5 minutes to close at work
Girl: "Uhh. Hi. Yeah. I need to use your computer for like, ten or fifteen minutes."
Me: "I'll give you three, but this isn't a computer. It's a cash register."

Stupidity. So she went onto a floor computer and was yelling at it, because she couldn't get onto the internet. I guess no one told her that bookstores routinely only have computers with the store's inventory, unless otherwise marked as an Internet Cafe. Sigh.

I don't like it when my co-workers aren't responsible. I mean, I understand that people get sick, sometimes very suddenly. But this has been the second Saturday in a row that this person has called in sick, with under an hour before his/her shift was to start. Because of this person's lack of foresight, we were stuck with two cashiers on a Saturday night. No fun.

Hawksleyx6

Ok so I'm obsessed with Hawksley Workman. What's the big deal? I just bought tickets to his March 25 2006 concert at Massey Hall - 12th row, $80+ later. My Visa card is my new best friend...

A New Toy

Yes, our house has wireless access. Alex (the computer expert) connected the supposedly "challenging" wireless connection this afternoon in about 20 minutes. Good thing - if we had mucked it up, it would have cost us $149 for the "Geek Squad" from Best Buy to come and fix it.

So now I can blog from bed... Tempting.

Gonna have to tell her tonight...

Yes, Kate successfully got us tickets to see Franz Ferdinand in October. Thanks, Kate. I really can't wait - they are awesome live. We're really close to the stage, in the first level of seating the closest to the stage. Woohoo!

On a non-related note... Did anyone else get major problems after the storm? Thank goodness I was at Chris', but my house was hit hard, due to a possible tornado in my area AND a powerbox being hit by lightning (which my brother witnessed). Our power went out at 4:00pm yesterday and only came back around 4:30 am this morning. It was fun attempting to read (and failing horribly), playing Uno and learning how to play Texas Hold 'Em by candlelight.

Another thing happened to our family this past week. My Grandmother adopted a dog. Her name is Indie, and she's the calmest dog I've ever met. She really is an interesting breed, too. We were told that she's Sato, mixed with Dalmation, but we can't find anything on Satos...

Anyway, that's it for now. I'm sure I'll add more when I get my booklist on Monday... I can't wait.

Two days. Two exams. Too excited to be finished summer school.

... not that I didn't enjoy the courses. The Canadian Authors course was great, but the cinema... well. It wasn't what I had expected. But it still was interesting. Just not as interesting as other Leonard courses.

I've started the countdown: one week until book lists are to be posted online for the Autumn term. I'm such a nerd, but I really really want to know what I will be reading and get a head-start by buying them from work for major savings. Hehe. And I have decided not to kill myself over 10 English courses this coming year: I will be taking Psychology in the Fall, and if I like it, will take the second half in the Spring session. Tons of reading, but not fiction. Thanks for convincing me, everyone. On a related note, I checked how many credits I need after this coming year: I need a few Cs (2? I think?) and 2 Ds. That's it. Maybe I can finish in 3 1/2 years...? That'd be great. No more concrete, cold ass buildings.

I have officially finished all of my essays and readings for my summer classes, and it feels damn good. For my procrastination (I really started the essay late last week, but I had done a lot of planning and outlines)(this, by the way, is not the worst case of procrastination - someone in my class has yet to start and it's due in 11 hours), the essays went surprisingly well, so that's good. It makes me feel more confident about taking those five English courses next year...

Speaking of courses, I discovered that they have changed the time of one of my courses... so instead of 12-130pm, it's from 9-1030am... so I will officially be in school on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Fall session from 9am to 6pm. Nice. Real nice. But, with only one class on Monday and Wednesday, and 3 hours of break (in which to read? maybe? procrastinate? eat poutine, gillian?) I cannot truly complain.