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I had my Sociology midterm on Thursday. Surprisingly, I studied quite a bit. The exam was 20 questions, in short answer/paragraph/1 word answers. 20 questions in one hour and worth 30% of my grade. Wow! I think I did alright; however, whenever I think I do okay on something, it usually turns out to be horrible. So we’ll find out next Thursday!
We went to a 1950s housewarming party last night. It was pretty fun, but there were many random people. Highlights include “Oscar” (Guy wearing an Oscar the grouch tshirt), Leah’s super drunkeness, dude dressed up from the 80s, and bumping into my friend’s ex-boyfriend (always a pleasure). I think we looked like a pretty cool bunch:
this city
I finished my English course last week so I only have my Sociology course remaining this summer. Unfortunately it’s at 1:30-2:30 Monday – Thursday, so that’s quite inconvenient for me. I’ve been doing a lot of things (none of which have been entirely productive) with my friends, which is really good. I managed to get us on the guestlist for DJ Sets Andy Butler (Hercules & Love Affair) and Pat Mahoney (LCD Soundsystem) at Celebrities the other week. The first hour at any show or dance thing (club? I hate the connotations behind clubs and clubbing) is always difficult to dance through. This is probably due to the fact that most people aren’t dancing in the beginning. Whatever. We didn’t care and the music (go listen to H&LA!) was great so we shook our little booties. Everyone loved Rob’s suspenders, snapping them here and there. And many boys loved Kristina; too bad they had horrible pick-up lines! Oh, and I give Celebrities a big thumbs up for clean bathrooms and glasses of water for free. Wow!
Last night we checked out The Cheaper Show at the old Storyeum building. 150 artists showing and everything is $200. The line up was suuuuuuuuper long (we didn’t anticipate this!) because admission was free; however, we saw some people we knew and slid our way in. Don’t hate – I’m sure everyone knew someone in that lineup and did the same thing. There was a lot of stuff I liked and probably 70% of the pieces featured that terrific red dot by the time we got in (8:30pm). Hurray for art!
night piece
It’s June! I have been busy with school (ha!), having just handed in my term paper for English last Thursday. Being in an compressed course, we do four months in two. Ha ha! It’s actually not that bad, but I reckon it’s due to the fact that I know how my professor teaches so I know what to expect.
My Sociology Professor, on the other hand, is full of surprises! First of all, he wears shorts. All year round. The same brand of blue running shorts. And then he wears a tshirt. Souvenir shirts from exotic places, shirts with funny sayings on them, etc etc. He mentioned a few classes ago that one would never catch him wearing the same tshirt in a semester (that’s three months). Can you imagine? I’m sure I own that many tshirts, but I always end up wearing the same dozen.
I’m starting to look into universities! It’s not as exciting as one would think. So far the list includes: UBC, SFU, McGill, Concordia, Queens, University of Toronto…I’m not really down on Onterrible (I couldn’t resist), however, I need to keep all of my options open. I’m still itching to go back to Japan in order to study, but I’m trying not to let that be an overwhelming factor in my decision.
Speaking of Japan…I have been listening to Shugo Tokumaru a lot lately. I love it! It helps me think and calms me down. He’s nothing fancy, but I love him regardless. Here’s a video:
