a little nostalgia

because the last time I was here was five years ago, the summer before I left for school, I can't help feeling a little nostalgic being here again. The same impossibly blue skies, the countless jets streaming overhead every hour, the 15 minutes march to the school... So much have changed, including me of course, but it is still so nice to be back here - the last place of childhood, arguably.

Journey here
The usual delays, the hurry-up-and-wait's, but I got here in one piece, and the flight wasn't terrible, so can't complain. The accommodations are awesome - private bathroom and showers. Still haven't found out what my job is going to be yet, but will soon enough.

Canada Day
Go out and celebrate, even though it's Liberals (eeek!) for another 4 years!


die mosquitos die!

Cold Lake

It's 4am, and I have finally finished my last essay that needed to get done before flying out to Alberta in... 8 hours. Have a great summer, everybody! I will update as often as I can.

i've discovered

that I actually can't live without my notebook anymore. Really, I was physically shaking without it, for the three days that it was in repair. Not that it's fixed now - they say there's something wrong with the motherboard, so it'll take two weeks to be sent to hp to fix. I said I'll do it at another time, and promptly brought my baby home. Now it's back, and I don't have any excuse not to write my paper anymore.

new word
I learned a new word yesterday: plenipotentiary. It means "to have full powers". Cool, huh? I want to be plenipotentiary. heh!

West Wing
I got the Season 2 DVD's in celebration of finishing my war studies papers last week, and have watched the entire 22 episodes by now. It's amazing how you can find time to do things you really want to do.

career choices
Recently I did a questionnaire that's suppose to tell you what careers you are suitable for, according to you interests, skills, level of education, etc. Here are my top eleven ('cuz, well, I can't leave off the 11th one):

1. Office Manager
2. Casting Director
3. Judge
4. Director
5. Fundraiser
6. Foreign Service Officer
7. Hydrologist/hydrogeologist
8. Historian
9. Lobbyist
10. Communication Specialist
11. Professor

What do you think? Can you see me as any one of the above? Yeah, I know - people are suppose to decide this in high school.

Okay, okay - the paper is not going to write itself.