Such an 'UGH' day/weekend.

You know what sucks? Being sick. You know what sucks even more? Being sick when it's 30C outside with 51% humidity and no A/C. I feel like I'm dying. I'm probably going to go take a cold shower after this post.

I've got one week of exams left! First one is tomorrow night, then wednesday, friday, sunday, and last one is tuesday night.

I'm slowly working on my design board for my room, I'm hoping to post it soon.

I'm looking for some new music to put on my ipod for the 12 hour flight to Maui next week, so if you have some suggestions, comment! I'm starting to like anything, really.

I've been watching Being Human the past couple of days to get myself to rest and get over this cold (which is not going away). It is amazing! I'm on Series 3, episode 4 now. This is the UK version I'm watching, thanks to netflix! Netflix finally decided to take prepaid credit cards, so I was able to sign up for the one month trial. I don't know if I'll continue with it after the one month, we will see.

I know a lot of people complain that it doesn't have a lot of new movies and shows on it, but since I rarely watch movies when they first come out in theatres or on dvd, it's great for me! There are plenty of movies I want to see, haha! It'll be great for when I'm sitting in Vancouver airport next week for 3-4 hours.

I'm going to go take a shower now. Looks like there's a thunderstorm rolling in! And the heat should break tomorrow, thank goodness.

Life Updates

Hello everyone! I know I haven't posted in... awhile. This is my first post under the new blogger platform. I haven't really made up my mind on how I feel about it. I think I'm just not one for changes on the internet. If things are working, leave them, haha. I'll warm up to it, I'm sure.

So, life. Things have happened, things haven't happened since I last wrote.
I officially got my rejection emails from UVIC law and UBC law, which I expected. It's never fun to get rejected though, expected or not. I'm hoping to resit my LSAT in October, giving me the whole summer and a bit to practice, practice, practice. I need to knock it out of the ballpark. What will I be doing this year? I'll be working full time, and I'm hoping to get into UVIC under a non-degree seeking status to take one or two classes over fall and winter. My dad wants this so I can stay on his medical, which I agree. And maybe I can still get CPP cheques? Never hurts to get money from the government. Never.

I've looked at some classes at UVIC that I might want to take. Consumer Psychology. That sounds interesting. I love everything to do with how people react (unknowingly) to advertising and products and shopping and all that stuff. It's fascinating. There's an international politics course I want to take, I can't remember it's exact name, but it sounds interesting! And there's another politics course on Public Policy Advising or writing, something like that. I feel that would be helpful in law. Of course, all these decisions on what class to take depends on what year I'm admitted as and what classes I'm allowed to take and what my current classes transfer in to.

My last day of classes was yesterday! I just have to make it through finals next week and then I'm a undergraduate in Criminology! Woo hoo! I'll have another piece of paper to add to my wall :P And then right after my last final, I fly off to Maui! Literally, less than twelve hours after my last final I'll be on the plane. Final = April 24th, 7pm-10pm; Takeoff = April 25th, 8:45am.

I am getting very excited for Maui. I've been slowly getting things ready and buying what I need to buy. I bought the Underwater Digicam from Photojojo.com

I haven't full tested it out, since I don't go swimming and it's not warm enough here to chill at the beach! It is waterproof though, my sink tested that out. It's lo-fi, but I just want something that I can take with me where ever so I don't miss out on anything. Especially when snubing. I would have bought an underwater housing bag for my DSLR, but I would've been too chicken to test it out, haha. The risk vs. reward wasn't a good ratio to me. I have to buy a Micro SD card for it though.

I also bought some proper sunglasses last week. A nice pair of Ray Bans. I have RB's as my eyeglasses, and love how light they look. I've had them for a year and they haven't been broken yet, so I trust them. They didn't have the funky colours that I wanted, but that might've been a good thing, haha!

Another exciting thing about going to Maui is that my Aunt is going to come scoop me away and we're going for lunch during my 7 hour layover in Vancouver. Ahh, West Coast air!

What else has happened? Hmm... the 9th was the one year mark when my mom passed away. I just lazed around that day and watched tv and movies. I did go out to get a hot chocolate and I finally found a Starbucks that had the Daffodil pins in stock. If you didn't know, April is Cancer Awareness Month (Daffodil Month)! Go out and donate and pick up a pin!

Nothing else besides all that. I'm looking forward to May 15th, Diablo 3 is released! Goodbye life. June 3rd is convocation and pretty much all my family is coming out to Ottawa :) Then I get to move home, finally! I get to see familiar faces and get back into being social! And driving. Boy do I miss driving. It's almost been a year since I've driven a car. I feel like I'm missing a part of me :(

Right now I'm doing some calculations and math stuffs for Janine and I's road trip to Cali in 2012. 2 weeks on the road, comic con, san fran, LA, Las Vegas, Seattle, Portland. Can't get much better than that! Have a good day, I'll be doing some posts on my room design and wishlists and some photos!

Four re-edits, the weather, and a short update!

I was bored today and I really wanted to edit some photos, so I looked to see what .raw files I had from over a year ago. I really liked these four that I found. I re-cropped them and re-edited them from how they had originally been edited.

It has also been SO warm the past couple of days! It is currently 24C outside (at 630pm!), same with yesterday, tomorrow, and a projected 26 degrees on wednesday (which the actual temperature has been about 5C above the projected number). There will also be humidity wednesday as it's supposed to feel like 30. Ugh. Don't complain, don't complain! Haha. And then by friday, we're back to a balmy high of only 6. I just wish the weather would keep at a steady range. Whether that be 6-10C or 15-20C, I don't care.

I have also decided on how I'm going to decorate my room when I get home. I have the pictures for the inspiration, the wall colours, and accent colours picked out. I've got the layout of the room in my head and I'll just need to do some measurements when I get home to pick the perfect couch, desk, chair, and drawers. I'll do a post about it this week! And I apologize for being MIA, I haven't really been motivated to do anything lately. Kind of sucks, but yeah. Only 3 weeks + finals left of school (and not just this term, but of university)!

Macro boredom.

I was bored today and I had some feathers laying around from a headband. I also found my eye dropper the other day, so I decided to set up my tripod and put on my macro lens! I've totally forgotten how much fun shooting in macro is! <3

Recent Purchases

I went to Old Navy and Chapters today! I got some comfy pj shorts, jeans, and basic capris (for Maui!) from Old Navy.  Chapters is having an amazing sale on their home things! I bought the porcelain vase for $5!! I couldn't say no! Go check out your local Chapters and see what steals you can find! I also picked up the latest House & Home, and they had one left of this month and last, so I yanked them! Can't wait to jump into those and find some great design ideas!

Wooden Pallets Bed Frames

I'm in love with this simple (and cheap) diy bed frame! I think this is what I'm going to do when I get home, as I want to downsize my queen for a double (I want more room space!) and I'll have to get a new bed frame. If I can sleep in a single for two years, a double will be plenty of room! Pallet beds can add a nice rough/rustic feel to a room. Or they can be painted any colour you want (over and over again, too!) to suit your walls! Here are some examples of a pallet beds:

Lori has posted about what types of pallets to get, and if you want to either make them or buy them new, here. And she also has a tutorial for making a toddler's bed out of pallets, here. If you don't want to buy them or snatch them from a store, you can always try your hand at building one! It's very simple, and explained by Kim, here!

So productive!

It's only 1220p and it feels like it should be 4 or 5p with this productivity surge in me! I've completely cleaned my room, folded my laundry, gotten dressed (haha), and have finished my midterm paper for my class at 230p.

I'll probably take pictures of my room tonight or tomorrow afternoon. I bought some things for a really good deal at Chapters last night. I went with just the intention of buying a blanket that I've wanted for the past year but it was way to expensive for a blanket ($65). It was 50% off though, and that brings it just into a slightly reasonable price bracket for a blanket. I also got to wicker type magazine holders (the last two) for 75% off, which made them like $7. When I move back to Victoria I may spray paint them black or white depending on how I do my room, but there colour is fine for now.

I can't wait for reading break to start after today's class! My friend and I are playing drinking Monopoly to kick start it and forget these midterm blues. I'll be posting lots this week! I've got some ideas in my head that I want to do/post :)