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My Medulla Oblongata is Electrified .............. << previous // next >>
Summer always goes by way too quickly. Tomorrow I'll be going back to the university grind and I can't say that I'm thrilled with the thought of having to purchase expensive (and heavy!) textbooks, listen to professors ramble on and on and...*yawn*, and study for exams and such. I have so many things to do on my first day: sell three of my old textbooks, sign up for a school library card, opt out of an unnecessary health plan, pick up an agenda before they're all gone, buy textbooks, and finally -- somehow relax inbetween all those things. On a pleasant note, I just found out this afternoon that the TBA (To Be Announced) professor for my seminar in social psychology has now been....announced. I took a group dynamics psychology course with her in the past school year and she was quite intelligent and enthusiastic. I'm very much looking forward to seeing what she'll be like in the seminar. I'm also excited about meeting new people and making new broad-minded friends. This will be my final year before I graduate. I have mixed feelings about this and my future holds uncertainty, which is why sometime this month, I'm going to sign up for an appointment with a career councillor. I need to drive myself more and strive for direction in my life. I guess I'm such an extreme procrastinator and dreamer that only now is reality hitting me between my beady little eyes. It's time for me to stop pressing the snooze button and to get up already! Life has been treating me exceptionally well lately and it's making me wonder what I ever did to deserve such happiness. I usually do smile a lot, but I'm smiling much more these days. I get that fluttering-heart feeling and if you couldn't guess it already, my two years of being single has come to an abrupt end! ("Hooray!" shouts the three-legged midget in criminally vulgar tights). His name (my boyfriend, not the midget...hehe) is Mike (well, Michael) and no, it's not the same one I've mentioned before on here. The other one was Polish. My boyfriend is Austrian/German and he's a year older than me. He has a caring heart, gorgeous green/brown eyes that pierce you and render you speechless, a great sense of humour, humble intelligence, and what's more...he has a passion for the English language! He can REALLY express himself exceptionally well in the verbal AND in the written form. Anyway, I'm just so giddy with excitement (as if you couldn't tell)! I'm just so grateful that I met him at all. It's just....WOW!!!!! I still can't believe we're a couple!!!!! *Does a corny little dance in my leopard-printed undies* Haha...lost marbles, anyone? I came across this image hosting site called Photobucket, which could prove to come in handy in the near future. For some time now, I've been thinking about posting up some photographs I took while I was in Ottawa and when I went to the zoo to visit what some would consider to be my not-so-distant relatives (I'm a monkey's uncle...*smirk*)...With my digital camera, I snapped just under 300 pictures and out of the large collection, there are about a dozen that I am especially proud of and would like to show you guys. We'll see how things go....and how much free time and/or boredom I have in the days to come. *smirk* I have to say something: There's something not right about eating animal crackers/cookies at the zoo. I just realized this when I was observing a lion while chewing on a lion-shaped cookie. I wonder what the lion thought of it. Hmm... I remember when I was in grade ten, I went on a trip to the zoo. Watching the gorillas was the highlight of the day. Behind the glass was a family of gorillas -- Momma, Pappa, Baby, Siblings....I remember watching one of the siblings unpeel a banana (so effortlessly!). Then, out of nowhere, in came the baby skipping along past his brother. As the baby did so, (s)he SNATCHED the banana right out of his hands!!!! It was so funny to watch, because you could immediately see that the brother was ticked off when he noticed that his banana was missing. An energetic chase after the little one ceased when the acrobatic jumping from hanging rope to hanging rope proved too much for the brother. Meanwhile, the baby greedily shovelled the banana into the mouth and I could've sworn that I saw a slight twinkle in the eyes. If I was a gorilla, THAT would've been me...haha. Everytime I've ever visited the zoo, I feel sorry for the animals. What is it like to be watched day in and day out whether you want to be or not? How annoying must it be to have people make a lot of noise and point at you all day long, with camera flashes going off every minute? I bet they look forward to the night when all the humans are away and they can at last get some peace and quiet. I'm sure all the animals are stressed out and sometimes when I look at the gorillas and chimpanzees, they have this depressed-glazed-over-eyes look. They are extremely intelligent animals quite capable of more than most people think...and I just wonder...how do the animals REALLY feel? It makes me feel sad...and guilty about contributing to the zoo and everything it stands for. Plus, the ticket price is getting so expensive. It's now about $18 (Canadian) for an adult. When I was little, it used to be MUCH cheaper...but yeah, I do realize that the money goes to the general maintenance of the zoo and the animals. My dad says that he remembers when it cost only 50 cents to go to the zoo!!! I literally looked up at him, blinked, and thought, "Boy, he really IS a senior!" Hehe...but at least he doesn't look like he is one. Hopefully I inherited those youthful genetics too. There's a good chance, since my mom also looks younger than her age. Everybody, cross your fingers and toes for me. I am not responsible for any cramps that result from doing so. *Ding ding* Wow, it's only Round One and I'm already tapped! This entry is super short...*sigh*....Thank goodness school is starting. That will hopefully invigorate the ole brain juices that may have possibly drained out slowly throughout the summertime. *Smirk* Until the next time, take care and always remember to spread the sunshine, even when others are trying to bring you down with their dark, gloomy storm clouds! *Blows a kiss* P.S. According to dictionary.com, the medulla oblongata is "the lowermost portion of the vertebrate brain, continuous with the spinal cord, responsible for the control of respiration, circulation, and certain other bodily functions."....just incase you really wanted to know (and twist your mind around it).....*rolls eyes* P.P.S. By the way, I've been voting for Jacob Hoggard (from Canadian Idol)...He seems like the only contestant left who could actually cause some serious waves, internationally... ~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-. " When You Look Outside, Look Inside To Your Soul " ~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-.~.*-. SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD: "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys LAST FEW SONGS I LISTENED TO: + "Dragon Days" by Alicia Keys + "Get Mine, Get Yours" by Christina Aguilera + "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" by Bryan Adams + "How Far" by Martina McBride + "Naughty Girl" by Beyonce + "The Closest Thing to Crazy" by Katie Melua + "Everything" by Lifehouse + "Cherish" by Madonna + "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M. 
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Tuesday September 7th, 2004. - 6:40 PM