12 posts tagged “food”

I am actually still alive.

- I went on a roadtrip to northern Ontario for work. Really different. Most teachers there hate their lives, soooo.... not doing that, careerwise.
- I kind of hate work these days (compare entries from when I was just starting). Maybe it's just because of training, which is dull.
- I went to a street festival today, and it was really good. Bloor from Christie to Lansdowne (far!).
- I really like Milkis these days. Seems totally weird but it's actually amazing! The only soft drink I like.
- I met a boy called Professor on Sunday. I really like him, but he "does not feel as strongly" towards me, though he was "open to the idea". On reflection, I'm not sure whether by "the idea" he meant a relationship or sex, but I'm kind of hoping more for the former. Uh so that kind of sucks. However, I see this as somewhat positive. When that whole business with Samurai happened, I thought to myself (silly), "Oh I like him so much, what if I always have him in the back of my mind.... I won't ever find anyone that seems as compatible as he does." Blah blah blah. But Professor is just as suitable, and I already like him more than I ever liked Samurai. Well maybe. Not quite as much, but it's more positive. I was too fixated on Samurai. Though I am very wary of how I'm getting into that relationship "mood tide": I'm happier than my average happy when I have a good time with Prof, but am more mopey than average when... well when he says things like "I don't feel as strongly towards you as you do towards me." Not that that surprised me, because I seem to always (and I mean in friendships and my love life) like/appreciate/love people at least slightly more than they do me. But I know I'm just emotionally intense.
- I seriously like this Milkis stuff. You should try it! If you didn't click on the wiki-link, it's a Korean soft-drink, so look for it where you'd find that. Difficult perhaps for those that don't live like 5 minutes from the "Korean Business Area".
- I intended for this post to be short. I did not intend to discuss Professor, so there you go.

Fuck I had a good day. I packed myself a little picnic of depressing veggie sandwiches and walked down Bathurst to the Lake. I had [afternoon] lunch and read in the Music Garden, then wandered around Harbourfront and the CN Tower area, then walked back up Rees Street, spent a little time in another park, then proceeded home on Beverley.

It was lovvvely out.

Man I just remembered how craaaazy I was about The Mars Volta in high school. Like... insane fanboy. I just heard a song of theirs. Brings me back. And actually... I stopped listening to them when my tastes turned more like "indie pop"-wise, but now I'm kind of heading back in that musical direction anyway. You always get back to where you started. And I really do mean started. Growing up, I pretty much thought that my only musical options were a) the crap you saw on like "Much Music", and b) classical/jazz/etc. But there was so much more... And I'd say The Mars Volta was the first band I really liked. And by liked I mean loved. Of course nowadays they're more under the "Much Music crap" category. But it can't be helped.

Aaaanyway.

I just got back from a newmindspace pillow fight in Nathan Phillips Square (in front of city hall). Sooo fun. I totally went at it for an hour plus, and it went by so quickly. I'm a little dazed, I slightly chipped a tooth, and I think I swallowed a couple feathers (seriously), but it was hella hella fun. If all exercise were like that, I would totally be in shape. And I think it's a great thing those guys are doing. This is my city, I pay taxes (do I), and I am going to have fun in my public spaces. This is the first event by them I've been to, but they do lots of other stuff, like streetcar parties, and I look forward to it!

Story time. Thursday I went to work for a meeting. Oh PS, because our company is underbooked, I work like 2 or 3 days per week YET get paid salary, as if I work every day. It's unbelievable. But anyway, so we're all in there, and there'd been this other breakfast meeting before, so there was food left over which we were allowed to indulge in. And though I had just eaten, free food always stimulates my appetite. So I wolfed back a couple bagels and took a grape juice. I complained that it tasted like cough syrup grape, and someone said "Hey remember when you were a kid and they had those banana-flavoured antibiotics?" And we discussed that. I never had that stuff. Well actually I mentioned it to my mom and she said I did, but I was 2 so I can't be expected to remember.

Later that day, I met up with some Garg (newspaper) friends in the office. We sat around while one of our friends burned CDs for his show later that night. Then we went out for burritos (Big Fat Burrito, highly recommended), and after, I wanted popsicles. I got one of those red-white-blue ones, and my friend Diego got a banana-flavoured one. (You can see this coming). I said "I hate banana", and what does Emily say? "Hey remember when you were a kid and you had that banana-flavoured penicillin." So of course I was like "no way, oh my god", blah blah blah.

The show was good. Afterwards, we went to a bar. Usually I'm too scared for this, as I'm 18, but I figured fuck it. I didn't drink anyway, for reasons that are another story. But everyone else did. So some girl I do not know the name of was having some sort of fancy beer, and she says "Hmm... has a fruity aftertaste. Almost like... bananas." Yes. And as soon as she says it, someone pipes up, "Hey remember when you had that banana-flavoured amoxicillin as a kid." Thank goodness Emily was there, or else my subsequent spaz over it being the third instance in one day would have been lost on uncaring ears.

So I thought it was a weird coincidence.

To study for calculus tests, it's usually a good idea to buy past years' tests and take them for practise. But... oh god they are so long. And the fact that it's so tiring and so disappointing to turn the page and see more and more and more questions all while in the comfort of a nice library does not bode well for how I'll feel in some badly ventilated gymnasium tomorrow, writing my hand off along with 500 other kids for 3 hours.

Whaaatever. After that we're having a barbecue. I am going to pass out on the lawn.

Spring is totally here. Yesterday was damn warm! For a while. And today was beautifully clear but not cold!

But spring means something sad... the end of the year! I had my last Chem lab, my last Calc lecture.... :-(. This year has been so amazing. I've never felt so happy and fulfilled, really. I love my life. High school was... not an accurate model of the real world, and I am so glad. Ah!

That being said, I am totally looking forward to the near future. My job seems awesome, I get to live downtown for half of the summer, and frosh next year and meeting tonnes of new people will be super.

But yeah... first year is nearly done (only exams really.... yay), and I'm 1/4 done my undergrad. Stay back, adult life!

Man I love walking. On Saturday night I did this walk home from a party:

Granted, it was a little on the irresponsible side because it was 1:00 am. But Toronto is awesome at night. Bloor was happenin'! It was very refreshing, and it was mostly downhill (towards the lake, you know), so it took ~45 minutes. There was a bit of jogging. Just got itching to get going at some parts. I went for another walk today. Short though. I wanted to get out to some parks to the east, but I went with a friend who just wanted a quick break, so I didn't drag her along for something especially involveddd....

Things I planned to accomplish tonight:
- cleaning my room
- three pieces of homework
- laundry

Actual accomplishments:
- sitting in front of the TV
- lurking the internet
- going out for cake with friends (futures!)

The last one made it valid. And I half cleaned my room.

For some reason, the DST change really messed me up. Circumstances didn't help.

I had an interview this morning at 9, so I figured I'd try to go to bed early. 11:30. Of course by ~12:45 I was still rolling around in bed practising my pronunciation of rudimentary Mandarin phrases, because this is what I do when I ought to be sleeping. Anyway, then my friends [using initials is getting lame, so we'll call them...] Bizarre and Pineapple knocked on my door to remind me that the time was changing. Which was very very helpful of them because I had no idea and would have missed the interview. But it was kind of unfortunate because there went another hour. Eventually I ended up getting about 4 hours, and I don't do well on low sleep.

Uh yeah and I didn't know that on Sundays our caf opens at 9 so.... breakfast was a Rice Krispie Square from last night. Classy.

Anyway the interview went fine, ended at like 11:20. And then I went and got lunch, played Wii with Bizarre for what I thought was an hour and then.... it was 4:30. And then I fell asleep. I felt jetlagged, to tell you the truth.

So I woke up at 6:30, had dinner, and then tried to do this online homework we get in Chem due Sunday night (hence doing it now). And this stuff is damn easy - everyone gets basically perfect. But I kept fucking up. Like... arithmetic. I was getting upset, and that wasn't helping. Anyway, so the point is, uhh the new DST schedule didn't go well for me. Damn you Yankees!

China has only one time zone when it ought to have 5. The ROC says it does have the 5, but the PRC puts everyone on Beijing time.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
That map is hella outdated, if anyone cares.

Some time mid-next week, I am going to be grossly behind on coursework. I'm just sort of teetering now. It'll work out.

But I don't want to get proactive! I just want to knit and listen to music. Allll day. Foxfire Forest are having a renaissance for me.

The lasagna at the cafeteria today is horrendous.

It is becoming increasingly apparent that my circle of close friends ("close") is dictated by people who understand my sense of humour, which can sometimes be... esoteric? Did I mention that my closest friend told me that I have "an unlikeable personality". This caused self-esteem damage of approximately 20%, though it was positive in that it made me care much less about others' opinions of me.

My friend from Jilin told me that if I move to China I should live in Hainan. I don't know how much this appeals to me, as it is quite warm, though said friend reports Chongqing to be much worse. Guangdong province is nearby, and it seems nice, though they are Cantonese there. Hangzhou or Nanjing are the most likely candidates for now. We'll see how this eventually pans out.

Ai-yah it's been a while since a post...

I listened to Black Moth Super Rainbow one hundred eighty-two times last week. I would every day if I could. I loooooove them... yeah anyway. They're good!

Danielson are also getting a lot of play these days.

It's finally seeming like spring these days aaaand it's going to snow tonight. A lot. Blahhh I am sick of it.

Today was incredibly productive. Considering the 5-7 hours of class I have on Mondays, I usually spend my between-class time dawdling. Today, however, I knew I had work to do and HUNKERED DOWN in the library - and I did a week of calculus in ~2 hours or so. Commitment!

I also handed in my application. For an instructor job at a science camp, I realized I hadn't put down the backstory for that.

Errrr I saw the Oscars. I hadn't seen any of the movies except for "Atonement" which I am rather a fan of. It won Best Original Score, which it really deserved. I found the soundtrack on Youtube. Good stuff.

Oh I went to Fresh on Saturday night with a friend. This is good because a) I need to get off campus more, and b) it reminded me how dayum good that place is. Vegan deliciousness. But it was quite a sitcommy fiasco. My friend was walking up Spadina, and there's a Fresh there. I'm up at the University, so the Bloor one is closer to me, but I told her I'd meet her down there since it was convenient for her. I changed (I'd been skiing with Dad that day) and walked down Spadina, and called her and said "I'm outside the door", to which she said "No you're not... where are you? I'm at Bloor". Insert laugh track. I didn't really find it funny at the time, but ten awkward minutes of sidewalk pacing later, she showed up via streetcar, and we had our delicious meal. I had a Thai burger made of I'm not sure what with a spicy peanut sauce. Goooood and perfectly filling.

I thought our waiter was a very cute guy. Turned out to be a girl, whoops... Well her style was tomboy verging on drag king, so I can't really be blamed.

We also had crepes at another place after. I didn't really want to, but my friend was going to a show later, so I kind of had to keep her occupied.

I actually read over alllll my Bio notes tonight. Am I ready for the test? Nopity-nope.

Caraway is by far my favourite spice. I would carry it around with me if I could. Most things I eat could use seasoning. And why not caraway. Maybe anise, too.
...Perhaps I will. I need to find a suitable container.

Happy new year all! Congratulations and be prosperous!

Today was a good day. I was in charge of the New Year festivities for my house, and although I didn't get a whole lot together in terms of entertainment, everyone was together, which is the whole point.

I left the preparations until the last minute, of course, but I got pretty into it once I got to it. I even went to the trouble of wearing the only combination of clothes I could figure out that featured red (good luck) and no black or white (bad luck). A friend and I went down on Spadina to poke around the shops for stuff to decorate with, and for food. I always feel so much more... alive when I'm down there. More people, more colour, more smells! We went into this grocery store, and it was such a strong contrast with American grocery stores. People were bustling around, everything was vibrant, there was every sort of food imaginable (and lots of things I hadn't imagined). It was nothing like... giant stores, fluorescent lights, don't make eye contact with anyone you pass in the aisles, cereal now enriched with Vitamins A through P and with 23% less trans fat!, giant grocery stores now with photo-developing centres, clothing sections, roller coasters. No, this felt much more human. Humane. I try to avoid this kind of thinking, buy god damn, American culture really sucks the life out of you, doesn't it.

I'm glad there's still something left that's at least mostly untouched.

Anyway, it was a great experience, and the event went well. Lots of decorating, food. Friends. Which is most important.