Jeez, here I am, all ready to find a permanent job, and the employment agency comes through, but it's the employer who's being less than stellar. I've been waiting on an interview since last week, but to my surprise, the employer or whoever is handling the hiring process is away on vacation until tomorrow. It would have been nice to know that. Sigh. Sure, doing absolutely nothing has been nice, but I could be doing more productive things (and making some money).

At least the employment agency has been nice about it. They already have a temp job lined up for me if the permanent job falls through. It's with one of the companies I worked for last summer, the one where I got to read books when there wasn't anything for me to file. Actually, it's the exact same job. It's easy to believe that asked for me personally because I did such an awesome job, but really, they probably only want me back because I know the job and they won't have to train someone. It's been a year though; I really don't remember all the details of the job, except the parts where I got to do nothing and the free lunches.

The one plus: I didn't fail any of my classes! Marks were up surprisingly fast this year. I'm under the impression my Chinese prof curved the marks though. I don't think I did that well. So now I'm just waiting on the university to review my grades and approve me for convocation.

But in the mean time, vacation in one week! Does anyone know what the weather is like in San Francisco around this time of year?

Good thing about two parters. If the first part is lacklustre you can always make it up in the second part. Though, first parts can't help but be sucky sometimes. It has to set up stuff for the second part and that's never fun.


I so planned on not watching the trailer since the plot of episode six was a complete mystery to me but with the end of the episode the way it was, I had to keep watching.

So last exam ever today! :-D I'll be off soon to go write that then I'm free of university forever.

I had expected to ease into the whole permanent job thing. I'm going on vacation near the end of May so there's about three weeks there where I thought I would have a temp job. I was fine with that. A few weeks work, get some money for the vacation, then chilling in San Francisco. Suddenly the employment agency's on the phone and they're offering me a real job. Whoa! I totally wasn't expecting that.

It sounds easy enough. It's with an insurance agency for high risk people and I'd be proofreading and other admin things. But I totally did not know what to say to the agency lady. I was all, "Wah? I is not done skool yet." Thankfully she was nice enough and she said I could phone her back tomorrow with a decision. Wow. A real job and I didn't have to lift a finger. Okay, so no guarantees that I'll get the job. Still got to do an interview and such, but it's mostly there for the taking.

But first, must write last exam and totally not fail.

ETA: My sister made this for me. I'm beginning to suspect she doesn't do any work while at work.

I was rather tired yesterday after the con, so my thoughts on Doctor Who were a little scattered. I forgot to babble about a few things that came up. The episode had some good things.


I think that's the last time I'll be watching Doctor Who after a long day. You sort of zone out.

Again with the titles that spoil who the villains are. It totally ruins the moment when they're revealed. You know to expect a space potato head under that helmet.


Actually, I'm really excited to get past the next episode. I have no idea what episode six is about. They didn't show clips from that episode; all the trailers skipped over it and went straight to episode seven. Beyond episode seven I'm totally clueless, too. I can't wait. No more school and unknown Who episodes to come.

The annual comic book convention is this weekend. As some of you might recall, I went last year and met Morena and Christina. I was on the fence about going again, but the con people have fixed things up this year so hopefully it's a lot better. There's no one Whedonverse related this year, well, Jo Chen and another artist who did covers for the first Serenity comic, but Six and Sulu are coming. Tricia Helfer should be interesting since she is Albertan and could probably locate Calgary on a map if prompted. I always think that the guests who come to Calgary probably have no idea where they are and are only coming to make some money. ;-) And George Takei should also be exciting. He's exciting enough that my mother's coming, too. Yes, geekery runs in the family. I'm tempted to ask him for an autograph but ask him if he could sign it to Melllvar and not to my name, just to see if he remembers the joke from Futurama ("I think I've been to enough conventions to know how to spell Melllvar."). Too geeky? Too weird?

At the very least, it'll be a nice break from studying. I've been writing so much I get a hand cramp by the afternoon. Of course, this is the weekend that transit decides it needs to do some maintenance on the tracks. Getting to the grounds won't be as easy now. Doesn't city transit realize all the geeks in the city need to get downtown this weekend?

I'll actually have to put off watching Doctor Who for a few hours. Strangely, I'm not too worried. Every time I see the new costumes for the Sontarans, I feel less inclined to like the episode. Grey and blue rubber suits aren't threatening! Sigh.

Had an exam yesterday so I didn't get a chance to see this until now.
Wow. It looks like Stargate: Continuum will be even better than Ark of Truth. Because now the writers aren't stuck tying up a plot. They can go crazy! And go crazy they did, if this trailer is any indication. I can't wait to see this. Jack's back and it seems like he's actually involved in doing stuff this time; no sitting around for him. :-)

Just what I needed. A snowy episode to match the weather outside. ;-) I swear the Ood Home Sphere could be just outside my window.


Next week should be interesting. I'm not sure I agree with the makeover they've given the Sontarans, but hopefully they've kept their attitudes the same.

Hmm, maybe I shouldn't have laughed at the weather. The city's under a weather warning now. Heavy snowfall. There's a good 25-30 cm outside on the ground. And a chunk of snow just fell off the roof with a loud thunk. Ah, spring in Calgary.

Even the birds are fed up. They flew back here from the south, expecting nice weather to have cute baby birds and then pow!


This is my neighbour's tree. Usually there are a lot of birds hanging around - crows, magpies, etc - because the lady across the way feeds them, but this is just plain weird. It's like The Birds around here. I couldn't get a picture since they flew away, but there were tons more sitting on my fence and the lilac bush. The poor birds were all huddled together and puffed up to keep warm.

I hope the weather lets up before Monday. Being late for exams would not be a wise move.

Whoo, last day of classes! I will never ever have to take another Chinese class again or haul myself out of bed for a 40 minute train ride to the universe. Now I have the real world to look forward to. Oh boy.

As is the tradition here, the last day of classes is Bermuda Shorts Day. Wear your shorts and get horribly drunk before noon. I actually saw people drinking beer before 10:00 this morning. But the joke's on them. It was only zero degrees Celsius when I got to the university and it was snowing by the time I finished my last Chinese class (11:00 am or so). I've never been one for drinking so I can only laugh at how everyone had to scurry and move the beer gardens inside.

Just two exams and I am officially done university forever. It's kind of scary and great at the same time. In university all your time is spent worrying about work and getting that one essay done before it's due. At the same time you had entire summers to just slack off if need be. Now I have to find a job and that's eight hours of solid work every day. Only advantage of that is you leave the work at the office and when you get home you can do anything. No homework to worry about. The weekends are your own, too. I'll be happy to have more time to write but we'll see how I last with a 9-5 job.

And I am so close to finishing off the last essay I'll ever have to write. I'm tempted to have a note burning once I'm completely graduated. I've always wanted to do that.

I've gotten a little behind on my comic thoughts. I blame school. But it's the last week. Hooray!


I wonder why Dark Horse doesn't make Firefly into an actual comic series. I think there's enough demand out there; just look at how well Buffy Season Eight is doing. Or maybe they're just saving all the really good stories for a sequel. :-D

Wow, that was a really good episode. I was rather excited for this one since I learned a little bit about Pompeii in my Greek and Roman technology class. Also, it's easy to convince myself that by watching this episode I was actually studying for the class. ;-) Actually, there were a few examples of some of things I learned in class in the episode, like amphorae and hypocausts. Heck, there was even graffiti on the wall when the Doctor is talking to that merchant.


Good episode, and we all learned a few things about Pompeii. Maybe a question about Pompeii will appear on my Greek and Roman technology final. I wish. :-) Thankfully in a week classes will be done and I can watch Doctor Who guilt free after that.

Ha! Doctor Who fans are awesome!

Adipose!

Oh yeah, Doctor Who is back! I think I've overgeeked this weekend. :-D


Wow, and the official Doctor Who site got ugly and weird to navigate. But podcast commentaries! Hurray for BBC only messing up the commentary for "Voyage of the Damned". But the quality of the video are better.

So, how come after a year away, the premiere for season four of Battlestar Galactica is only one hour? I think we deserve two hours, thank you very much.


Now I'm just waiting on Ron Moore's podcast commentary to appear. I really enjoy those. Those and David Eick's video blog. I just love how everyone just plays along and says bad things about David Eick. :-)

Yay! 21! Now you can legally gamble in the U.S. Road trip to Las Vegas!

This is an exciting weekend for you. Birthday and new Doctor Who. ;-)

Reading Drew Goddard's arc has made me realize just how much I miss watching Buffy. His snappy dialogue just brings it all back. But one advantage the comics have over the show: you can go anywhere you want and bring back any character you want (without having to pay the actor).

This meme is courtesy of sl_podcast. Seems all I do lately are memes. ;-)

I really shouldn't check the internet before I leave for the university. But check it out: preview pages for Buffy #16. :-D


'Kay, have to catch the bus now...

Snagged from kefira.