Fire? Nope. Smoke? Yep.

(Just a heads up, so none of my friends freak out reading this, there was no fire, it was just a false alarm)

Woke up this morning to my brother telling me to wake up because there is smoke coming from my other brothers room. Me being the groggy irrational morning person I always am pointed out the fact that there was no smoke in my room (which is right above my brothers room) and that the fire alarm was not going off, so he should let me go back to bed hahahaha.

My mom eventually freaked out enough to get me out of bed so we "evacuated" the house, meaning I went to my car with the dogs and she went to the neighbours house with the daycare kids. She phoned the fire department, so I got to see a giant fire truck and fire men in person, that was fun.

They had no idea what to do since there was no fire... it was just smoke from my bro's room. Then an electrician came and told us it was just a couple faulty wires, something about the fuse burnt out and that it definitely could have never started a fire, just some smoke. Anyways yah... turns out irrational sleepy me was right not to freak, therefore I could've still slept longer.

Day 3 of being sick, and besides that exciting morning, this isn't fun anymore. I want to go for a run. I want to go play soccer. But no, I'm cooped up on this couch with my box of kleenex and laptop to keep me company all day. Sigh...

Definitely not a happy camper when I'm sick :p

Lie to Me

Day 2 of being sick.

 

My brain is too foggy from this head cold to do calc or bio. Maybe I'll try psych in a bit. Probably not though, I'm bad enough about actually studying when I'm healthy, let alone being sick.

For years now I've been completely fascinated by tv shows such as Lie to Me, The Mentalist, and Elementary (which I know is a rip off of the original sherlock holmes, but I still thoroughly enjoy watching it since it's come on tv). I also watch quite a bit of any of the CSI's, but they aren't really my favourites, I also enjoy criminal minds every now and then. However, I tend to like the ones where they study the human psychology behind the suspect, and the hints that body language can give away to the investigators of whether someone is lying and/or guilty more then the straight up and down cop shows.

My favourite of all of them is especially Lie to Me. They didn't have many seasons but the main character was my favourite person ever. The way he could tell when someone is lying by micro-expressions that most people miss in a normal conversation was just phenomenal. I was never actually sure that that was a real thing people could do, since most tv shows are made up.

However, in psychology the other week we actually spent an entire two classes on it. The class as a whole took an online survey of whether or not someones smile was fake or not. Too bad it wasn't an individual quiz, I would have loved to know what my personal score on it was. Then the next day she showed us another video. This time the test subject was put in a room and was given the choice of whether or not to steal the money. He then came out and told someone that he did not steal it. That was a lie and we were asked to spot the micro-expression that told us he was lying.

 I noticed immediately that one corner of his lips pulled up for just a fraction of a second. Not many other people saw it in my class so my teacher had to slow it down and then other people saw it. Some people still couldn't see it though, which makes no sense to me because it was SO obvious!.... at least I thought it was.... I'm thinking I've been watching waaaay too many crime shows hahaha Although I do wonder if I would have still noticed it if I hadn't been told he was lying in the first place. The back history bias is so annoying in that way.

 

Anywaysss...yah, that's my overly in depth look on that subject haha. Jeez I like to write a lot when I'm bored and sick :p sorry to my mostly non-existent readers! haha

Cap ou pas cap?

Sick days always seem to turn into countless youtube searches and random movie/tv show watching for me (so basically like every other day of my life except a little more thorough then usual). This one time I taught myself how to french braid and waterfall braid. Pretty sure that was my most productive and useful sick day ever.

This sick day I decided to watch a french movie made in 2003 called Jeux d'enfants (Love me if you dare) that I found while watching random fanmade music videos on youtube.

I'm so undecided on whether or not I love this movie. I mean I do think I love it.... but there were so many parts where I just wanted to scream at the writers and ask "why must you do this to me? why?!", and others where I wanted to applaud them for their brilliance. In the end I guess it was best that they played out the certain parts in certain ways, the characters just wouldn't be the same if they didn't. Since the characters are completely foolish and wonderful in the first place...

Anyways, it's basically a french 2003 spin off of Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet, therefore its a tragedy with completely over dramatic characters, which I seem to love lately. It's also based on the novel "Flipped" by Wendelin Van Draanen. I'll have to add it to my endless reading list.

 

I forgot how beautiful french is. "M'aimez vous? Je fais."

Hence why I'm now sitting on google translator learning random phrases.

I wish I had taken the time back in highschool to actually learn the language properly.

Overall, I'm thinking I'm going to need a second watch in order to figure out my opinion on this movie. I think I like it... I mean going through pictures I couldn't pick a favourite scene to choose from! Which obviously means I like it... right? gah. I'm just going to go watch the rest of my Friends dvds for now (half way through season 5! woot!)

 
Did I forget to mention how much I love the use of symbolism in the merry-go-round box? Love. It.... I'm so turning into my English Professor hahaha

Cap ou pas cap?

Sweet Nothing

 I'm forever in love with every single person who is featured on the mahogany sessions.

These are just a few of my favourites, in no particular order.

 

"It's not fair to tell me that you care when we both know those words are empty air."
I like that he changed those lyrics. It's suiting :)

 

"I was left to my own devices, many days fell away with nothing to show.

But if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothings changed at all?

And if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like you've been here before?

Oh how am I going to be an optimist about this?"

 

 "Oh silver lining you are hard to see 

For she is near me always telling me where to go

she listens to my stories

She has this funny notion that tears the tears from me"

 

Ahhh pretty music. Too bad my obnoxious neighbours are listening to their dubstep on full blast with the bass turned up as high as it can go... AT 1:32PM! I MEAN COME ON. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT AND YOU MUST HAVE THAT TURNED ON FULL BLAST?! IT'S NOT EVEN NIGHT TIME. YOU'RE NOT EVEN THROWING A PARTY RIGHT NOW. Ugh. I vow to never be an obnoxious neighbour when I grow up. Also, if I ever end up having kids, I will make sure they are never obnoxious either.

 

 

I MADE IT THROUGH THE DAY! :D

I did iiiit!
Impossible English midterm that NO ONE in my class completely finished = done

Extremely hard bio midterm that even the smart kids in my class found hard = done
Caculus quiz that I spent zero time studying for and didn't even know what it was based on = done
Soccer practice with my poor naive coach who still has faith in us... ps you're the best = done
Soccer intramurals with the most awkward person who I thought I would never have to see ever again in my life let alone play on the same team as with him (hint to people reading:prom night) = done

Exhausted yet feeling accomplished. Also a little upset though because my bio lab partner said they might be dropping the class...wah, I miss you already :(

Writing blog posts still feels funny to me...not really sure how to set them up or what to say. Which is why all of them have been pretty much replays of my day haha, i'll get better at this eventually :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsfpGh4oZNQ

Also, this song is my fav.

If a boy one day sings this to me
I will be forever in love with him.

Just saying.

Sun, Studying, Smiling, Stress

For a person with an english and bio lecture midterm tomrrow, and a calc quiz on top of that, and an overly large amount of material to still cram into my head by tomorrow due to darn procrastination; I'm in an extremely joyous mood! Tuesdays are my beautiful day off so I got to sleep in :D... HAH I wish. Instead I got up early (lame) to begin my day of studying. I'm pretty sure the number one reason why I've spent the entire day overly optimistic and not curled into a ball ready to rage quit, which is what usually happens the day before a midterm let alone two in the same day, is due to how sunny it was today!

 

I even got to take a study break and go for a run :D trying to stay in shape is hard with an overly large amount of homework haha oh well, it's not like my soccer team is winning, so therefore I don't feel too bad about not being in very good shape.

 

Hi ho hi ho
back to studying I go

Whoops

Sooooo I totally forgot I had made one of these like two years ago hahaha whoops. Good news? The description still completely fits me. Bad news? I haven't changed at ALL in two years... not even an inch.
It is slightly comforting knowing I haven't changed not even the slightest bit in a weird nostalgic "I never want to grow up" peter pan kind of way... and yet completely frightening at the same time.
Currently in University now and you would think I would be different compared to high school me, but no...
Any how, hey Vic and Kieran! Here's me starting a blog so I don't feel too weird about constantly creeping both of your blogs because now you can creep me too, woot woot! Haha
Then again my life is pretty boring so I apologize in advance.
Off to go study (hopefully for real this time and not me just saying that...) for my two midterms and quizes on Wednesday. yaaaayyy....