me -> you

I got bit by a monkey at a temple last night.

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:22:30 -0400

So, I am still in India. I had a bit of a hard time with my itinerary so everything has been delayed. My ticket says that I will be back in Toronto on the 6th, but that is only if I successfully board a series of tight boardings from Panjim to New Delhi to Seoul to Calgary to Toronto. It’s going to be a hellish 48 hours of airporting.

Holy fuck, it’s happening. See you in September!

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:19:21 -0400

Holy fuck, it’s happening.

See you in September!

re: ?

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:33:49 -0400

I question her sources as well, since it was through Facebook that she found out. Apparently her and Glen were randomly looking at people’s birthdays.

Tiff rather excitedly just told me that you were the same age as Kathy.

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:58:20 -0400

True? I didn’t know that she was 35!

I got my vaccination yesterday

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:45:14 -0400

It was all a very sketchy operation because I am technically not a Korean and would not have just paid $3.50 for it. My sister whispered her health insurance, phone number and address in my ear while I wrote it all down with my very shaky Korean.

Malaria-free!

On another note,

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:32:01 -0400

I just opened my bag and a fucking dragonfly flew out! I have never been so startled.

Squirrely post

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:31:14 -0400

I am on the verge of not writing this post at all because it is the third time writing it due to computer problems but with the recent silence from my end, I suppose I owe you this much.

This one is going to be everywhere back and forth on your posts because I haven’t replied to them in so long.

“My initial crush on you was because of your big mouth and bad assness (and for your hotness).”

When I read this the first time I read “your BAD mouth and BIG assness.” I actually took it as a pretty good compliment.

So you have half-yellow fever? I guess I have something similar towards white males. Or more correctly, non-asian males. I think I’ve explained this to you before as a default position because I find coupling with an asian while being a fake-asian to be too culturally-charged. That being said, I had a cute crush on Han in 2A last year. I think he is just too cute.

re: Panzer + Carmen L + Gabe Li

What a bizarre incident. I’ve never met this Carmen, but I remember you describing her as ridiculously good-looking with the biggest white teeth you’ve ever seen. This simultaneously makes me want to high-five Pooya and shake him really hard. He is just so painfully Iranian sometimes. That, and I think he is, at times, too nervous and shy to really put himself out there. Remember how much feet-shuffling and mumbling he did with the “I got story for you” last term (re: Daniela). He mentioned it for like 3 weeks then neglected to tell me in the end! He just defeatedly said, “so, guess no story” when he was saying goodbye to me.

Speaking of Panzer, I might be his neighbour come September. That is, if everthing works out with Lily and my roommate. The roomie is a big of a question mark because Jody is currently looking for a place in Ainslie after Connor backed out on the deal by signing a lease somewhere else. If she splits the rent with me, it will be so much more closer and cheaper than finding a place in Ainslie but I think she wants to be near more people. Then a few days ago, Tyler Bowa approached me for splitting the rent on it. Trouble is, I don’t know how serious he is (since he’s always commuted back to his house in Waterloo) and I imagine that he will want to have constant parties when I’m sure this is not what the landlord wants. I still haven’t heard back from Lily, so I guess we’ll wait and see.

Oh, and Gabe is a girl.

On this not being your place. I sometimes agree with Farid. Sometimes, I see you losing it in front of me (or atleast on your blog) and I feel very helpless. You are one of the most selfish person I have ever met in that you will not make any compromises for yourself in dealing with people, doing things for people, doing anything in general. If you see no merit in it, have not an inkling of respect for those involved, or just see no fucking worth in it, you just cannot bring yourself to carry through with it. I don’t think anything that anyone says really matters to you at this point so I just wait until you realize yourself that you should just do it to finish your thesis, graduate, and get the hell out of here (there?). I have similar sentiments for you and the school as I do for Pooya and the school. I will honestly be happy for you when you leave.

me: How is Panzer?

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:51:50 -0400

me: How is Panzer?
Pooya: heart broken.
Pooya: one of the fans doesn't work.
me: what fans?
Pooya: cpu
Pooya: wait.
Pooya: which panzer did you mean?
Pooya: the computer or the human?

Today

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:48:44 -0400

is my last (relatively) free day before I do a whirlwind series of classes for all my students. I am quite flattered that they are panicked at the thought of me leaving them, but some are just getting outright greedy. Twice a day is more than enough, I think!

I will shop for a few things that I need for India (fleece blanket, water bottle, swimsuit, etc) and maybe get a base tan from an unusual appearance from the sun at the same time. I am very very tired of the grey sky of Seoul (speaking of which, I like the name Grayson as well).

and

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:44:01 -0400

Your explanation of why you named your hard drive Penelope is so typically nerdy of you—it makes me laugh.

By the way, without the Odysseus reference, it just makes you sound really fruity, which makes it even funnier.

I hope you don't mind that I sometimes talk about you to my conversation students.

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:40:36 -0400

They asked me what I liked about you, and I said that you were very smart—that you knew something about everything, even the most obscure. The history of hookers is a very good example of this.

I have a crazy taste in baby names as well

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:35:47 -0400

No matter what everybody says, I think the names “Cedar” and “Denim” are adorable names for a boy. I also like first names that sound like last names, like Anderson, Catcher, and Fielding. When two of my students asked for an English name for me, I went through a whole lot of stress trying to come up with normal names that they would like. They chose Aidan and Chase. So Normal-ish.

I’m going to have “Lance Schantz” stuck in my head for the whole day.

Did you name your computer Penelope?

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:30:46 -0400

I was very confused with that post for a very long time. I thought perhaps that Anna had gotten a cat, but I couldn’t imagine why/how you would “start her up”.

Random Newspaper Find #52

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:22:48 -0400

Random Newspaper Find #52:

Since, for a lot of my students, I have to provide a news article or an editorial as reading materials, I have been reading on a lot of online newspaper sites over the past few months. Most of the articles I find have to be boring things like the FTA and Mad Cow crisis, but I sometimes stumble across ones like this that I am SO tempted to print and bring—but I don’t because I should be more professional.

A teenager is battling a mystery illness which allows her to only eat Tic Tacs.

Natalie Cooper, 17, says the two-calorie mints are the only food her body doesn’t reject. The rest of her sustenance comes from a specially-formulated feed which she receives from a tube.

last night

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:15:51 -0400

I randomly thought about the time we were talking in your bed one night. I was telling you about the whole pregnancy incident when you suddenly asked, “Now, where the fuck was the guy during all of this?” I said, “He was around, ” paused, and then said, “It was Rick.” I remember you being very still after this and how I laughed because I had—for a moment, I’m sure—had you.

One of my all time favourite sex-scene on screen is a director’s cut of Waking the Dead. Billy Crudup’s character, Fielding (a name I love, by the way), goes down on his sleeping girlfriend when she starts to stir and mumur. As she is supposedly climaxing while still half asleep, she whispers, “Oh, Daddy!” Fielding, shocked, looks up at his girlfriend’s face and sees that she is full awake and smiling at him. She was fucking with him and I thought then that that’s how it ought to be.

sleeping with my backpack

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:04:01 -0400

It was quite honestly a mistake, though I’m sure I would have done it anyway. Like I said, I like having it on when I am at home. But I ESPECIALLY like to have it on when I am reading about India in my travel book. I just see it as the the right, complete thing to do. So I was reading in bed when I simply fell asleep. I had a buckle mark on my face from having slept on it when I woke up.

I really really hope that the profs stay in Cambridge for a night next term. I really really want to see them drunk. Really.

PS: How are your knees?

NSFW

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:57:39 -0400

A friend of mine blogged about this island resort (http://www.cat69.com/desires.html) where you can bang girls for 3 days for just a meager $3900. If you want to be a bit more of a high roller, they have executive packages that include:

-two girls for each night of your entire stay

-pre-selection of your favourite girls for the first night of your stay and/or “first pick” of your favourite girl or girls at the Welcome Cocktail Party

-a Welcome Cocktail Party

-accommodation in a VIP Suite

-all meals and drinks served at the villa

-complimentary massages

-transportation to and from the local airport

Well thank goodness they include the transportation to and from the airport. That’s really the deal maker or breaker in my opinion.

I just got my backpack for my trip. I wear it whenever I am...

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:07:42 -0400

I just got my backpack for my trip. I wear it whenever I am home. I slept with it on last night.

back!

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:04:00 -0400

Lot’s of sun and lot’s of giant mosquitos. You are going to be impressed with all the bites that I have on my legs and arms when I get back.

SO TYPICAL of the 2Bs to outdo themselves. They are totally setting up the bar impossibly high for us. It sounds like we will have to hire a pyrotechnic and include a semi-nude scene to be close to being in the same ball park as them.

And why is it that the profs never partied with us last year? I have heard all these drunk-prof stories but they are more of an urban legend to me. As for the different-girls-on-your-arms remark, my curiosity is piqued. Names?

A little vacation

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:53:42 -0400

I am leaving for a small vacation tomorrow so you won’t be hearing from me until Monday (not that there had been a wellspring of posts from yours truly as of late!). I thought it would be courteous to leave with a note rather than have you think that I got mugged and took my computer with it.

I am a big fan of Narelle Autio, especially the colour series where a bunch of people are diving and wrestling in cloudy water. I want to get a print very badly.

I am glad that your knees are doing better. I expect you to be in top condition when I get back, what with all the things that I am going to do with you.

Have a nice week/weekend!