With my midterm season coming to a close (only three to go [out of ten]), I wondered how on Earth I managed to stay sane! Ten midterms is a lot of work! Not to mention all the assignments, labs and readings that go along with it! I know a lot of people get quite stressed out by exams but I've noticed through out my three years of university that I don't tend to get very stressed. Sure the occasional break down may occur but I can't pinpoint an actual moment in time where I've felt so stressed that it's impeded my ability to function. I have friends ask me how I manage to stay so 'collected' even though I have so much going on in my life, be it school, extra-curricular, work, volunteering or even trying to have a smidgen of a social life. All I can say is that I wouldn't be able to handle it without the little things.
It may sound silly but the Metro and the 24 Hours crosswords are one of those little things. Doing a crossword can seriously boost your self-esteem! You feel incredibly smart when you're done (even if you don't finish) and it also helps your brain stay active. For those that don't enjoy crosswords, Jess tells me Sudoku is quite relaxing. In my opinion anything with numbers is just asking for trouble! Oh well to each his own.
You had to know TV would be on this list! Yup even if it's an episode here and there, TV definitely helps me maintain sanity. It's like a little reward after/in between all the work of the day. I like to eat lunch while watching a half an hour episode of TV. That little half an hour is a great break for the brain and can really let you forget about stress.
Exercise, although sometimes tedious, can definitely help! I like to do exercises on my balance ball if I can't make it to the gym. That way even if I'm too busy to get my stuff, walk to the gym, workout then head home, I can just relax and work out at home. YouTube sure has some great workout tutorials!
SLEEP. Yes sleep is for sure one of my little things! I friggin' love sleep! I wish I could sleep in past 7:30am every day but unfortunately my 8:00am class kind of screws that up. Oh well, that's what the weekends are for!
Friends. Ok friends aren't really 'the little things' but even getting to hang out with your friends for an hour during the day can help with stress! (Unless that friend is Jess in which case stress rises! Haha, I'm totally kidding Jess!)
Wearing a nice outfit makes me feel on top of the world! It's on those days where you really, REALLY don't want to get out of bed that you dress yourself up nice and face the world with a smile (or a semi-smile what ever floats your boat). For instance, Mondays are the worst for me because, well they're Mondays. So today I put on a cute top, leggings and my new mukluks (SUPER adorable), did my hair all nice and purdy and left the house feeling just a teensy bit better about it being the dreaded M-day. (Seriously, try it Reader! Works every time!)
A stick of gum can make or break the day. When you're getting to the midway point of the day and you've still got lab then volunteering, a piece of gum can go a long way. Not only is your breath re-freshed, you have something to occupy your mouth. Yes, it helps pass the time.
Listening to your music while walking is one of my favorite things! Seriously, there are some songs that are just perfect for walking! They have that special 'walking pace' that makes you feel like you're in some kind of indi movie! I love pretending I'm in a movie when I listen to my music... I'm a dork, leave me alone.
Well Reader that's about all I can think of at the moment but hey, I'm sure I've got plenty of other tricks up my sleeve! As far as midterm season goes, continue onward citizens! God speed! We'll get through this one way or another! Besides, only a month and a bit until finals! Yikes!
Monday, 31 October 2011
Saturday, 15 October 2011
Everybody Cut Footloose
Well Jess, here's my post about the new Footloose movie. Yes I was in fact planning on writing it yesterday but the fact that so many people were STILL talking about the whole Black Berry thing made me quite irritated so it got put on the back burner. But Reader, let me tell you that this movie should NOT be put on the back burner! In fact, you should go watch it right this instant! I can't believe how much I liked this movie and don't worry, I will share with you my reasons.
First of all, I am a girl of the 80's. Ok not literally (since I wasn't even alive in the 80's) but figuratively speaking, I am. I love 80's culture, music, fashion, you name it and Footloose is a CLASSIC 80's film! When I heard that they were going to remake this dance extravaganza I was all but impressed. The first thing that came to mind was that Hollywood had run out of ideas. Although true, this has been the sad truth for years now. So naturally next I thought, 'They are going to ruin a classic movie'. Fair enough. So many movies have been remade and so many of them have fallen flat. Need examples? 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', 'Godzilla', 'House of Wax (with Paris Hilton?! Come on!) and 'Wall Street' just to name a few. (There are numerous lists online if you need more proof.) But I digress. I was not excited about the new Footloose movie and I was afraid of what it would do to my beloved 80's film. I was wrong to be afraid. Not only did I LOVE this movie, RottenTomatoes (the website which hates almost every movie under the sun) gave it 73%! I was blown away! This remake was SO well done and I will now gush about it. For those of you who haven't seen the original Footloose and don't know the plot (seriously, Jess hasn't seen the original Footloose), there may be SPOILERS is this next part so be ware!
The characters were so well done! Ren was played perfectly in his city boy, 'I'm too cool for this hick town' act, Willard was hilarious (his dancing wasn't half bad at the end) and even Denis Quaid (who played the preacher) was good. Reader I don't know if you understand what I'm saying here. Next to Nicholas Cage, Denis Quaid is one of my least favorite actors. I can't stand him in films but he delivered an awesome performance! Not to mention they incorporated the actual music from the original movie and the dance sequences while managing to keep it modern! I definitely had a lame moment at the end during the slow dance when they played 'Almost Paradise' just like in the original movie. Yes Karina, I cried a little bit! They even had the confetti and the disco ball and Ren wore the classic 80's red suit! Ah, it was the perfect combination of déja vu and new meets old! But for the most part I was squealing like a little anime girl because I was SO enthralled with the movie. Well done new Footloose, well done. Now if only Nicholas Cage could give up on acting, then the world would continue moving in the right direction. . .
Ps: I heard Zac Effron turned down the role of Ren in the new version of Footloose. All I can say is maybe he should have reconsidered. Also, when the heck are they going to make the Death Note movie?! Please Ryuk, help Hollywood out on this one!
PERFECT MATCH! :D
First of all, I am a girl of the 80's. Ok not literally (since I wasn't even alive in the 80's) but figuratively speaking, I am. I love 80's culture, music, fashion, you name it and Footloose is a CLASSIC 80's film! When I heard that they were going to remake this dance extravaganza I was all but impressed. The first thing that came to mind was that Hollywood had run out of ideas. Although true, this has been the sad truth for years now. So naturally next I thought, 'They are going to ruin a classic movie'. Fair enough. So many movies have been remade and so many of them have fallen flat. Need examples? 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', 'Godzilla', 'House of Wax (with Paris Hilton?! Come on!) and 'Wall Street' just to name a few. (There are numerous lists online if you need more proof.) But I digress. I was not excited about the new Footloose movie and I was afraid of what it would do to my beloved 80's film. I was wrong to be afraid. Not only did I LOVE this movie, RottenTomatoes (the website which hates almost every movie under the sun) gave it 73%! I was blown away! This remake was SO well done and I will now gush about it. For those of you who haven't seen the original Footloose and don't know the plot (seriously, Jess hasn't seen the original Footloose), there may be SPOILERS is this next part so be ware!
The characters were so well done! Ren was played perfectly in his city boy, 'I'm too cool for this hick town' act, Willard was hilarious (his dancing wasn't half bad at the end) and even Denis Quaid (who played the preacher) was good. Reader I don't know if you understand what I'm saying here. Next to Nicholas Cage, Denis Quaid is one of my least favorite actors. I can't stand him in films but he delivered an awesome performance! Not to mention they incorporated the actual music from the original movie and the dance sequences while managing to keep it modern! I definitely had a lame moment at the end during the slow dance when they played 'Almost Paradise' just like in the original movie. Yes Karina, I cried a little bit! They even had the confetti and the disco ball and Ren wore the classic 80's red suit! Ah, it was the perfect combination of déja vu and new meets old! But for the most part I was squealing like a little anime girl because I was SO enthralled with the movie. Well done new Footloose, well done. Now if only Nicholas Cage could give up on acting, then the world would continue moving in the right direction. . .
Ps: I heard Zac Effron turned down the role of Ren in the new version of Footloose. All I can say is maybe he should have reconsidered. Also, when the heck are they going to make the Death Note movie?! Please Ryuk, help Hollywood out on this one!
PERFECT MATCH! :D
Friday, 14 October 2011
BBM Goes Down: Mass Panic
I'm sure all of you heard about/experienced the recent loss of BBM (Black Berry Messenger)/use of internet on Black Berrys. I believe it was two days ago now when all of a sudden Black Berry started crapping out. It was of course fixed within a day but oh my goodness, did it ever have an effect on the world. Seriously, people were freaking out about this! I myself have a Black Berry (BB from now on in this entry) so I can account for this first hand (since I was one of the people freaking out). I feel the need to blog about this for two reasons which I shall now explain.
The first reason I feel the need to chat about this recent BB issue is that people were completely over reacting. The loss of BBM was not the end of the world. In fact it was anything but that! You see BBM is simply a form of texting only useable between BB owners. When BBM is not working you can still text/call your contacts with whom you'd normally use BBM. When I noticed that my BBM was not working, I simply texted my contacts and explained that BBM was down. Simple as that. Yes I was annoyed. Yes I complained. Yes I thought about throwing my phone in the trash and switching to an iPhone but still! The point is that BBM is not the only way to communicate on a BB. There were still so many options yet people were in full on panic mode! This made national news for crying out loud! Maybe it was a slow news day or maybe the fact that people were freaking out over something so small was worthing reporting on.
My second concern with this recent BB issue is more broad of an idea. To me, this simple one day incident was just that. A simple error that was quickly resolved and is now a thing of the past. Stuff happens and as far as quote unquote bad things go, losing our BBM privileges for one day was not all that bad. But we have become so dependant on our technology that something like this can quickly lead to panic. People were freaking out because one form of texting was taken away from them for little more then 24 hours. It's not like they were cut off from civilization (as I mentioned they could still text and call people)! Yet because of our need to use our technology, this was a serious concern for millions of people worldwide. I couldn't imagine what would happen if, for instance, texting became unavailable or even calling! What if the internet goes down for a day?! Could you imagine? I sure couldn't! I rely on the internet so heavily that I don't know what I would do.
Anyways, I'm sure some of you are still recovering from Wednesday's incident so here's my advice. Grab your BB, go onto BBM and chat with all your contacts. Let them know that you're alive and well and tell them that you appreciate them as contacts. Put a smiley face in your BBM status to assure people that you are sincere and by all means, put a happy song lyric in there as well. Go on FaceBook and make a status about how happy you are that BBs are back up and running! Better yet, go on FaceBook ON your BB, that way you'll be using your technology to report on your technology's well being. It will feel oh so nice! For those of you without BBs, you should be considerate of your friends with BBs. Sympathize with them by saying, "Geez, you sure are brave! I don't know what I'd do if 'Hanging With Friends' or iChat went down... You know because I have an iPhone. Have you seen my iPhone? It's shiny and new and from Apple and oh so shiny... iPhone..." That will certainly make them feel better! ;)
Sarcasm aside, I just felt the need to post about this! Happy to hear from me Reader? Leave a comment to show your love! Missed you guys, expecting to be blogging a lot more often! Thanks again for hanging in there with me!
The first reason I feel the need to chat about this recent BB issue is that people were completely over reacting. The loss of BBM was not the end of the world. In fact it was anything but that! You see BBM is simply a form of texting only useable between BB owners. When BBM is not working you can still text/call your contacts with whom you'd normally use BBM. When I noticed that my BBM was not working, I simply texted my contacts and explained that BBM was down. Simple as that. Yes I was annoyed. Yes I complained. Yes I thought about throwing my phone in the trash and switching to an iPhone but still! The point is that BBM is not the only way to communicate on a BB. There were still so many options yet people were in full on panic mode! This made national news for crying out loud! Maybe it was a slow news day or maybe the fact that people were freaking out over something so small was worthing reporting on.
My second concern with this recent BB issue is more broad of an idea. To me, this simple one day incident was just that. A simple error that was quickly resolved and is now a thing of the past. Stuff happens and as far as quote unquote bad things go, losing our BBM privileges for one day was not all that bad. But we have become so dependant on our technology that something like this can quickly lead to panic. People were freaking out because one form of texting was taken away from them for little more then 24 hours. It's not like they were cut off from civilization (as I mentioned they could still text and call people)! Yet because of our need to use our technology, this was a serious concern for millions of people worldwide. I couldn't imagine what would happen if, for instance, texting became unavailable or even calling! What if the internet goes down for a day?! Could you imagine? I sure couldn't! I rely on the internet so heavily that I don't know what I would do.
Anyways, I'm sure some of you are still recovering from Wednesday's incident so here's my advice. Grab your BB, go onto BBM and chat with all your contacts. Let them know that you're alive and well and tell them that you appreciate them as contacts. Put a smiley face in your BBM status to assure people that you are sincere and by all means, put a happy song lyric in there as well. Go on FaceBook and make a status about how happy you are that BBs are back up and running! Better yet, go on FaceBook ON your BB, that way you'll be using your technology to report on your technology's well being. It will feel oh so nice! For those of you without BBs, you should be considerate of your friends with BBs. Sympathize with them by saying, "Geez, you sure are brave! I don't know what I'd do if 'Hanging With Friends' or iChat went down... You know because I have an iPhone. Have you seen my iPhone? It's shiny and new and from Apple and oh so shiny... iPhone..." That will certainly make them feel better! ;)
Sarcasm aside, I just felt the need to post about this! Happy to hear from me Reader? Leave a comment to show your love! Missed you guys, expecting to be blogging a lot more often! Thanks again for hanging in there with me!
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