Tuesday, September 25, 2001 05:54 p.m.
i had to interview a fake patient today. an angry christian mother whose kid was given birth control pills.
the evaluator and rest of group sits behind 1-way mirrors and the interview is taped. kinda freaky.
lot freaky, actually.
wow, but the preceptor is great~!! actually not her, just her voice. *sigh* i had to keep fighting the urge to just close my eyes and listen to her. voooiiice...
right now you're probably preparing the feast for that unworthy scum of a hot tub boy, esca. i will go away and weep.
or think of the voice. voooiiice...
Monday, September 24, 2001 09:24 p.m.
i feel alternately up&down today.
my tutor went weird again and told us that he's seen groups "self-destruct worse than today". we did not self-destruct. we covered all our objectives, didn't interrupt each other, and self-evaluated the tutorial as rather good. none of us have a clue what he wants, although i suspect he's running nefarious psych tests on us.
i should be frustrated. instead i'm mildly amused.
at least the man brought us timbits^^ he says we all should "do dinner".
i think i'm finally getting somewhere with the army thing by ignoring the cfrc and contacting ottawa directly. i should know more tomorrow.
the boy calls me up randomly and chants "you have no money" over and over.
i'm beginning the self-destructive cycle i sometimes engage in where i stay up all night and fail to prep for school, then am half-asleep when i get there anyways. these seem to happen randomly throughout the school year.
Saturday, September 22, 2001 06:07 p.m.
i'm kinda upset today. i've been reading the paper, and there are all those editorials about how canada may go to war, and what that'll mean to the consumer.
ummm...excuse me. to the CONSUMER~?!?!?! who gives half a fuck about the freaking *consumer*???
i'm in the forces. it's highly unlikely i'll go anywhere, but i have friends who'll probably end up going if canada deploys. these articles make me sick.
another thing i read - reporters talking to religious zealots and their brainwashed followers in pakistan. saying how they should be using nukes to destroy all americans. i *really* wished all those people would just drop dead. not bring in any army against them or go to war or anything. just that they'd drop dead right where they stood, and leave the world so much safer.
totally unrelated but didn't help make the day easier - i can't believe you rejected my offer of marriage *and* a car to boot, esca. it don't get any better than that.
Thursday, September 20, 2001 05:39 p.m.
so let's see...
our tutor told us looking after old and malfunctioning parents is basically stupid and he'd never do it, and moreover neither will we no matter what we say now. to the nursing home they'll go.
now i basically agree with the man; still i thought it was a bit harsh of him to say it like that.
i'm coming down with something-___-
i stayed up til 0400 yesterday (today?) on the net, and had to get up at 0700 to do extra prep for the tutorial that i should've done before but didn't. except even though i was dead tired i couldn't sleep because my throat was all raspy and i coughed every time i tried to breathe. sux.
happy stuff~!!!
meta, i *adore* your layout~!!
esca, i didn't miss anything important in that session. just a meet-n'-greet with the preceptor.
all is well^^
Wednesday, September 19, 2001 04:22 p.m.
my internet's working~!!
the cable guy came early and it took him all of 5 sec to set up the tv, and then they developed major issues with the computer. they called in some other guy who was depressing and said he had the very same problem and never managed to fix itT_T
but just as they were giving me a # to call for help, the thing took off~!! i hate computers!
sorry, esca. right now my group is meeting with the comms preceptor. they were instructed *not* to tell her my "very important appointment" was in fact with the cable guy^_^
fishy one came yesterday~!! we watched utena movie and looked at the jewelry she made and the manga stuff i bought this summer. i managed to recall enough of what esca told me to semi-reliably translate some doujinshi. and she's in the process of doing her own manga, which looks pretty good! all original too! ahhh...so good to have her so close^___^
i'm happy. i think it'll last some time^^
Wednesday, September 18, 1996 02:46 p.m.
i met my advisor today. he's the man who will have absolute power over me for the next 3 years.
he also seems nice. and he bought me breakfast. i like people who buy me things^_^
my loving tutorial group has switched our comms meeting to conflict with the cable/net guy without consulting me. i have the option of skipping the very 1st comms meeting, or rescheduling my cable appointment somewhere into the next week.
of course i'm skipping the meeting. i at least know my priorities.
Monday, September 17, 2001 02:26 p.m.
well, today's tutorial was weird. not the tutorial itself, but the evaluation of it. we all did hard work on the immune system and other such evils and generally learned quite a lot.
however, our tutor thought it was only "ok". that's "ok" with a bemused tone of voice. he also said he spaced out.
that's when we realized that to get good evals we have to *entertain* the man as well.
on a happy note, i finally got my computer this saturday~!! it's cute and more powerful than just about anything else it my possession. including my brain, probably.
however, it won't be hooked up to the net until wed, so i play music on it and try to ignore the feeling that it's mocking me...
i should probably get out more. or at all.
Friday, September 14, 2001 11:41 a.m.
this morning my class was told that we've all embarked on a "soul-destroying course of study". this by some of our profs, no less.
apparently the only way to save our souls is to sign up for yet another group where we share feelings and "grow", whatever that means.
i'm annoyed that the whole lesson was basically a pitch for said group, which has the word 'professionalization' in its name. i don't think that's a real word. or if it is, it's a stupid one. but the most annoying thing it that the class is at 0745, and it's my only class today. i woke up from perfectly good dreams for this crap.
they made us do a "time capsule" where we answer some questions and seal them in an envelope and get it delivered back to us in a year. i drew a pic of inuyasha instead^^
hm. if i'm not any better in one year's time, my soul might actually *be* destroyed.