The day looked bright, and then...

This morning I woke up and made a stealth run into the kitchen where I tossed on some Hey Rosetta tunes and started making breakfast. I was trying not to wake anyone up but it took a lot longer than I expected and the result was 6 hungry people waiting as the tantalizing smell of waffles wafted from the kitchen.

  

With a  table full of toppings for the waffles including berries, apples,bananas, sugars, syrups and of course whipped cream (not pictured) it was a test of will not to dig in right away, waffles or not.

The end result was a table full of happy roommates and the disappearance of many delicious waffles. There wasn't much talk at the breakfast table but the silence was a sign of their appreciation I am sure. It also left more room for the soulful crooning of Tim Baker and the rest of Hey Rosetta to softly brighten my morning. What a great start to the day!


On an Un-waffle-related note I received my final mark for the one act play I directed for my directing class, as well as my final mark in the course overall. I must say I was thoroughly appreciative, as the mark fully reflected all the time and hard work I put into the course throughout the semester. The comments on the scene also gave me a good chuckle because as I was reading them i couldn't help but imitate the very distinct vocal patterns of my prof.

 The day was looking extremely bright until I remembered that I have been putting off studying for my Economic Geography exam that is tomorrow morning. I really need to kick this procrastinating habit because my entire day (outside of waffles and this blog post of course) was and will be devoted to cramming as much of the course material as I can before tomorrow morning's 9 am exam.

Words Words Words

This week has been ACTION PACKED!!

Monday and Tuesday were kind of boring, I re-read some novels to refresh them in my mind for my Gothic Literature exam.

Wednesday saw me writing my Gothic exam that was aforementioned up there ^ I think I did all right, it was two and a half hours of solid writing. After my Exam the Swedes, Gerard and I went to The Rooms, the usual things were there but we were all sorely disappointed that the giant squid was on holidays because his tank was going under maintenance and cleaning. They had an exhibit in the art Gallery on Goya which was kind of neat, he seems like he was a very dark person but his art was nice and some of the images were shown in my courses this semester. Also in the gallery there was a theremin. I tried to play it but it wouldn't work for me, everyone else was playing it but when I put my hands near it, it stopped. I attempted again before we left and found out that I have to hold my hands further away then everyone else did. I think it is just because my Awesomeness overloaded the theremin.The rooms was a time.

Thursday was wasted, I spent almost the entire day playing Nintendo with Daniel and Gerard I woke up Friday morning with a hardcore case of Nintendo Thumb on both thumbs, it was Brutal.

Friday morning found us all awake early (some of us with less choice then others) we went on a hike from our house to Signal Hill, up to the top, all around the top, took the trail that went down and around the cliff side and ended up back where we started downtown. We had some great weather and I made some wicked trail mix.When we got back downtown we went to the Bagel Cafe for a second breakfast. I had just enough time when we got home to get ready for work. After work I went to Sierra's house and met up with everyone who was there. I got some awesome vegetarian chili and got in on some fun games of headbands.

Saturday was devoted to working at the juice mines  :(

Today was also devoted to the juice mines for the most part. I worked with Levi for his last shift and it was a great time until we got the idea to try to eat a tablespoon of Matcha green tea powder. If you haven't tried to eat a tbsp full of it before, trust me you Don't want to. It turned to a super sticky paste in my mouth and stuck everywhere, my teeth were green for twenty minutes at least. After work Sarah Smmm picked me up and we went to Coffee and Company for a Coffee and Coloring date. As usual it was a stellar time there was amazing service, fantastic music, some great grumbling chats as well as some future talks and we colored our hearts out until closing time. We left feeling a lot better (at least I did) and I gave the staff a picture I colored. It was my contribution to the second Grow project in which the prompt was to grow a friendship.

I just took a break from writing to read the second chapter of American Gods by Neil Gaiman to Amki's brother Daniel. I read the first chapter last night and remembered just how great of a book it is. Daniel enjoys it because he loves being read to as much as I enjoy reading to people and one of the main characters is Odin (A god from Norse mythology). If you haven't read it or you don't know who Neil Gaiman is, I highly recommend reading any of his novels or his children's stories.

Oh Finals! and Wine!

So, it's final exam time again and my house is sure showing the signs: for one it is spotless because the swedes and I spent a part of the day cleaning it, also all of my video games have been taken out of the hibernation period that was this semester ( I spent hours today playing a game that I don't even like that much) and finally my textbooks are neatly stacked where they were when I cleaned my room last. In case you haven't guessed I am a hardcore procrastinator, it is literally flowing in my blood. I have two finals this semester, a pay off for having so much work during the semester. My first is Gothic Literature on Wednesday and Economic Geography on the 19th. I am sure I will find some time tomorrow to study for Gothic I mean there is only so much Nintendo thumb a guy can stand before he has to go to the health sciences.

I mentioned the swedes up there ^, my roommates family and friends are visiting from Sweden and we have a very full house. I really don't mind it though, well except the other day, I had just gotten the shampoo in my hair when the hot water gave up and the torrent of icy cold that was left over was less than desirable.It's nice to have 3 new roommates for a short while because I have someone to play video games with. They have some interesting stories and anecdotes to share and the look of surprise they gave me when at 1:30 the other night when I made a giant cup of tea and said I was off to start a paper was priceless. Tonight at dinner I got to try a new wine (they brought it with them from Niagara Falls), it's called ice wine and they pick the grapes by hand during the night when it is like -15 and it takes a lot more grapes to make a bottle of wine because there is very little liquid in the grapes. It was good but it is a dessert wine and for good reasons, on  the wine sweetness scale it is a 17! ( a regular wine is usually 1-4 and honey is 30) I love sweet things but this wine was a little much even for me.

Speaking of wine the other night I went to a friends house after work. She was having a party with a prom theme (there are so many prom themed parties everywhere lately) I didn't dress up but that's okay because I was dressed as the kid that was too cool to go to prom. I wasn't planning on drinking because I had been the last few days ( don't judge me, classes are out) but it seems like the nights that you don't plan on drinking at a party just never seem to work out. I was given a bottle of homemade wine which disappeared over the evening and before I knew it we were sitting around her living room playing drinking games and singing Disney songs until the neighbours came over and complained.

In my last post I mentioned the one act play I was directing. We had our classes final scenes a week ago and they were all pretty amazing. It was kind of inspiring to have seen some of the rehearsal processes and how each director worked and then to see the final product on stage. In addition to the play I directed, I also acted in a scene as well as co-emceed the evening with my classmate Ryan Dillon. I was thoroughly impressed with the results of the evening and received compliments from strangers on how well of a job I did, it made me feel really Stellar.

Now that summer is almost here you can probably expect a few more blogs because i have the free time to write them on the other hand, I need to find some form of employment that will give me full time hours because if I don't I will be camping permanently : )

Sarah Smmm, I owe you a coffee and coloring date, name the time (coffee and company is the place, it's tradition) and I can most likely be there (we can call it a study break if you like)

Because I promised Lenore

They say time goes faster as you get older and I never believed that before, until now because it is April already. I guess I owe this blurring of the sands of time to my schedule which is decidedly more hectic than it needs to be.

Did you know I am directing a one act play right now? It's part of my required course material for school. I am enrolled in the Diploma Program in Performance and Communications Media at MUN which I am doing concurrently with my English degree. The program takes a hands on approach to teaching us about theatre, television and video production and despite the fact that it is a time consuming beast, I love it. The play is called Afterglow and is written by Canadian playwright Peter Boychuk it is about two teens who are hiking in the woods in the Yukon looking for meteorite. There are some underlying feelings that come rushing to the surface and the play is both comedic and dramatic. This is my second time directing a scene and if you are in my city and you want to come see it (Sarah Smmm consider this your invite) come to the Reid Theatre on April 5th (Tuesday) for 7:00 p.m.

Last weekend I went to a wedding because I enjoy a good wedding every now and then. This one in particular has a fairly hilarious story of how I ended up being invited. Take the time back to December 2010, just a few months ago, I was at a Christmas party and that's where I met Sarah King. It was that party where I found out that Sarah ( a friend of a friend) was getting married. I jokingly asked her if I could be in the wedding party, she quickly declined that and denied me an invitation as well. Not taking no for an answer I suggested I could be somebody's plus one but again all places were taken and finalized. It became a running joke every time I saw Sarah that I was coming to her wedding, invited or not. When Sarah would introduce me to her friends or coworkers I would introduce myself and ask "are you going to Sarah's wedding? because I am" this got her into a bit of trouble with some people apparently because no, they were not invited. When the wedding came nearerI accepted the fact that I was probably not going to be able to go, Until, Caitlin messaged me and said that a few places had opened up the night before the wedding and Susan and I were going to fill two of those places. I got all dressed up and headed to the wedding on the big day and as soon as I got there I walked up to Sarah and said "I hate to say I told you so but I told you so". Anyways the wedding was a great time the food was delicious the band played some lively dance tunes and they wasted the good confetti on me. Sarah and I were dancing to this song and they blasted us with confetti for the photographers and unfortunately they only had one blast of confetti so when Brandon (her newlywed husband) cut in they had to scrape the confetti from the floor and reuse it. I kind of felt like Adam Sandler in the movie Big Daddy when they wasted the good surprise on him.

Also in upcoming news:

SUMMER!!!

In upcoming news that is happening sooner, my house is going to be invaded with vikings or if you prefer the politically correct term the Swedish relatives of my roommate. Her brother, his fiance and her best friend are finishing up a round the world tour by visiting us for a few weeks.They don't know yet that very soon after they get here we plan on celebrating the end of this grueling semester with a friendly game of this little gem that I found on the good ol internet. I hope the Swedes enjoy the taste of India pale ale as much as the rest of us do.

I leave you now to go watch Horton Hears a Who because I have yet to see it and I caught the first 15 minutes or so the other day between classes and it is something i feel the need to complete (unlike my homework) also it is late and I have a group meeting tomorrow morning at 10 am (oh group meetings how I loath and despise thee)

Later Days