So I turned 23 on Monday.
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Where to begin?
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I started the day by receiving a phone call at 3:30 in the morning from my sister (love hearing the phone and having a heart attack that early in the morning) and received phone calls throughout the day.
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Had my first full day of classes at York and wasn't quite sure what exactly I was doing in any of them, as the weather outside was a high of 29!!!!!!
This year/semester I'm taking 3 courses:
1. Full year = Dante Aleghieri Course ...in italian... and we will be reading the Divine Comedy (in italian), complete two major essays and an exam. So basically sink or swim. It's quite ironic that we're starting with the INFERNO, 'cause I found myself feeling as thought I was living in hell already when I read the course outline...
2. Half = New Media Forms-The Datacase ...in computer language... aka PHP! Yes, all you techie TakingITGlobal people should offer your free tutoring advice to me this semester, as I have no clue what I'm doing already... (1st day experience: "please re-type what you see on the main screen in BBEdit..." ... "uh Sir, my computer only shows two words once I type out all that info... omg, you mean to tell me that we have to code all that stuff just for two words to appear!!?") fun times.
3. Half = Interactive Installation & Performance (this was my Tuesday class) ...in computer language hehe.. AKA MAX/MSP (?) and Jitter... um, basically some type of software that allows you to manipulate sounds and midi I think (and if that means the same thing, forgive me :-P).
ya, this course scares me a bit.
I jus wanted to make a website this year. lol :-S
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I didn't make a big deal of my bday this year for the simple fact that it landed on a Monday and for a number of other reasons lol.
Though I did appreciate the phone calls and msgs.
Actually, I was surprised by the number of singing msgs I received too! You guys have a lot of hidden talent!
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It was understood that whoever saw my MSN name all weekend (Milestones 8:29 Mon we're drinking like it's 1982) made the effort to come out Monday night to celebrate. Some even saw the name and didn't come and some who don't even use MSN and called and asked and came. Made me jus realize a lot of stuff about the human condition , how people forget , how they remember, how you don't expect and they surprise you good and bad, ..effort, ..chivilry and jus plain human interaction in general u know? Yea, def somethin I hadn't experienced or witnessed in a while.
and miss.
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It was nice to see familiar faces that had become, well, not so familiar throughout the summer because of .. well, busy lives.
At Milestones I enjoyed a watermelon martini, sipped a bit of a bellini and ate my FAV appetizer (goat cheese with the cranberry thing on the side and the pita bread mmm), opened some gifts, had a few laughs and then we all went on our merry way.
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the rest of the week has been hectic, haven't been on msn, have been in meetings, adjusting to UNI life, figurin out life, trying to put ME first and as always looking towards the future. hehe and tryin to be hopeful about it in the process ;-)
Lots can happen in a year.
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sept 06 will be here before you know it!
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Time will tell.
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and now, the time has come, for me to go on my way....
enjoy your day!
