The Adventures of Laura in Edmonton

I'm doing a presentation on blogging and travel in my Studies in Popular Culture class in a while. I don't have a travel blog but I think this summer I'll start a separate bit to this one about my experiences in Edmonton and the surrounding areas. Yay! Folk Festival here I come!
-Laur

The bitter taste of...

So, as you may or may not have gleaned from my internet silence, I bombed my G2. I won't go into the petty details, so let's just say I did it to myself and will not be making that one fatal mistake ever again. I have another date set up on the 27th, and hopefully I will come to school triumphant that day.
It's funny how quickly things happen; the other day it got cold, and I mean COLD. Like bone-chilling, finger-numbing, lung-stinging cold. And you know what happened? All the leaves fell off the trees like a scene out of a cartoon season montage. I could almost imagine the "whumph!" noise as I watched them steadily cover my neighbour's car in a sea of brilliant yellow. I wish I had taken a picture.
We're past the midpoint, the point of no return, and I can't wait for December to get here.

We've started answering the phone with "Season's greetings" at work. It is upon us.

-Laur

On the road

Tomorrow morning I go for my G1 exit test, which means that if I pass I will have my Ontario G2 licence. That's a pretty big deal, because for a while there nobody, including me, thought I would ever get my G2. I was pretty scared of driving for reasons that now amuse me, but no more. Thanks to an awesome instructor, I'm more comfortable than ever.
Wish me luck, and watch the streets!

-Laur

Mount Fashion

I need to put my laundry away, ASAP. I think I started it on Tuesday. I'm fairly sure, in fact. It is now Saturday night, and there is this colossal mountain of laundry in a basket threatening to topple over on my bed and send shirts and jeans and a few bras (eeeeek!) sprawling all over the floor. I'll get to that. Soon.
To tell you the truth, I haven't been in my house all that often this week. Monday I was barely there at all, same with Tuesday. Wednesday was probably the only day I spend a really long period of time in the house. I borrowed Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now: the complete dossier" from SMIL at York because I skipped the screening of it in Filming Lit last Friday to do some other homework. I'm watching it because it is the film adaptation of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" that my prof chose to use. Watching it took most of the afternoon. It was a stunning, heart wrenching, mind-boggling film. I don't think I'll ever watch it again, but I'm really glad that I did see it.
Thursday I had a driving lesson after practicum. It was snowing. What an experience! Albert said I did fine, but I was definitely uncomfortable. I have my road test this Wednesday, so I hope his faith in me pays off!
Yesterday I wasn't really home either, I went straight from school to work. And then after work I was inexplicably ill. It was really bad. Maybe my job is finally making me sick to my stomach. Oh dear.
Anyways, this blog is just another distraction that is keeping me from putting away my laundry. I'm going to put on some music and fold and hang up and stash in drawers until my room regains some semblance of order.

Oh, and by the way, I went to the new Wal-Mart on Wednesday before my movie viewing. It was pretty awesome.

-Laur

Hmmmm, the past can sure haunt us...

http://lauraadventure.blogspot.com/2007/05/wa-ma.html

Read this post from May. It is now November. Wal-Mart opens on Wednesday, and there is no Chapters/Indigo building in sight, though the Super Shoppers is gorgeous. Bathurst and Centre is going to become nigh on unnavigable as of Wednesday.
Tempus fugit, yet again.

-Laur

There's just something about a man in a corset...

October is over, and so is the fun, at least until December 4 rolls around. I appreciate my kicks, no doubt, but gosh I wish it could be Halloween every month. As you can see, Mal and I had a pretty amazing time on campus. We were accosted by Spartans, watched Rocky Horror Picture Show in Winters, and danced until our feet bled in Vanier. It was fantastic.
November always gives me something to think about, though, and I have to respect it for that. I have to think about Daylight Savings Time, which starts tomorrow (yay extra hour of sleep before work!) and Remembrance Day, and dressing appropriately for the weather as well as all the assignments I have to do. My OSAP documents just arrived at York so this month I can breathe a little easier, and stop accumulating interest on my tuition account.
It's been interesting watching the months go by from a teaching standpoint, as well. Right now is only midterm for my grade 9 and 10 bebes, and soon I'll be losing my Civics kids to a new and rowdier batch of students. Boohoo.
Anyway, I need to keep on top of my work or there will be trouble, that's for sure.
-Laur