An article I found an enjoyable read:
The BitTorrent Effect

Probably found this cool just because i'm a little jazzed about design project right now but still... :)

Super excited :)

Mom's bringing me a coffee maker tmrw (super excited to go and buy my own coffee...haha yeah i need a life)
Dinner with Chris, Vivian, Peter(?) tmrw night...
Dinner with Justin, Jason, Jo, Matt Sat night...
Dinner with Uncle & the family Sun night...
Reading week in 36 days...

YAH! :)

Only the losers win
they've got nothing to prove
They'll leave the world with nothing to lose
You can laugh at the weirdos now
Wait till wrongs are right
They'll be the ones with nothing to hide

'Cause I've been thinking, thinking
I've got a plan to lose it all
I've got a contract pending on eternity
If I haven't already given it away
I've got a plan to lose it all

I've been the burnout kid
I've been the idiot
I'll turn the other cheek to be hit
You can take what you want from me
Empty me till I'm depleted
I'll be around if I'm ever needed

I wrote this song for you
To show how I'm selling out
I'll take the benefit of a doubt

-- Switchfoot, Loser

Pretty tired today. Had a lot of lecture today but that was okay because a couple of them were pretty good. One prof talks so fast that he himself had to stop to catch his breathe. lol. But it wasn't a bad day (free pizza at the koffler centre too!).

I think i'm going to go head out and try to get some work done at Second Cup. Went there yesterday and felt pretty productive in general so that's my plan for now.

Also on the plan: lose weight. I really have to :( I've been taking in a lot of junk and such recently.

Funny thing is that I'm currently enrolled in 7 courses (auditing and need to drop 2 lest I kill myself) and a classmate of mine offered to PAY me for my spot in a course he wanted. lol. it was hilarious. I'm going to give him the spot without cost of course but I had a good laugh at that. Seriously, that's dedication. :)

skool's started and although i'm worried about design, i'm also a bit excited for the term. not as enthused as i was for last term, regrettably. it's the final stretch so i'm hoping to make it a good run.

holidays were great! some rough patches but was really happy to spend it with some of the special people in my life. I didn't get to meet up with everyone i wanted given design project and the short duration of the break so I still have some people booked for later on :)

All in all, i've been happy and glad for a lot of reasons. the lyrics i have on the blog header up there really hit home (from an old song i found on my computer from the Shallow Hal soundtrack -- reappended below just in case i change my header soon). For various reasons, I've learned to be my own person and grow. I'm so different from who I was before (at least, to me) and I'm far far far from perfect but those around me have taught me more and more of who I want to be and I'm really glad I have them :)

And now.....onto the wonderful world of SCHOOL. nargh :)


So if you live your life in a three piece suit,
In a cocktail dress, or combat boots
You pick your path and you walk your truth
And the world will come round to you.

Pop the cork, a champagne glass
Raise to the future, drink to the past
Thank the Lord for the friends he cast,
In the play he wrote for you.