60 minutes

I am going to try to sleep for one hour. Cannot focus.

All nighter: 3am

Screw the hourly updates. I don't have time for that crap.

It's 2:48 am.
I have to write the paper.
hahahhahahahaaha. yes, i sure do.

good news:
1) shower was pleasurable.
2) got 17.5/20 on my last econ assignment.
3) finished spanish homework (although unprepared for test).

bad news:
3am.
paper not done.

will check in later. getting tired.

All Nighter

November 28, 2004

Hour One.
7:10 pm.

Alarm set for 1 hr 15 mins at which time a break will be allowed. Break should not exceed 15 mins.

Focus of work: hauling notes out of books into coherent thought.

8:22pm (break & update).
Good, solid hour of work. Don’t have anything actually written that resembles a paper, but am learning lots about the Canadian government. Wow! Am going to eat bagel, check email and stretch. I have 7 more books here. I am going to be less specific. Am thinking of changing thesis, since I can’t really find anything (so far) that supports what I had in mind. This is why writing a paper the night before it is due is a very bad idea.

Hour two.
8:46pm.

Focus of work: completing section on basic PM powers. Structure first half of paper.

9:57pm (break & update).
Another good hour, although not progressing as quickly as I had hoped. I am feeling guilty for being a bad student because I am finding this whole process really interesting and I am into it and I have seriously decided to turn over a new leaf (good timing, considering that it is basically Christmas break). I guess second semester is better than never.
Because I am on a roll, I am going to finish up what I am doing and delay the 2 hour break. Then I will have a shower (my feet are cold).

10:40pm (break & update).
I have delayed the hour 2 break and am confused as to why the hour 2 break is actually coming closer to the 4 hour mark. Ah well, I don't have time to contemplate this at present. Cold weak coffee is very unsatisfying but so far i do not feel like passing out (of course, it is also nowhere near my usual bedtime yet). Brain is beginning to become fried with political information. Am going to shower & make some food (fish sticks, I think). Will perhaps do Spanish self-testing while fish sticks are cooking to rest mind from the mumbo jumbo responsible government, party discipline, separation of powers.

Wish me luck.

Bush will be speaking at Pier 21 at 10:30am on Wednesday December 1st.

We will gather in the Grand Parade square (1841 Argyle or Barrington St in front of City Hall) and march to Pier 21 to serve a warrant for the arrest of George Bush for his war crimes.

Start gathering well before 10am so we can leave Grand Parade promptly!

Please bring placards and banners and wear a black arm band for mourning.

The world will be watching us! Bush can run but he can't hide from world opinion. Show the world that Halifax supports peace and social justice, self-determination the environment and other people. If you are coming from out of town, you may want to park outside of the city core and take any bus that goes downtown to avoid traffic and parking woes.

http://hfxpeace.chebucto.org/_archives/01.12.2004bushinhalifax.html#gathering

WHITE AMERICA

President George W. Bush will be in Halifax on Wednesday December 1st, 2004.

That's next week.

He is coming because he is hoping Halifax will give him a warmer reception than Parliament would have.

Please help me prove him wrong.

If the rumours are true, and he is only going to be at the airport, please find a ride out to the airport. The shuttle runs from all the major hotels and is something like $12. Start saving.

Somebody got lucky...

...but it was an accident.

"I'll see you around"

Sure. OK. Sounds great. Although I'd much rather see you around here instead of just around. I'll take what I can get, i ought to be used to that by now.

I am heading up to school for the 3rd time in one day. Don't say i'm a slacker. (i'm the only one allowed to say that)

Tried, Tested &True

Best activity for meeting people
Drinking in a bar

Last year’s voters picked "walking" (health-conscious fools), but surrounding yourself with drunks is a time-tested, surefire way to make new friends. Not only is everyone much smarter when they’re drunk, they’re also very attractive.

Don't Look Back

I was a secret once. It was bad. Secrets turn people mean and drive them far apart.

I'm so very glad I have to work tonight. Otherwise I would go outta my mind. It's not my story. Never was, really.

Blues For Sister Someone

man.

in the opening scene of The Day After Tomorrow, it seems like the ice & snow will just melt under the guys' feet as he jumps the chasm.

why do i feel that way too?

it's not like i have nothing to offer the world at large, but the world at large just doesn't seem interested.

i have to figure out how to stop worrying about jerks.

REVOLT

i don't like this "go with the flow" attitude i have been hearing in the press. it's true that america is divided. it is important that the division remains clear and does not waver. don't listen to andy rooney telling you to lick your wounds and patch up your differences. don't wait four more years. don't kill that many more people.

viva la revolucion

A Change is Gonna Come

work always mellows me out. even though tonight i was half an hour late (oops, wrote the schedule down wrong)... it still mellowed me out. (except for the few times i was hella-cranky).

and tomorrow is going to be a grand day (with the possible small exception that it might have to be a day without caffeine. uh oh.)

so much to accomplish and a real determination.

can't wait to tell you how it pans out.

peace.

Sabotage

i know everybody wants to know how the b-boys was. it was awesome. like awesome, in the true sense of the word. it's hard to absorb a show like that in one sitting. great show, great fun, and i loved to hang out with my brother for a couple of days.

i hate to sound like a bitch, but sometimes i can't help it. i had asked a few people to get together with me at stage 9 last night for a beer, you know, maybe in honour of my birthday. is it lame to initiate your own birthday festivities? I suppose it is, a little but since i was out of town for the day of, i thought i could keep it simple by arranging a place to meet with the people who get me through the years. i mean 30 is supposed to be one for the books, right? i know, i know, it was a weeknight, and my plane was late getting in, and none of us have any money. but man, that is SO not the point. i don't want drinks, i don't want presents.... i was just hoping for a couple of hours of presence.

To the people that did put in appearance, i hope you know how much that means to me. to those who didn't, i hope you know that your absence feels kinda like a bad bee sting.

I'll get over this bitter pissed off sentiment in a few days and maybe then i will delete this post. but right now, i feel a little shafted. it's not like you get the chance to do you birthday over again. perhaps i am being too childish about the whole notion of the celebration in the first place.

i did have a great bday and i am lucky to have great pals. so thanks for making that happen, all y'all.

as usual, no conclusion to this post. just me, running off down the street - late for another appointment no doubt.