Kung-Fu Kitty

Yeah, just before I doze off, I wanted to tell everyone about a great concert coming up at Bishop's University. It's talked about here on the first post, and I highly recommend anyone in the neighbourhood to go. Montreal composer alcides lanza and soprano Meg Sheppard will be performing in Bandeen Hall on Friday, October 1st, 2004 at 8:00 pm. (In case you're too lazy to go to the site, or it doesn't work for some reason.)

Wow, a record (or something) of 6 comments on my last post! I feel special in so many ways. Anywho, about my fantasmic weekend...

On Friday, after classes, I went to a Liberal Arts barbecue located at some teacher's house. Jonah and I ended up eating all his vegetarian food. Anywho, I always find it fun to mooch off other people, especially when food's involved. After that, I went to Jonah's (I spent most of my weekend there) and eventually went to D&D where there was much alcohol to be had. My chaotic neutral character is really playing her part well, being insane enough to paint pictures on the wall with blood from her bleeding nose. Yeah, I'm weird... so what?

Saturday was even more fun, at least in the evening. I went to the Maysen Pub and listened to a very good local band called Stairway Movement. They're really really really good, and they played really really really well that night. I was bored at first because no one was dancing and I couldn't really have an intelligent conversation with anybody because it was too noisy. But once I hit the dance floor, and everyone was dancing around me, and the lights were flashing, and the smoke machine was doing its thing, I thought I was really getting my $4 worth. I was just immersed in the music, and I was really sad when it ended. I ended up going back to Jonah's at around 1:00 am.

Sunday was by far the most entertaining day of the weekend. I tried to finish my homework that afternoon, but couldn't. Figuring I'd be able to go home right after, I went to band practice. However, I was forced into staying at a concert, which ended up being pretty good, but it's the principle of the matter. Anyway, at the reception, I got into the wine, and got rather trashed (the martini before practice didn't help). Then, Oliver, Sam, and I decided it would be a good idea to play frisbee in the quad. It turns out it wasn't really. I got hit in the head twice, that I can remember, and I crashed into Sam at least once. It was great fun. Sam climbed a tree and that was cool... considering the lowest branch was about twice as high as he is. My parents eventually brought me home, right before we were going to start some fires too... The evening ended with me trying to finish my Physics assignment, drunk and way too tired.

Yesterday, I played Dungeons and Dragons for the very first time. My character was a gnomish sorceress of the chaotic neutral alignment. I have a feeling that I should sit in on a game where people actually know what their doing because, last night, it was a little confusing. It didn't help that I was a little drunk after having one too many Harvey Wallbangers. Anyway, at the beginning, everyone was bickering and when we finally got started on our campaign, it was a little less than orderly. Oh well, I think I'll get it eventually and then it'll be more enjoyable.

Now, because everyone seems to be doing it, I've included my Global Personality Test results. I don't know how accurate they are, but here goes anyway:

Yesterday evening, I went with my Astrophysics class on a field trip to Mont Megantic. We took a schoolbus, which was funny for me, because after I finished high school, I said to myself, "I will never have to ride a schoolbus again!" Hahahahaha! The irony. The best part was that on the bus we got snacks. The bad part was that the sandwiches they were handing out had meat in them, and I, being a more or less devoted vegetarian, depending on my mood, couldn't eat it. The good part was that I got extra cookies, granola bars, apples, etc.

We arrived at the Astrolab about an hour after our departure, which was supposed to be at, but was, in fact, a bit later than, 5:30 pm. We watched a little film about Life, the Universe and Everything, but 42 didn't come up at all. Still, it had some neat animations. I was filled with wonder at the vastness of it all, as I usually am, when I contemplate such things. Then, we were taken a little higher up the mountain (or mount, as some in rockier places would argue) to the research observatory, where we saw a very big telescope (the best in Canada, as those working with it would argue). The people working there explained to us how everything worked, and I think I might fulfill their hope that one of us would someday work there.

Then, as the wind started to pick up and the sky was fully dark, we stepped outside and looked up. The sky was probably the clearest, lack-of-light-pollution-wise, I've ever seen it. The sky clouded over later in the night, but for a while, it was perfect. We eventually went to the visitors observatory, which has a much less cool telescope that is still much better than my dad's, and looked at things. We went outside to look at some things through a smaller telescope, which had a mirror diameter of maybe 8", because the guys who worked there couldn't seem to get the bigger one working at first.

I haven't mentioned yet that it was very cold. I was regretting not having brought my winter coat. Anyway, we saw a really cool and large spider at some point. My new friend Andra first noticed it and we watched it for a while. Then we looked at the Andromeda galaxy (or M31 for those who care) through both the small telescope and the one in the observatory, once they got it working. At the very end of our visit, we were showed a presentation on the Cassini craft and we were shown random images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. That was probably the least interesting part. Anyway, we then got back on the bus, and by this time it was about 10:30 pm. I slept the whole way home.

I was thinking, the other day, that it would be way cool to create the Pyromaniac's Cookbook. It would have all sorts of things like how to make napalm and flamable jelly, or how to create colourful fire, or how to burn things safely. I don't know if it's been done yet, but I think, if I ever get over my laziness, I might write something like that. Well, probably not, but it was a valient effort. I hope someone else does it so that I may sue them... Muahahaha!

Hem. Yes, anyway. Today was an interesting day, but really more frustrating than interesting. I left the house a bit before noon because I had a meeting about peer tutoring for 12:45. I wanted to go to the bank before to get a page which would replace a void check so that I could get a direct deposit to my bank account. To make a long story short, the teacher who was to organize this meeting was not there and I therefore made that whole trip for nothing. Then, I noticed that the teacher for the one class I had today was absent. Hourra! I came to school for nothing! Well, at least I got to spend some time with lover-boy and sit in on his radio show. And now I have time to study for my chemistry test tomorrow... But wait! What am I doing wasting my time on the computer!

Next, I noticed that someone commented on my last post who's name I didn't recognize. Curious as to who it was, I checked out his blog. Crappy as my computer is, the format was all screwed up and it was impossible to read. Oh well, guess I won't be reading his blog, whoever he was. Heh heh... And I wonder where doing karate moves mid-conversation ever came from. Yeah, I'd do it, but who first mentioned it, I wonder. Well, no concerns.

Yay! Somebody did guess who the mystery writer was! Congratulations!

I guess nobody reads my blog anymore because no one guessed who the mystery writer was, even though it was pretty obvious. Sigh! Oh well. Anywho, I'll keep writing for my personal enjoyment. Hey, I just noticed it's September 11th today. In my agenda, created by some american company, there's a little picture of a ribbon of red, white and blue on the page for today. Yeah, I won't say what I think because I might offend someone and get arrested as a terrorist. Anti-american sentiment? Who, me?

On to other things... Yesterday I went to Montreal with my parents to hear the world premier of my father's new composition, Tapestries. It was played by Imusici, an excellent Montreal string orchestra, and Rivka Golani, an absolutely amazing violist. The piece was supposed to be about an ancient greek weaver, Arachne, who got turned into a spider by Athena after they had had a contest to see who was the better weaver. Anyway, the piece had some cool spidery sounds as well as some interesting ancient greekish themes which sometimes verged on gypsyish for the solo viola. Overall, it had my A+.

After the concert, and some very mediocre red wine, we (being my parents, and two of my dad's students) went to the Baton Rouge on Ste Catherine street and it was a most excellent meal. I had an avocado sandwich with fries which I could not finish, and for an appetizer we had the best (and only) spinach dip I had ever tried. As we ate, I watched people go by and noticed that there are some very interesting fashions in Montreal, but way too many pointy-toed stilleto-healed shoes, which are, in my modest oppinion, the ugliest things ever created in the history of footwear.

To sum up, I was quite full after supper, and I slept the whole way home in the car. Now, I have some avocado sandwich and fries leftover in the fridge and the thought of having that for breakfast, which I have not yet had, is making me very hungry. I'm going to add my dad's website to the links column to the right, just in case anybody's interested in checking him out.

For the very few of you who actually read my blog, I'm proposing an extra-special game. I'm going to have someone else write and I want to see how many of you can guess who it is! Here goes:

Hello eveyone who has ventured across this wonderfull site. I am someone who shall remain nameless for tax/legal/evasion purposes. I'm guessing that after that last sentence you already have guessed who am, because seriously, who else writes with /'s? Riddle me this! After lighting many fires in many places with our newly made flamable gelatinous uber crazy white stuff Ilana and I, who while still remaining nameless have been identified by all who know me, went on the computer on which I now type and started to do just that: type. Go us! We are having a great time, um, typing and stuff. Note, stuff includes eating stuff, playing with stuff and lighting other stuff on fire as has been already mentioned. Back to you Ilana:

That was a person who will remain nameless, folks! Yes, a cookie goes to anyone who can guess who that was. A very special cookie it will be, made by the nameless person's mom. Yep. That's all.