Carpe Diem !

Guilt	What is yours?	Explain yourself
Culinary:	any dessert with dark chocolate and fruits	I love sweets and dark chocolate is oh so good! I can't have it too often or I'd look like a whale and it would loose its special characteristics too!
Literary:	chick lit books	When I want to read about life in general without wanting to use my brain too much, chick lit is the best solution
Audiovisual:	The OC	This is a soap for teens like Dawson's Creek was before, but it is a great show sometimes now that Marissa's no longer there.
Musical:	any punk/emo supposedly indi band	I feel like I'm 14 all over and that no one understands me truly, but it's good when you are pissed at the world at large.
Celebrity:	Britney Spears	not for her music, but for how her life can be come public knowledge for no good reason!

Now I tag:-

bountifulpots elektric rhodeygirl xeyra and syrinxkat


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It's been such a while since I last updated this journal. Life has been hectic lately, I almost don't have the time to enjoy myself! I was down with the flu all January, but still had to do school work, volunteer hours, work stuff, etc. which probably didn't help for a quick recovery. I finally got better when I went home and slept until I could no longer sleep. Then, I came back to work quite hard on the Lower Tuition campaign on the University of Ottawa campus and in the whole city, it was an awesome February 7th ! Then, I was involved with the elections for the huge student federation on campus which took some time and I'm happy as all my favorite candidates won except one and he didn't loose as badly as I thought it might. School's out for Spring break, but I'm retaking a final on Monday since I got a D in December and that grade doesn't fit with my others on my report, so I'm now studying for that! None of my roommates are there currently. One went to spend the day at her boyfriend's before going home for spring break, the other's working and the last one went to Montreal for the weekend, it's a bit lonely with only me studying and my laptop playing some music...

As for the other stuff non related to school, swing dancing is keeping me sane although I have to cut it out of my life when it gets too hectic like the gym, but it makes me happy! I get to meet all kind of fun people. I also started debating and I love it ! I was invited to go to French nationals, but I'll have to decline as I'm part of the organization of a huge Gala in Ottawa and I can't miss the last 2 days although I'd love to. I'm also involved on the annual cancer fund raising on campus, Relay for Life and I think it will be awesome! I am looking for an apartment for next year as I want to move off campus to get bigger/brighter/less sketchy bedroom. Now that I have furniture, I'm not scared of moving in an unfurnished flat. Other than that, I'm trying to stay clear of other volunteer opportunities to concentrate on my studies as I want to maintain my GPA and maybe raise it as next year might be crazy and I want to be able to truly choose my grad school.

I've been sick since Wednesday night/Thursday morning and there's nothing going in my life other than sleeping, eating soups, drinking water, reading, watching TV and falling asleep. I am getting better though, so hopefully I'll be able to resume my normal doings soon!

I hope everyone's life's better than mine!

Since last Thursday I've been going to class and I already can't wait until the semester's over and I haven't had all my grades from the last term yet. I did great in German and good in Commercial Law, but I want to know about the other classes too, can't professors grade the papers that were written in early December before the end of January ??? [End of rant, sorry!]

My new German professor seems quite nice. One of the professors I have this term, I had last term and I enjoyed his classes, the only thing is that we are solely graded on 60-minutes presentation and a 20-pages paper which is scaring me as I have no idea what topic could be suitable, so I'll have to pay him a visit to his office. On related school news, my first class was cancelled 10 minutes before it was set to happen and it was an 8:30 one which means I woke up even if I didn't want to and then, had to come home. At least, I remember how to take naps!

Saturday was my swing dancing day where I had a blues workshop [think slow dance or dirty dancing with slow jazzy/bluesy music] followed by a blues party obviously! It was so much fun even if I was really tired from reading all day! I didn't regret it at all although some of the younger people were slightly [ok very] drunk, but then blues parties start at one point and goes until it ends around 7 in the morning, so! I had the chance to have conversations with some people I dance with occasionally but don't study at my university and that was fun too! We had 2 DJs throughout the night and the music was simply awesome with a nice floor to dance on and many people eager to dance, so I had an amazing night.

On a more bookish note, I've finished my first two books of the year, Loves Me, Loves Me Not by Libby Malin and Goodbye Nobody by Jennifer Weiner which was very disappointing. I'm starting on some chicklit book for a friend tomorrow, but I'm not sure which one yet, but I should find that out tomorrow morning !

Stolen from pussreboots

I will write a real post later tonight, but I did that quiz and I was judged as a contralto which is why I sing in my choir, so I must be doing something right !

You scored as Alto. As an Alto, or Contralto, you are characterized by your strength. Sometimes considered a "man's range," you have the strength of ten men! You are independent and don't worry so much about romance. You stand alone and strongly for your beliefs. However, take care you aren't too insensitive and selfish! </td> Alto 82% Mezzo 75% Baritone 57% Bass 54% Tenor 50% Soprano 43% Which Vocal Range Suits Your Personality? created with QuizFarm.com

After work, I went to Annie [friend from high school studying at the MIT], so we could finish our "kind words" that we had to give to every girl in our little group which is about 9. Afterward we changed and her dad drove us to Sophie's flat as it was icy and we had tons of stuff to carry! I love her parents and they were excited to see me as they haven't seen me since last summer and when Annie's there, I usually see them at least once a week if not more and we speak on the phone too! We arrived early and opened Annie's great sparkling wine and sipped while we waited for the other girls and Sophie's roommate and also her ex decided to have a little get-together of his own and they had some sparkling wine, so we mingled with them. There had been freezing rain and one of the girl, Audrey, slipped and since she was a wearing a skirt and a short coat got her upper thigh and butt badly cut, she couldn't sit on a chair, so she was on a cushion the whole night. Sarah, another friend from college, broke up with her long term boyfriend this fall and some were not fully up to speed on the whole breaking up move. It was like having a soap operas with the different episodes leading to the break up outlined by titles, so funny!

The food as usual was delicious as Sophie had made all those delicious appetizers and the many glasses of both wine and Cosmopolitans were a good accompaniment. The dessert was really good with profiteroles and cookies. I always enjoy being with my friends and that night was totally magical. We exchanged gifts and since my birthday's in early December, I received birthday gifts as well, I felt really spoiled! For my birthday, I had my new perfume Lilo, some yummy treats consisting of fair trade chocolate-covered coffee beans, so yummy and earth-responsible!fair trade, cards and a gift card to Archambault, a store that sells books, CDs, music sheets and instruments, so I have no idea what I'll buy. My partner was the lovely Mélissa and she went bonkers! She gave me a bucket filled with all kind of things. There were beautiful chandelier hand-made earrings that I wore at Christmas, an handmade lip gloss, a bilingual book on Tristan & Iseult [French/German], a hydrating ball that you're supposed to put in a bath which smells heavenly as well as some gourmet apple caramel.

Then, Christmas came along and it wasn't great, but holidays are always the same, right? I worked one day and got my butt to go to the bank, so my bank account should stop flowing out. I was supposed to go to MC's cottage today, but lots of my friends have a cold or worked, so we were going to be only 3 to go, so we reported the whole trip to next week and it should be fun! For now, I fully intend to enjoy the last days of this too-short vacation before I return to school next week.

Working full time is hard especially when you're not used to wake up at 5:30 to go to work. I'm used to going to bed after midnight to wake up around 8/9, but now people actually expect me to be fully awake and fully functional at 7:30. I'm doing my best, but every night I am exhausted.

Saturday night was awesome in many ways. While I was driving I talked to the only close friend that I've known since elementary school, Minh. We even went to high school together, but I digress. I called her because I had forgotten on Saturday afternoon and I wanted to do it. It was nice because I didn't have to worry about long distance fees or anything like that, but I had to cut it short when I arrived downtown to find the so-ever elusive parking spot. I finally found it and went to my friend's screening of her documentary based on her humanitarian international intervention in Colombia that she did this summer and it was great. I stayed to watch the next one which I didn't like and after talking to my friends during the break, I left as I had to meet Sophie, a really close friend of mine, to celebrate her cousin's 18th birthday by going to a cool club here. They were still eating, so I called Xavier as we had to plan our first get-together of the holidays and I went to Starbucks because I enjoy using my Starbuck's card to buy overpriced coffee. I met a girl that went to the same elementary school and high school, but she was busy studying, so we didn't chat for long. Still, it's nice to see I'm not the only person to enjoy Starbuck's that much [I'm not paid to advertise Starbuck's, but I would gladly accept free Frappucinos or other yummy beverages that the barristas serve].

We decided to go out for drinks before the club as it was too early, so my friends were meeting me at the Saint-Sulpice, a really cool bar, because Sam was working there for the night. I got there early and met a guy from my high school that I hadn't seen since I graduated in 2003. We had the traditional two pecks on the cheeks and then, the how are you. However, he was tipsy as he was celebrating the end of the week with his work buddies, but it was nice to rekindle an old friendship. Then, I waited for Sophie and of course, the homeless black man decided to tell me his whole life because I was obviously interested... not! Finally, Sophie, her sister and her cousin arrived and I could finally leave that man and his hobby, music as well as his cute son's pictures. Then, we walked over to Tokyo, a really hip club here and it was fun. We didn't stay for long though, but enough time to fully appreciate the bar and their great Amaretto Sours, their dance floors, the music, the people and the two different ambiances. I'll probably go back as this was a really cool club and it's also 21+ which is not usually the case here as the drinking age is 18 which means there were no 16 years old girls in the whole club which feels nice!

Then, Sunday was laziness and I've been working like crazy since Monday doing those crazy 7h30 till 3h30 plus social activities on evenings. On Tuesday, I went with Xavier to the movies where we saw The Holiday which was a really good feel-good movie like Love Actually even if Cameron Diaz bugged me throughout the movie because Jude Law, Kate Winslet and Jake Black made it great! We then went to this fancy neighborhood Italian restaurant and it was fun, we just talked for hours. Then, today, my best friend, Annie, came home for the holidays from the MIT, so we had to go out. We went to the Salon des métiers d'arts de Montréal which could be translated into Montreal's Fine-Crafts Fair. I bought myself beautiful chandelier earrings as well as my secret Santa gift, a necklace that Annie coveted but she picked another one instead to go with her new dress. She thinks I picked someone else and of course, I won't tell her I picked her until her package is in her hands tomorrow night.

Off to bed, another day at work and then, it's my girlfriends glamour party followed by a sleepover at Sophie's place, I can't wait !!!

I am in law school, but I've never thought I'd sink so low ! I'm great at debate and I love to argue just for fun especially politics, I guess I am a prick in that sense.

On other news, I'm back at home in Montreal and I had a great night on Saturday which will be written in more details as soon as I get back from work tomorrow night. Yes, I will be working all week from 7h30 till 3h30, so wish me luck I don't fall asleep in the middle of the day.

Prick- ENTP 60% Extraversion, 60% Intuition, 73% Thinking, 46% Judging

People love to hate you, because you love to argue. The strange thing is you probably took that as a compliment. Why, I bet you've already got a witty comeback all lined up ready to throw right back at me. What you don't realise is that your inane obsession with debating pisses everyone off. Whatever happened to us all trying to get alone? I mean, you're so annoying people disagree with you for the damn sake of it! NOBODY cares about your abundant opinions. Trust me. Believe it or not, but there's more to life than your expansive knowledge and sharp repertoire. When was the last time you showered? Brushed your teeth? While you're up in Nevernever land, getting excited over future possibilities and your crazy theories, WE have to put up with your awful stench. I can smell you from here. Your personality is ideal for that of a future lawyer and because everyone already hates you, you have nothing to lose. ***************** If you want to learn more about your personality type in a slightly less negative way, check out this. ***************** The other personality types are as follows... Loner - Introverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving Pushover - Introverted Sensing Feeling Judging Criminal - Introverted Sensing Thinking Perceiving Borefest - Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging Almost Perfect - Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving Freak - Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging Loser - Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Perceiving Crackpot - Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging Clown - Extraverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving Sap - Extraverted Sensing Feeling Judging Commander - Extraverted Sensing Thinking Perceiving Do Gooder - Extraverted Sensing Thinking Judging Scumbag - Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving Busybody - Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging Dictator - Extraverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 69% on Extraversion You scored higher than 44% on Intuition You scored higher than 88% on Thinking You scored higher than 45% on Judging

Link: The Brutally Honest Personality Test written by UltimateMaster on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

A new year will begin soon. After almost 3 years of inactivity on the world of blogs, I decided to come back in 2007 as part of my New Year's resolutions. For now, I will have to study for my final on Commercial Law. Wish me luck !!!

See ya !