Thursday, January 28, 2010

Note to self(and Candice).. dont go jogging in the winter


So, it's Tuesday night. After a hectic day of school, which was made better by my two hour lecture being cancelled, and allowing me to go sit with the girls at the Haiti fundraiser table. yay! And a tiny bit better by the fact the midterm I was studying for all day (not hard really), took 15 minutes to write, but it was multiple choice, soooooo Im not expecting good on that respect, but it wasnt bad.

So now, Im lying in bed just surfin the net, when Candice texts me. "Wanna go for a jog," now I'm thinking, hmm this sounds nice, I missing circuits therefore I should do something. So we go. now for all of you that know Freddy, you prolly know this, the city is F'in LAZY. What sarted as a "jog" soo turned horribly wrong. The walking trails of Freddy are covered in a nice coating of ice and snow, even after the massif amount of snow that melted that day, (which is why we thot it'd be ok) there was still only the BRIDGE that was "clear" clear being able to run on and not kill yourself.

Now,  having made it across the bridge, we continue on the trail, which seems promising. Not 5 mins later were we confronted with a MASSIF lake. So being the weaklings we are, we DIDNT cross it. lol. Instead, we decided to go through the snow field (which didnt have freezing water) to the sidewalk. During this jaunt, somehow it turned into a race (which I won! woot!), and this is where my story come to now. During our lil "race" I twisted my hip somehow... who knows running in calf high snow is hard, and it seems our adventure didnt like me, as I wake up today with aches all over. Boo. <3 u candice. lol


On a high note for our "adventure in downtown/northside freddy" going back across the Westmorland , we were bad and used the old sidewalks they had blocked off! woot for jumping barracades!

Monday, January 25, 2010

Kittys, oh < 3

So, anyone whos been around me, knows I have two adorable little beasts, Valentino (Tino) and Jager(meister).  They cover me in hair, they climb my walls, they bust up my blinds.. but, I adore them still. At the moment, the youngest, Jager, is trying to dig a hole in my bed, he's a bit off. Hes about 14 mths old and looks 6 mths, I call him my perpetual kitty, cuz thats what he is next to any cat his age, his brother Tino is twice the size and 2.5 times as heavy, and hes only 4 mths older! Id love to demonstrate the difference with a metre stick next to them stertched out, but i dont have one :'(.

Anyways, My point. The boys get into "tantrums" when i neglect them. So ther other night, while at work, they decided that the blinds were in their way. So I wake up in the AM, to see, wow, my blinds arent quite work. So now before I move out I have to find blinds. So getting to the point finally,  if anyone sees blinds on sale for cheap, I need me some! So give me a heads up! any colour will do, lol.  :)


Cheers,

<3

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Ten Things.

Ten things about me! So if you know me to any extent these prolly wont surprise you :)

1. I love to fly (unlike T-Pain). Im a pilot, and have flown for over 4 years now. (and if you read my last few post know im AM going to go to Michigan in may and get my aerobatic rating so i can do loops, and spirals and hammerheads.. etc!!!)


2. I drive a motorcycle. Kawasaki Vulcan 500, 2006.(which currently resides in my living room, after it's one month stay in my kitchen) Im   ready to upgrade! had my Benji for over 5 years now. So time for an upgrade. I want this beautiful beast, the Triumph Daytona 625, or....> the Speed triple with its single swingarm and 1050 cc of sexy power.


3. My dream animal is a Newfoundland dog.  :) They're massif, and huggable! who needs a man when u have his best friend?






4.  cracker soup is my favourite food.  Be it mixed with tomato or chicken noodle, there must be a thick solid layer of soda crackers.

5. Im a workaholic. I get a lil free time on my hands, and my head wanders, then ill pick up another task. As of right now, my list of exrtracurrucular/ schooly things are:

Full time student in Mech Eng & TME (6 classes)
Work part time at the campus bar (S-Club)
Grad rep on the SSME, Student society for mech eng (we plan the end of year banquet)
Exec in my sorority (the money maid)
VP on our schools Formula SAE team (we build a mini F1 race car)
TA a CAD lab and mark for it
TA a Thermo class, (so i do the tutorial and mark tests) and research assistant/analysist
IRONRING yearbook editor
I think thats it.. I cant wait to graduate!


6. Ive never been in a relationship for more than 3 months.. Im way too picky I guess.. or I get fed up with them. I only ever seem to  date the arts boys or the army boys, so then I come across the issue of the instances when Im smarter than them and it annoys me. what can I say. My fav type of boys are the military boys, now I know its kinda,  dunno, off,  to like a certain "Genre," But seriously. They work all week, I go to school all week, I dont like boys to bug me when Im stressed, then I get grumpy, so its like.. hmm..  if I can get a dude that I only have to pay attention to on weekends, why the hell not? Haha.. Je suis terrible, I acknoldege this, if guys could too, we'd be set!

7.  I have the worst immune system everrrr! Im sick constantly, and for months at a time. If i get better in less than 3 weeks, Im a happy camper. im currently sick, going on 8 days, doenst look like blue skys in the horizon. It makes my slighty happy when I get ppl around me sick, its a kind of justice I believe.

8. Im alergic to Oranges and Lactose intollerant. Ye.. Its odd, I wont object.

9.  I hate bed sheets. With a passion. my bed is a layered pile of blankets and sheets and puffs and pillows. The feel of that thin gross cotton is the worst thing ever. If I could kill sheets, they'd be kilt.

10.  I want to build a time machine and go back to WWI and fly fighter planes. I know this is like number 1,  but TIMEMACHINE!. lol, I think the old bi=planes of the eary 1900's were amazing in theyre ability to fly being buckets of bolts most of the time, a real feat in engineering at the time.


So.. you were right Tyler, in that I would do this. :) 

Terrible Tuesday.

So I think this week my inability to say no to work might catch up to me. Well.. my cold doesnt help by slowing me down, but with deadlines on the horizon, I dont quite see the sun, hopefully its just the snow...

I went to school for 9am.. i just arrived home at 130am, not too happy about that, never even got a chunk of work done, it was just classes til 8 :( boo, tuesdays suck. I got an email last night telling me Im doing a tutorial for a course I TA, and was given the assignment solutions.  So from this, Im to believe that I sit around and answer questions, but an hour before my session, i get another email with a bunch of practice questions. GAH. So with no time to review them ( I was in class) I just sorta wing them. Good thing only one person showed up, I think I sorta confused him on a topic, but I directed him to the right direction.

So right after this tutorial I had a 3hr class, which my assignment was due at the first of class. My assignment was on my laptop, which decided it would be a lilttle hellion. So what shouldve took 2 mins max to print a 2 page document, took over 20 mins, and I was of course late. Story of my life :( So Technology hates me today.

On a happy note, today my sorority was maning the Haiti Relief booth, and we made it on the SU facebook group site! woo! So thats exciting.  :)


Anyone else think today was cursed?

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

New information to add to my Hoard and Fate


So I've rediscovered the podcast world, and I really dont know why I stopped, they are much more interesting than sitting in silence! While listeing to the "airplane geeks" podcast I learned a new term! Sesquiplane, this refers to a bi-plane with the bottom with a different size. Often called the "one-and-a-half" wing plane.



So I meantioned how Im thinking of doing the ACRO CAMP, haha, Steve knows he's going to pick me, Im too awesome not to. So while listening to the AIRSPEED podcast, he meantions the book they'll  be using.. and being half asleep, Im like.. that sounds familiar. So I go raid my textbooks, and BAM! there it is, sitting between a couple engineering texxtbooks, "Basic Acrobatics" by Geza Szurovy. Side note, went to Oshkosh 2008, ever since my cross country to Rimouski Airport, and I got a glimpse of two beau Pitts Specials, I knew one day I would have one of my own. But in order to do this, I needed some info! So, while in the Acrobatics tent/building, I purchased a book. And lo and behold.. it may be of use! Therefore, It pretty much fate.  On a sad note, my Acrobatic Angel tshirt went missing when i moved, along with my cute dress pants and fav  sweater :(

Sunday, January 17, 2010

AeroBATics woooo!


So highlight of my week end, the discovery of this website/blog. So, this guy is making a documentay on the aerobatics flight experience, and to do so is looking to film 4 people going through the steps of getting the rating. So 4 days of joy in the sky! And... ima gonna do it. he may not know he's gonna choose me yet, but he will.  <3


on another note.. Im still sick. :( therefore any donations of tissues are welcome. ;)


cheers!

<3

Saturday, January 16, 2010

JOKER go boo!

lil bit of a watch, it`s quite interesting actually! 



woo psych!



so I stumbled across some "actual conversationjs between travel agent and customers" and thot id share!





I had someone ask for an aisle seats so that his or her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window.
 
A client called in inquiring about a package to Hawaii.  After going over all the cost info, she asked, "Would it be cheaper to fly to California and then take the train to Hawaii?"

I got a call from a woman who wanted to go to Capetown.  I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information when she interrupted me with "I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Capetown is in Massachusetts. "Without trying to make her look like the stupid one, I calmly explained, "Capecod is in Massachusetts, Capetown is in Africa."  Her response ... click.


A man called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that is not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. He replied, "Don't lie to me. I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state."

I got a call from a man who asked, "Is it possible to see England from Canada?" I said, "No." He said "But they look so close on the map."

Another man called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas. When I pulled up the reservation, I noticed he had a 1-hour lay over in Dallas.  When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said, "I heard Dallas was a big airport, and I need a car to drive between the gates to save time."

A nice lady just called. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:20am and got into Chicago at 8:33am.  I tried to explain that Michigan was an hour ahead of llinois, but she could not understand the concept of time zones. Finally I told her the plane went very fast, and she bought that!


A woman called and asked, "Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know who's luggage belongs to who?" I said, "No, why do you ask?" She replied, "Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said FAT, and I'm overweight, is there any connection?" After putting her on hold for a minute while I "looked into it" (I was actually laughing) I came back and explained the city code for Fresno is FAT, and that the airline was just putting a destination tag on her luggage.

I just got off the phone with a man who asked, "How do I know which plane to get on?" I asked him what exactly he meant, which he replied, "I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these darn planes have numbers on them."


A woman called and said, "I need to fly to Pepsi-cola on one of those computer planes." I asked if she meant to fly to Pensacola on a commuter plane. She said, "Yeah, whatever."

A businessman called and had a question about the documents he needed in order to fly to China. After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded him he needed a visa. "Oh no I don't, I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those." I double checked and sure enough, his stay required a visa. When I told him this he said, "Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express."

A woman called to make reservations, "I want to go from Chicago to Hippopotamus, New York" The agent was at a loss for words. Finally, the agent: "Are you sure that's the name of the town?" "Yes, what flights do you have?" replied the customer. After some searching, the agent came back with, "I'm sorry, ma'am, I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a Hippopotamus anywhere." The customer retorted, "Oh don't be silly. Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!" The agent scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, "You don't mean Buffalo, do you?" "That's it! I knew it was a big animal!"

  got em from here!






Sick say wa?


-cough cough cough- Tis me. So I woke up this morning (friday) and discovered I had a VERY sexy voice.. yay. :( If anyone is jealous, I'm willing to share.... any takers? ye didnt think so.  So after a nice long day of attempting to do two assignments (plus class and TAing a lab) and only finishing 3/4 of one, I decided. Im sick, Im allowed to give up!




On a High note, Finally got to see K after a month long drought :( boo. and go dancing!!! <3 which was prolly not wise as I feel like crap now, and my predictions for the AM? No voice at all. sigh. I must say though, sweets def classed up! so much bigger!! kinda sad they got rid of the Rodeo, but wht can ye do.  There were also a lot of cougars there:s Dont they know they belong at the 20?!! Guess not. I hope im not as gross as some of those ladies when im their age. GAWDDDD.


Also had an awesome time at game night! WOOT BUZZ IS THE BEST!!!!! <3 I want to play this every week! hmmm.. -shifty eyes- This may have to happen.

-cough cough- okay, bed time! Now just to make it through work tomorrow! (PS VISIT ME!)


<3

Thursday, January 14, 2010

SAW what are we up to?

amazing! ok, now you may get the wrong idea, but due to my lack of knowledge in posting youtube videos, yours gonna have to trust me on this one.. Click the link! You will be like,, omgosh..i want one..for my dad!

cheers, tell me how much u liked it!

<3
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there.. <3 thx Miss Rob

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Grammar yo?

My rant number 2

Ever been reading something and your deep in and havin a time, when BAM, you get slapped in the face with a big ol' grammatical error! Well I have. ADM4326, Customer satisfaction and loyalty. The book is a collection of research articles on the topics to be discussed, but 20 years old in some cases. I know these were back in the days of "pre-spellcheck" but comeon! Get an editor to read it, or a friend!  My textbook is riddled with pencil marks of my fixing the book, and this makes me sad.  Icing on the cake? The exam was tonight, (woot finally done) reading through the 3 essay type questions(GROSS) and reading them 5 times before finally deciding that they make no sense and i should just take key words out of it and try to construct an answer.  For a man with a Ph.D, you'd thiunk he could articulate a question!!!
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Breathe..

<3

A little bit of a rant.  Okay, I dont know how, but I thinks its my cats, my computer goes into "french" mode.  I`m sure anyone in my prediciment know what im talking about, but for those who dont, its the alternate meanings for buttons, how like the shift+ question mark gives me É, ye, thats annoying, so i have to go and find where ? is in the french mode, which turns out to be shift + 6, odd eh?  Ye, if anyone has the solution to my problem, feel free to say, I could go about searching the net, but Im not bothered that much, just almost. Give me a few weeks. :)

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Cars `n` Roses

So, ever wonder exactly what an engineer does in real life? Lexus LFA would be one example, a feat of engineering they say took 9 years.  Now as sexy as this car is, here, no need for watching a video to see the sexyness, ----> look there it is. Don`t you want to drool on the interior?  I`d strongly advise against it, 350,000 pounds.  So, bout 590,000 Canadian dollars.   haha could buy a Ferrari for 200,000 less.  Yes, the sad truth is, being a ME is hard, all day we think bout all these pretty toys we will soon get to be part of, and soon hope to own, if not drive around a test track.  :)


So being the awesome person I am, I acquired a couple jobs today!  As of right now, I am $1400 away from Flordia on March break!(I`ll keep ye posted on how things go) WOOT! (so if I disappear, look at the Social Club, I should be there... working)

Now why you ask, am I going to Flordia on March break? We`ll, I guess I`ll tell! Bike Week 2010. Bikers from all over NA gather, and all sorts of fun happens!  PS, if you have a bike (TYLER!!) you should come!

On with it, Clubs n societies fair was today. :( Sad my prof scheduled class during it!  Hope the girls had a good time and recruited!!!! And Im super excited for DIMITRIES & Zees :)

<3

Saturday, January 09, 2010

Cheesecake Lolli`s

Adventure number 1:

So, 11 am on a saturday, what is any normal person doing? Shopping (as this is a consumeristic world.) Well I wont dissapoint! I was:) in a mild form of it, which included the market. On everyones Saturday morning escapades should be the Saturday morning farmers market, the great cure for any misdemeanours that happened the previous night, may it be drinking ones self into a stupor and finding ones self with no underwear in a strangers bed, to working all day and night and waking up in the wee hours of the day to sounds of a wasing machine from the murdous landlord. So yes, I like any awesomely awesome person went to the market! Highlight you may ask? The "Flight of the Eagle" booth. Now, any of my sisters will understand, and I'll leave it at that. lol.. You may ask why meantion it? Well to answer you, cuz I can. I'm kind of a bitch that way, you'll see. ;)

Adventure number 2:

Now, after a great stint at the market, what does one do for entertainment in the town on freddy beach? Well, not too far away is a lil place called 'Science East.' What is this? Any one with children probably know, but for you adults out there, its an amazingly awesome place where science is dumbed down for the ordinary person. Haha... I watch too much " The Big Bang Theory" .... ye, Im only marginally geeky. Get over it. ANYWAYS, awesome place, go to it!


Adventure number 3:

Back on track with shopping, is the awesome "boutique" if you will, of "Geek Chic" home to periodic table of elements shower curtains, and dreams of science, perfect after science museum stop eh?

Favourite shirt of all time --> now, haha comment "woot if you know what it means ;)








Adventure number 4:

The quest for chinese food. Okay, Saturday afternoon lunching is difficult in the downtown, this same thing happened in Moncton too! Chinese, or any foreign food place for that matter, don't like the morning..apparently. But yes, we went to "Asia Beef Noodle" and lo and behold, it wasnt open. -tear- Its ok, I'm over it now, we went to the mall!

Adventure number 5:

Now the mall, being the ever popular hangout for kids who get allowances and spend their day wasting braincells at the arcade, was busy to le extreme.. went through half the mall parking lots findng a spot to park. :( boo. Might I say, I hate bad drivers, in this case it was a man. Lets just say, I win. now, being at the mall, and our group having dispersed, I happen upon a couple of my ladies. And being true to it, went shopping. :)

-Peace