but also for the "Inception" soundtrack. Keep up the good work my friend.
God bless! This is t-bear signing off
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Paperbacks
If you don't read novels on a daily basis then you have no business reading this post.
Hardcovers.
First of all, I'd like to point out that the paper around a hardcover is not useful other than to look nice. Second, they cost a lot more. Third, and final, they are heavier.
Do you want to be caught reading a novel too heavy to carry? That's what I thought. That may be a slight hyperbole but it doesn't change the fact that paperbacks are much more appropriate for reading. Textbooks however, deserve to be hardcover because it helps to identify that it is in fact a non-fiction article of observation.
Paperbacks.
The most glorious thing an author can do for its readers. They're light, inexpensive and much easier to fit into a purse. They just feel right.
There are only two small problems that I have with paperbacks.
1. They can bend easily. You accidentally drop your book and the whole cover is folded. Major problem.
2. The authors think it's funny to hold onto their paperback books until months after the book is released in hardcover. I have three books that I really wont but I don't want a hardcover version so I am forced to wait for months until I can buy them. At church on Sunday, we talked about patience. That's what I'm practising now and forever more.
Now go get your read on!
Hardcovers.
First of all, I'd like to point out that the paper around a hardcover is not useful other than to look nice. Second, they cost a lot more. Third, and final, they are heavier.
Do you want to be caught reading a novel too heavy to carry? That's what I thought. That may be a slight hyperbole but it doesn't change the fact that paperbacks are much more appropriate for reading. Textbooks however, deserve to be hardcover because it helps to identify that it is in fact a non-fiction article of observation.
Paperbacks.
The most glorious thing an author can do for its readers. They're light, inexpensive and much easier to fit into a purse. They just feel right.
There are only two small problems that I have with paperbacks.
1. They can bend easily. You accidentally drop your book and the whole cover is folded. Major problem.
2. The authors think it's funny to hold onto their paperback books until months after the book is released in hardcover. I have three books that I really wont but I don't want a hardcover version so I am forced to wait for months until I can buy them. At church on Sunday, we talked about patience. That's what I'm practising now and forever more.
Now go get your read on!
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies; a man who never reads lives only one."This is t-bear signing off.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Just one o those days...
Our journey to church this morning was rather spectacular and I tweeted about it if you really want to see how excited I was.
This is how things went down. So we're on the side road, just your average back road where nothing super exciting happens. All of a sudden, at the intersection beyond the front of the Blue Bus we spotted flashing lights and assumed an emergency vehicle. We thought there had been an accident at the intersection and that we would have to turn around and yet we continued at a rapid pace towards the unknown scene of the crime. Turns out the flashing lights weren't coming from an emergency vehicle per say, rather a parade of our RAID friends from the capital coming to save us from some unknown happening. Four heavy duty white trucks and an armored vehicle obscured our vision and left us speechless until Papa broke the unnecessary silence.
It was awesome.
I'm convinced they were secret service but other people don't agree. They don't have any imagination.
To say the least, I had an eventful morning.
On an entirely different note, work at the law firm has been going lovely this summer. I've worked a total of nine days and I'm so glad they involve AC. The first week was hot. Now I don't mean "oh it's summer, it's always hot" I mean global warming chose this summer to shine its little light. Then the second week it rained for the first four days and was hot the last one.
Don't think that I mean to say I hate the heat, because I don't. I do hate the humidity but that's expected, it makes life less fun. I do hate that the heat makes Voldy really hot, the black leather seats and not working AC don't help the problem at all. It is really interesting to see if breathing is possible after he sits in the sun for 7.5 hours, I just wish this game wasn't necessary.
The word of the day on Sunday, July 8th is:
exercise
Let's use exercise in a sentence.
Just Dance 3 is lots of exercise.
This is how things went down. So we're on the side road, just your average back road where nothing super exciting happens. All of a sudden, at the intersection beyond the front of the Blue Bus we spotted flashing lights and assumed an emergency vehicle. We thought there had been an accident at the intersection and that we would have to turn around and yet we continued at a rapid pace towards the unknown scene of the crime. Turns out the flashing lights weren't coming from an emergency vehicle per say, rather a parade of our RAID friends from the capital coming to save us from some unknown happening. Four heavy duty white trucks and an armored vehicle obscured our vision and left us speechless until Papa broke the unnecessary silence.
It was awesome.
I'm convinced they were secret service but other people don't agree. They don't have any imagination.
To say the least, I had an eventful morning.
On an entirely different note, work at the law firm has been going lovely this summer. I've worked a total of nine days and I'm so glad they involve AC. The first week was hot. Now I don't mean "oh it's summer, it's always hot" I mean global warming chose this summer to shine its little light. Then the second week it rained for the first four days and was hot the last one.
Don't think that I mean to say I hate the heat, because I don't. I do hate the humidity but that's expected, it makes life less fun. I do hate that the heat makes Voldy really hot, the black leather seats and not working AC don't help the problem at all. It is really interesting to see if breathing is possible after he sits in the sun for 7.5 hours, I just wish this game wasn't necessary.
The word of the day on Sunday, July 8th is:
exercise
Let's use exercise in a sentence.
Just Dance 3 is lots of exercise.
QOTD: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.This is t-bear signing off.
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