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Friday, December 16th, 2005
2:38 pm	i miss lit. quotation marks You scored 61% Sociability and 76% Sophistication! There is a lot more to you than meets the eye. You certainly get plenty of "action," but you'd be happier if those who lusted after you were more selective. You hate being used as a general intensifier; haven't these people ever heard of underlining? Italics? And yes, you remember the cruel words Mr. Joyce directed at you. But you let none of this get you down; those who abuse you are destined for a "special" reward, sooner or later. You feel particularly warm toward periods, commas, exclamation points, and question marks, and usually wish to have them next to you. Parenthesis can sometimes trouble you. My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 79% on Sociability You scored higher than 89% on Sophistication Link: The Which Punctuation Mark Are You Test written by Gazda on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005
4:42 pm	The Intellectual Origins of the Contemporary West Turns out my history is actually the philosophy of history and that my philosophy is the history of philosophy, so I'm basically taking the same course. It's kind of sweet because a lot of the readings overlap, but right now we are in the Greek muck hole. It's hard to get past all of the sophists, naturalists, Pre-Socratics, Post-Socratics and various other philosopher who had prefectly valid but long- winded opinions. Classes are definitely in full swing at this point and it seems like I've been here so much longer than a day past 2 weeks! Although the summer-camp feel of frosh week has past, it's still not completely real to me that I'm finally free + independent. My roommate, Meghan, and I get on great and went grocery shopping on Saturday. It feels so nice to take care of myself, like I've been doing for so many years, without the nagging of living with parents. Next weekend is Homecoming aka leave sober friday night and return monday. I'm excited, though more so for the concert, featuring Billy Talent, Metric, The Trews, and Tragically Hip! Plus I'm going to see Broken Social Scene in early October. They're playing on campus, two street away from my res! I would be going to see the Stills, but it's a 19+ show (damn people who are of age!). I thought I would have to go to Toronto or Montreal for concerts, but Kingston's pretty happening. All in all, I'm enjoying uni immensly, but missing everyone back home. Current Mood: content Current Music: The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, August 27th, 2005
7:25 pm	dusting off the old lj Apparently I have not posted since April. I think this is understandable, what with Soiree, exams, prom, commencement. Then I got a two week vacation to BC and cali. Then work: full time at CHEO. It's pretty good, I get to go in the OR and clinic, collect info from medical records and enter it into research databases. My mother is watching a movie rather loudly in the next room. It goes something like: "I have been pregnant for two months" music escalates "Your bother died like a faggot" gun shot "Camile will break your heart" "She already has" music climaxes stuggling sounds "You've proven you're a coward" gun shot girl gasps Seems very discontinuous. Speaking of my mother, she is currently not speaking to me. This is because I want to split move-in day time in half between her and my father. That is unacceptable, apparently, and my dad should not have any time. Period. Nothing I ever say to her is right, I just end up making her mad at me. I will be so glad to be moved in and away from divorce politics. I will be living in one place, by myself (minus my roommate, who seems very nice). I can shower in the morning, or late at night, or both if I feel like it. I can throw out wilted salad without eating it if I want to. As long as I don't flunk out, it should be paradise. Well, I will go listen to Funeral by The Arcade Fire some more. Now that I finally have my iPod up and running I have to return it and You're a Woman, I'm a Machine by Death from Above 1979 to Ben. I recommed both CDs, but especially Funeral. Every time I listen to it I like it more. Have a good night! Current Mood: confused Current Music: The Arcade Fire - "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 20th, 2005
8:01 pm	You are a Go-Go Girl! Yay you! What kind of Sixties Person are you? brought to you by Quizilla (Comment on this)
7:32 pm	good day for a sick day Today has been rather excellent. This worries me that tomorrow will be horrid, but you know, I'll take things as they come. I also got my official letter from CHEO saying that they've hired me blah blah blah. I'm excited about that, maybe this summer won't entail so much standing. Now, however, I have to give my manager the news that I am not going to be working there this summer. That isn't going to be so hot, but I'm sure I'll get over it. Even better news: I got into Concordia University for a double major in creative writing and english. Yay! Even if I don't end up studying that, I still would like to live in Montreal. So we'll see about that. I finished a good book today, Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. I recommend it as well as anything else by Neil Gaiman. I haven't read Terry Pratchett, so I can't comment on his stuff. I am also feeling a little better, I think the antibiotics are starting to work. I have been much too headachey still to do any actual work without my skull exploding, so we'll see how that flies with my teachers. I got chocolate for getting accepted into Concordia. I'm blissful for the moment. Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: sinus headache (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 16th, 2005
7:03 pm	I swear I've never slept so much in my life... Today is going horribly. My migraine and cold conspired to make me fall asleep after doing only an hour of homework. I slept from 2 to 6. FOUR HOURS and I still feel like I could sleep ten. I hate being sick. I'm screwed over for school. At this rate I will have to skip Monday just to catch up on all the work I've missed. And there are tests in bio and chem this week as well as the lit script due and those damned reading logs I never seem to get around to. Oh well, I mentioned it to Barkley and she said she was just giving me a no mark on them for midterms. At least my lit marks will be okay for April. I keep having strange dreams about universities. I think I'm stressing too much about whether I'll get into Queen's or not, but it's not like I can magically not stress about it. Oh well. I am going to see how much I can get done on my chem lab (due tuesday!) before I fall asleep again. Peace out -Mel Current Mood: sick Current Music: migraine (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, April 10th, 2005
9:32 pm	On Thinking Thinking about things makes me nervous and depressed. Things like the meaning of life and sprirituality. You scored as agnosticism. You are an agnostic. Though it is generally taken that agnostics neither believe nor disbelieve in God, it is possible to be a theist or atheist in addition to an agnostic. Agnostics don't believe it is possible to prove the existence of God (nor lack thereof). Agnosticism is a philosophy that God's existence cannot be proven. Some say it is possible to be agnostic and follow a religion; however, one cannot be a devout believer if he or she does not truly believe. </td> agnosticism 96% Buddhism 67% Satanism 63% Paganism 58% Islam 54% Judaism 33% Christianity 33% Hinduism 33% atheism 33% Which religion is the right one for you? (new version) created with QuizFarm.com Okay, since I actually consider myself an agnostic, this is reasonable. However, it is sad because I would like to have enough faith to believe in something so much it will bring my black little soul salvation. To truly believe that there is this universal being out there who will make everything all right. Come on, that would be so nice. But apparently that is too easy for me. You scored as Existentialism. Your life is guided by the concept of Existentialism: You choose the meaning and purpose of your life. “Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.” “It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.” --Jean-Paul Sartre “It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.” --Blaise Pascal More info at Arocoun's Wikipedia User Page... </td> Existentialism 95% Hedonism 75% Utilitarianism 65% Justice (Fairness) 60% Kantianism 40% Nihilism 25% Strong Egoism 20% Apathy 20% Divine Command 0% What philosophy do you follow? (v1.03) created with QuizFarm.com This is hilarious. Mostly because I think about that kind of thing a lot. I wish my mind had an off button. Anyway, I got into Ottawa. That makes three out of six universities that have not frowned at my calculus mark. Yay. My weekend was full of procrastination, more than usual. I did start my ETS summative, though. I even know how I'm going to package it and everything. And I know how I'm going to package my concept piece. It was a good planning weekend. I watched Pretty in Pink tonight. It was cute, but I still root for Duckie. He rocks my world. Current Mood: procrastinative Current Music: Interpol - "PDA" (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 7th, 2005
6:52 pm	Long time no post.. Well, nothing much has happened since I last posted. Well, there was that trip to Italy and Greece, which was AMAZING and one of those landmark things, but.. now nothing is happening. There are no parties, no boys, no nothing to keep me occupied. I have also decided that I don't want to major in anything in university other than Classics, which will get me nowhere. I also have no interest in any job. Ever. Except something I can do while living in Rome that will give me a lot of money so I can afford living expenses. But back to Ottawa... I am lonely, but more than that I feel like no matter what I do in university I will still end up in some crappy dead end job, having to support a kid because my husband left me for a younger woman. I would seriously like to become a nun and live out the rest of my life studying in Vatican City. It would be very serene. And I would discover something that would confirm everyone's faith and be cannonized. Saint Melody. It could work. Current Mood: worried Current Music: The Shins - "Caring is Creepy" (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, February 27th, 2005
9:45 pm	I shouldn't feel so good right now. I have so much homework that I haven't started, this is going to be the week of hell. But in one week and two days I will be on a plane for Rome! I tried to watch the Oscars, but realized when I awoke from a commercial break that I was never going to make it. So I have resigned myself to looking up the Garden State Soundtrack, then going to bed. I did indeed watch Garden State yesterday. And I loved it. I think it's the cutest movie with that kind of slow atmosphere (which I love) that I have ever seen. It's also the only movie with that kind of mood that doesn't go from depressing to more depressing. And the music was really good. They played Death Cab for Cutie and the scene was so touching. I like Natalie Portman. Even if she is the Queen of Naboo. I still maintain that she is prettier that Kiera Knightly. I have gotten maybe nine hours of sleep all together this weekend. Being deliriously tired is strangely uplifting. I have been more content than in awhile. A welome respite from cabin fever. Except today at the store, when I had to ask a question about a camera and the lady (who was wearing a green fur coat) said that she wanted to talk to someone who didn't have to ask questions about them. I'm sorry, but EVERYONE in the store asks questions. A camera sale is a collaborative sale. Because it's impossible to keep all the facts about all the different models straight in your head all the time. Anyway, I handed her over to the assistant manager, who also ended up having to ask the Lab Tech a question. Sweet irony. Yep, that's how exciting my weekend has been. Though Friday was pretty eventful. Yesterday I just worked on university stuff. I still need 11 poems. and 10 reading logs. and a script. and a summative. I can't think of all this work. It's too evocative of the long week to come. Check ya later. Current Mood: relaxed Current Music: Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, February 24th, 2005
10:31 pm	we'll freeload to the beats of science, and boy you shake it right Today has been strange. Kind of surreal, weird sounding as that is. Saw my dad for the first time in a week. Which was nice. Him and Steph and I went to the Wendy's/Tim Horton's on Hazeldean. I am sooo full of saturated fats right now. and my brain is so full of bio. I studied for two hours today as prep for my test tomorrow. Hopefully that will go well. Anyway, at Wendy's, who calls my name out, but Kevin Lee..??? He and Kathryn and Eric were there. It's just strange because I haven't talked to them since gr. 8. Then who comes in, but people from the youth group I went to in gr 8 + 9! Crazy! Not the really bitchy people who were probably out smoking up, but the gentle, not-AS-hypocritial people. Like Elliot. Ah Elliot. What a funny guy. He actually looked kind of cute, though I don't know how much the seudo-dred thing works for him. Today I talked to HIM. And by that I mean a very small, pitiful comment in a conversation between him and someone else. It makes me sad to think he probably doesn't ever remember it/me. Ah well. I had a better day today. And now I must make tomorrow a good day by having sleep. Night. Current Mood: calm Current Music: Jimmy Eat World/Interpol (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2005
10:35 pm	excuse this burst of emo-ness Have not been sitting right with myself lately, if that makes any sense. I want to be touched and loved. I want to rediscover how soft lips are and I want someone to hold my hand. Though I'm also full of contradictions, since I've always jumped ship at the first sign of trouble in any relationship I've ever had. I want, I want, I want. There's always something I need. Old feelings and habits are trying to surface. Probably just winter and blahness, but still. 14 days left. I will be so glad to get out of this country, if only for a week. I could live somewhere where there was no winter at all. I never feel warm until it gets into the 20s, anyway. Though I suppose if I lived somewhere tropical I would have to deal with all those poisonous creatures and lovely things like that. Sometimes I wish the world were flat. It would make for a greater adventure. Current Mood: confused Current Music: The Killers - "Everything Will be Alright" (Comment on this)
Monday, February 21st, 2005
4:04 pm	Time for Ego Boosting What Makes You.. by SheBangs12 Your name? Your gender? MaleFemaleOther What makes you sexy? Your lips What makes you pretty? Your style What makes you loveable? How fun you are What makes you fun? Your adventurous nature What makes you irresistable? You're the complete opposite. What makes you cute? Your personality Quiz created with MemeGen! (Comment on this)
3:52 pm	Suprise, suprise, mel is tired. Well, funny story, Anran, Ben, and I went for pho yesterday after seeing John Akpata (heh). Then Ben left, so we went to Sweet Potato for bubble tea. Which apparently had massive amounts of caffeine in it, proved when I lay awake for two hours, when I COULD HAVE BEEN SLEEPING! I frown at all that wasted rest. My science courses are starting to really pick up. And I have university letters, and my concept piece. There is no time anymore. At some point I have to go get new shoes and a spring coat, to take on my trip. It's in a mere two and a half weeks! It's just too bad I'm losing all that time I could be working on my concept piece.. but meh. I heartily doubt I will regret going. In other news, on friday I had the afternoon off, since my chem teacher decided not to show up, so I went shopping with Susan at rideau. I bought my white belt, which turned out to be reversible and also black, which is AWESOME. Then I went to buy the first Interpol CD, Turn on the Bright Lights, and it was on sale 2/$25. Regularly, it was $26.99. So I saved two bucks AND got a free CD out of it. The only other thing that looked decent and I didn't have was Stars, so I got it, and here I am listening to it. It's really good, though took some time to get used to the two-lead-singers thing. Well, I must go do more bio review. Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: Stars - Set Yourself on Fire (Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 15th, 2005
10:09 pm	expanded octets Well, school today was pointless. There was no lit class, therefore I had two classes. Where we just took notes. mrg. Should have just walked home once I was told the bus was cancelled. Oh well, one more wasted snow/rain/nice weather day. meh. Definitely down with the pasta lately. Had spaghetti tonight and two nights ago. Had wagon-wheel shaped pasta last night. Definitely down with the Italian cuisine. Can't wait to try the real thing. I've been thinking that I should exercise more, I would love to get to a pool once in awhile, but with my schedule and getting home so late and all, I doubt it will happen. I miss the water. Watched The Seven Year Itch last night with my sister. Love Marilyn Monroe. She definitely had it. On a side note, Gotta love random conversations that turn philosophical all of a sudden: Mel: Isn't it interesting how small things make such a difference? Carbon monoxide has one carbon and one oxygen and it will poison us. But Carbon dioxide, one carbon and two oxygens, is part of cellular respiration and vital to our lives? Megan: I guess the little things really do matter. Mel: *laughs and agrees* Current Mood: calm Current Music: Franz Ferdinand (2 Comments |Comment on this)
7:20 pm	Wasting More Time Congratulations! You are Charlotte. Which Sex and the City Character Are You? brought to you by Quizilla (Comment on this)
7:11 pm	Wasting Time THREE NAMES YOU GO BY: 1: Melody 2: Mel 3: Melly (only by anran – so don’t even try it) THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD: 1: peppermint 2: let the Wookie win 3: crawling in my skin (yeah, gr 8) THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF: 1: My hair has some nice natural highlights 2: I look excellent in pink 3: Apparently I am very well proportioned THREE THINGS YOU HATE ABOUT YOURSELF: 1: My thighs 2: My love handles 3: My super annoying braces THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE: 1: Romanian 2: Scottish 3: A tiny bit of English THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU: 1: Cheaters who are good liars 2: Not getting into university 3: Generally failing in life THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS: 1: My discman + copious amounts of music 2: Friends 3: My oh-so sexy long johns (in the winter anyhow) THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW: 1: Socks that are both red AND pink 2: Coco body butter 3: Pyjama pants THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR ARTISTS: 1: The Beatles 2: Radiohead 3: The Killers THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT: 1: The Specialist - Interpol 2: Public Pervert - Interpol 3: Evil – Interpol (I also have to include Something Pretty – Patrick Park aka that country song) THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS: 1: Kissing a certain choy 2: Tequila 3: To actually read Wuthering Heights all the way through THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP (love is a given): 1: Someone who buys me chocolate 2: Someone who will let me drag them around on all my girlie errands 3: Will keep a lists of stuff I offhandedly say I want so they always know what to get me without being predictable (tall order, I know) TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE: 1: I like Interpol 2: I like Patrick Park 3: I like all country music THREE THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU: 1: Tall 2: Curly or shaggy hair 3: Sort of a sense of style, but not quite THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO: 1: Stop procrastinating my homework 2: Stop listening to Interpol 3: Stop sneezing (stupid dusty store!) THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES: 1: Reading 2: Listening to music (especially finding new bands) 3: Watching movies (with people who don’t talk) THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW: 1: Be finished my homework 2: And while we’re at it, be finished my concept piece 3: Eat chocolate THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING: 1: Paediatric surgeon 2: Geneticist 3: Editor for publishing company THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION (or live): 1: Italy – for Botticelli 2: Greece – for the ruins 3: France – because if Erin won 24 million dollars she’d pay for me to go there (and I hear it’s pretty) THREE KID'S NAMES: 1: Nana-Rana (there’s just no beating it) 2: Banana-Rana (fusing Nana-Rana with Ben) 3: Melo-Susana-Banana-Rana (random bio lunacy) THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE: 1: Travel (the right way) with someone I love 2: Get a tattoo (because you can’t take it back) 3: Feel I have successfully mastered a musical instrument (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, February 13th, 2005
9:31 pm	Tired Toesies Tres tired tonight. Megan's thing was fun, but tiring. Though I'm not quite as bad as the sad face below would have you think. Again my magical power of never having detergent or any related substances affect me the next day worked, so that's been good. However, slept in a strange position on Megan's couch and my leg has been asleep all day. So it was revealed to me that apparently someone else likes my choy. I'm going to have to kill her, which makes me sad because although I don't know her, I think she would be nice. I bought new linen for my bed this weekend, to replace the Mickey Mouse sheets that I've had since I was six. Not that I don't love them, but now that my room has carpet and paint on the walls, I think it's a bit of a shame not to go the extra mile. Am excited, because I get to shop for my lamps at Ikea. What a good store. Friday night I went to this terrible slam with Sonia, where we ran into Susan and Jiayi. In the words of Sonia "It was ass". Yep. But last night was fun. Today at work three out of the four of us working got trashed last night. oh man. good times. anyhow, must go give into sleep. On a last note, bought a book on friday, Emma by Austen. Love her, LOVED Pride and Prejudice. Loving this too, so far. Current Mood: exhausted Current Music: The Beatles Red Album (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 8th, 2005
10:32 pm	liking the postal service much more than modest mouse. especially the one with the mario sample. anything regarding mario or nintendo flies well with me though. ben, we must play super mario to the postal service some time. and this is better than any death cab for cutie stuff i've heard, though i still like "a lack of colour" a lot. how sad is it to feel bad for soap? cause in my shower the soap holder thingy on the wall is way too close to the showerhead and i swear is dissolves in three or four days. *sigh* it looks to sad, sitting there pooled in water, surrounded my soapy goo. about to vanish forever, not having lived up to its true potential. i know it's just lipids make of saturated fats, but i still feel bad for it all the same. which is probably unhealthy, but whatever. i got ice cream today, saw cheryl at laura secord with my dad and steph. got a sunday with cappuccino biscotti ice cream. was not that good, did not like the texture of the biscotti at all. when i'm in Rome, i must get a real Italian soda. if that's even an authentic Italian thing, or just some name a north-american thought up to make it sound european and sophistocated. hmm. well, school went well today, considering i left lit to walk around with anran for awhile, since ms. barkley is on auditions. bio was kinda interesting, but kinda not since it was just a boring old note. chem was interesting, but ms. smith is being kind of harsh these days. where's the nice teacher i've had so many times before? oh well, hopefully things will mellow and i'll actually start working on all the lit crap i have to do (ie play, reading logs, that thing... oh, the concept piece). meh. tomorrow. Current Mood: warm Current Music: burnt CD of the Postal Service (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, February 7th, 2005
10:28 pm	Cool as a Kelp have listened to Antics a few times over now. very good, i recommend it. though still not sure if i like or dislike song four. strange. reminds me of tool. had to get up at 5:30 to shower this morning because i didn't get a chance to yesterday. have been thinking about a certain someone more so today than usual. thought that had calmed down, but apparently not so much. does not help that i now notice every single time he walks by. next i will be measuring the rate of his breathing. stupid, stupid, i know. but how can you make yourself NOT think about someone? my advice is to not go down that road at all, unless you have a shot with the guy, which i don't really, considering i don't really know him. in other good news, i had my first physical with my new doctor today. and i was asked twice if i needed a pap. is there a sign on my forehead that says 'sexually active'? the interesting thing was that the nurse and doctor both acted relieved for me when i said i didn't. which makes me worried that if i ever do need one, they will frown at me. you'd think these days that the Western world could so these sorts of tests without pulling out the Victorian-Christian morals. anyway, have now memorized period five on the periodic table for chemistry. apparently we have to know the whole periodic table. but honestly, molybdenum? technetium? how am i expected to pronounce these, let alone spell them? my stomach is feeling strange. i don't know if i'm really hungry or really full. suppose i will go eat and find out. Current Mood: tired Current Music: Interpol - Antics (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, February 6th, 2005
9:45 pm	You should know better anran. It's always what you want. But it's okay. I just want what i want too. (1 Comment |Comment on this)