| There aren't many times when I really want to be in Germany. I miss friends and family but I don't particularly miss the country. Today, however, I wish I could be there to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the day that changed my life and the lives of so many people I know profoundly. Watching these videos still gets me choked up a little and I can't begin to say how grateful I am for everybody who fought for their our freedom. - Mood:thankful
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| Just quickly:
I made a pretty big f-cut because half of my f-list consisted of people who seem to be only my friends because they want me to be able to read their fic. Since I hardly do that anymore due to time constraints, I did them and myself a favor and cut the strings, thereby decluttering both of our f-lists.
A part of me is sad because it feels like losing friends... as pathetic as this may seem.
I'm really sorry if I cut you and you took it personally. Then again, I actually only cut people who never respond here anyway (and not even all of them), so chances are you won't even see this post. No hard feelings, I have people that I have nothing to say to on my f-list, too.
Let me know if I cut you and you don't understand because you thought we were best buddies or something like that. I don't see how that could have happened but you never know. ;)
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| So I was chatting with my friend in preparation for next week's exam... Alex: Do you know all the definitions for the midterm yet? It's sooo much. Synaptic transmission, psychophysics, specificity coding... Jana: Yeah, I think I'm fairly okay with most of them... Alex: I hate you... ^^ So...... what is specificity coding? Jana: There was this concept of 'grandmother cells'... Alex: Uh huh... Jana: and they did these experiments where they found that some people had specific neurons that responded only to pictures of Halle Berry... Alex: Right Jana: ... or even only her name or even only Catwoman. Ya know... one might say that I have a Batman neuron (sorry, could not resist) Alex: Actually, I was gonna say you have a Batman hemisphere. :D Jana: ... Alex: and the cells in it fire constantly at random moments ^^ I wish I didn't agree. ;) This explains the (very debatable) concept a bit better than I did. And here is an article about said Halle Berry cell. ;) | |
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| How could I miss that?!? They made a movie out of one of my favorite books and I didn't notice? Granted, I was in Germany when it premiered and there it didn't even start yet. But... omg - yay! ( Clicky for trailer )When I read this book last summer, I was instantly rapt by how wonderfully it was written, by how the author managed to tell a story that could easily slide into kitsch in such an honest and credible yet breathtaking and fascinating manner. And now I watched the trailer and I get goosebumps all over again. I started squeeing like mad when I heard the music for the trailer - I'd recognize this song even if I was in coma, it's just so entirely awesome, and hearing it now for an actual trailer is getting me so excited. And, seriously, this guy... he's yum. I'm so glad they didn't use someone super famous - or maybe I'm just oblivious to what's going on in Hollywood these days. So, yes - I will definitely go as soon as I can. Of course, there are hardly any theatres playing it in Montreal at this point *sighs*. But... OMG! This book. This song. This movie! :D | |
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| It feels like ages that I’ve posted here for the last time. I “stopped” in mid-July which was, to be honest, a conscious and deliberate decision. My life became overwhelmed with school, so that I felt like I had to stop my social life, which not only includes real life friends (most of whom were on vacation anyway) but unfortunately also my cyber life, mainly consisting of LJ and IMs. Although school has started again, I’m trying to get back into this world although it is harder than I anticipated. My Friends page shortcut button is still something I seem to avoid which makes me sad. I feel disconnected from LJ, my friends and my favorite fandom. I guess it’s gonna take some time to get back into things – I’m just happy about anyone who didn’t delete me from their Friends list. I would not have been able to see any Friends cut notification, so: Thank you! ( Long blah, not chronically but in themes - with dorky headlines from Avenue Q )This is all I could think of so far. There were some funny incidents in the last couple of weeks that I felt like sharing but I guess I’ll wait until I have caught up on things here. *hugs* to f-list. | |
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| *Title slightly changed from Simple Plan's "Worst Day Ever" ;) ( Said best week: about ghosts, fireworks and friends )In other news (no worries, shorter this time): - I finally sent in my CAQ application... but this time I need to wait for them to actually issue it in order to apply for my Study Permit *sighs*
- I booked my flight to Germany – 2 weeks in August. I went for Air France because I get lots and lots of miles and they let me bring 2 * 23 kg luggage for freeeee!
- I’m still taking 2 classes and I can tell everyone even considering it: Gah, it’s hell! But it’s also quickly earned credits. ;) And if I want to graduate next spring, it’s definitely worth it :)
That's it so far, guys - I'm still very sorry that I wasn't around more often lately. But I'm pretty sure you can tell that it was worth it - sometimes RL really rocks! <3 *hugs* to all | |
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| ... mainly to distract myself although I'm pretty sure that come next Wednesday, I'll be stalking LJ again. But I'm pretty lonely right now, sitting in a friend's apartment, so I figured I could just as well post a tiny bit. - This past week including the weekend has just been extremely amazing. I really wish I had taken pictures of all the cool things I did but most of the time I got abducted, not knowing where we'd go and what I should bring. So, yeah, no pics but lots of valuable memories of which I'll share quite a few soon.
- I am desperately trying to come up with reasons to spend the next weekend away from here. The fact that Avenue Q will close in September was seemingly random but very much hey-there-are-no-such-things-as-coincidences news, so I'm trying to talk myself into heading off to New York for Thursday-Monday to see it.
(LOL - really, even after one year in North America the fact that I could go to New York for a long weekend and that wouldn't be crazy is still so odd to me...)
- If I wanna go to grad school in Canada, I need to take the GRE *sighs*. I guess it's a good thing that this takes the decision out of my hands (before I wasn't sure, seeing that I didn't really want to go to any school in the USA anyway), but it means money and time spent... again.
- Moving was exhausting and my room, despite being more spacious and brighter, still doesn't feel like home - I wish I could put up posters and postcards yet but we "need to" paint and I have no idea when that's gonna happen...
- I got an e-mail from this friend that stopped talking to me and she basically told me to go to hell. I over-reacted with a way-too-rushed and -hurt response which probably made things worse... Then again, I don't think they could deteriorate any further and I decided that I'm just really tired of trying so hard to keep my friends - I still love her to bits but I guess what my heart is mostly aching for is the person that I knew when I left Germany... not the person she is now. And that feeling is probably mutual, so... things had to end. I just wish I could have learned something from this experience... something that makes me a better friend for other people in the future.
Oh well, I'm still lonely but there is this huge book about Deductive Logic lying next to me and staring at me with Truth Tables and whatnot... Sorry for hardly being around... I've been a slacker lately, comment- and feedback-wise but I'm pretty sure that'll get lots better real soon. | |
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| I have a feeling I notice cool things (like Simple Plan's concert at the Virgin Festival) by accident. So, by accident, I found out that the 67th World Science Fiction Convention will be in Montreal from 6th to 10th August. I finish exams on the 6th, I leave for Germany on the 10th... coincidence? I think not. ;) The thing is: I've never heard of it before (and, ahum, their website is kind of... disappointing)... then again, I only got into SF about 2 years ago and I've never been to any Con to begin with. Do you know this particular one? Is it good? Worth spending money on? Any opinions? Thankies! :D | |
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