Summer....Much?....
Well its been a good couple of months since ive actually updated this thing, so, lets have at 'er!
Ive gone back to the city of st. albert for the remainder of the summer. I was put on the garbage crew... go me. Ive discovered that there are certain perks to actually doing this dirty job. First of all, its the only real work out job at the city (besides concrete) were you can actually get some really decent excercise. I lift on average about 5 tonnes of garbage a day. Also, it seems that there are people that actually give a damn about how hard we really work. Ive had on many occasions people come out and give me everything from beer, pop, cookies. On some occasions, some of the other guys on the crew actually get 2-6's of bacardi white rum or even cash! Thats right, cash! Moreover, there is the perk of bottles and cans! We collect the bottles and cans that fall out of the trash, and sometimes people are too lazy to recycle it themselves, so they leave it in nice bags for us! Its free money! It may sound retarded but I have 165 dollars in a jar beside me that disagrees with its retardedness! So tell me its retarded when I'm listening to the all new ipod I intend to buy with the money at the end of the summer.
Anyway, enough about my job. I am currently waiting for the U of A to get off their nice, over paid asses and give me my acceptance into second year engineering. I will know in the next couple of weeks, but the suspense is taking its toll on me.
Carrying on with this school theme, it was my two year anniversary of high school graduation on june 4th. Its amazing what significane 730 days has on someone, I reflected on what Ive done so far (btw- when I thought of this, I was driving my garbage truck so it didnt go over well with me). Ive got one year of university done, great friends, and (I suppose) a decent summer job.
I also thought about the people who left my life under bad circumstances. The people that, two years ago, meant a lot to me and now, rarely even hear from. To those friendships that I may severed, to the connections that were lost, I have only this to say:
I hope you are doing great and I hope that everything is going as you expected it to. I also hope that one day, you will pick up the phone and tell me all about them.
Until then:
This is Falcon signing off.
For those of you wanting to give up on your exams this term, I thought this might be a good motivator:
Best of luck on your finals guys! Be like the frog and dont give up!
This is Falcon, signing off.
....Post much?
So after several months of not posting I have decided to take a few moments to actually get something on here. To start off, I have noticed that my attention span for school is growing ever so thin as of late and it couldnt be happening at a worse time since finals are just around the corner. So Ill have to keep pushing myself till this all said and done.
Onto other news, cuba was put on hold(...again) due to paper work troubles (aka passports and money (money is paper so it counts as paperwork troubles)). So it has now been moved to end of summer.
I would like to say that I have a relaxing summer planned, but that would be a lie. I will probably be working two jobs again, and will be working out as much as possible in an attempt to lose this weight Ive gained. DAMN YOU TIM HORTONS!!!!!
I will be at U of A next year, its just a matter of what concentration of engineering I will be in. (I didnt get a 3.0 GPA so I probably wont be getting my first choice but we'll see). Im both looking forward to the U of A and dreading it. It will be great cause I'll have finally made it to the U of A after 2 years of working towards it, on that same note, I know I wont have the class sizes like I have here at Gmac. (seriously, there is a total of 10 people in my ENGL 199 class and 30 in my Math 101 class.)
Well, until I post again!
This is Falcon, signing off.
Afghanistan
A friend of mine just anounced that he will be leaving for his final training down east on April 2nd and then will be deployed into Afghanistan sometime in september. As much as I am upset that he is going, this is what he wants to do, so I leave you with this pic.
Support the people who make it possible for us to the free country that we have today.
This is Falcon, signing off.
Late Night Rides Home
Since I normally dont come home from school till about 10:00pm most days, I've become heavily reliant on my Ipod for entertainment on the bus ride home. I typically shuffle it up and listen to different music. However, I love listening to this song while driving downtown. I don't know why, but it seems to fit the setting.
Heavens Coming Down - The Tea PartyWith nothing to do
You'd waste away
Obscure in exile
They've witnessed the times
You've gone astray
Whose fault? Now you're thinking...
Ah,there's nothing to prove
A message from the crowd to the shore baby...
And it feels now
Just like heavens coming down
So strange are the ways,
They all have changed
Still life it stays the same
A break from the past
Could make it last
Oh, maybe just a little longer
Now there's nothing to prove
A message from the crowd to the shore baby...
And it feels now
Just like heavens coming down
Your soul, shakes free
As its conscience hits the ground
You surrender love under will
Rest assured you're adored, oh.
And it feels now
Just like heavens coming down
Your soul, shakes free
As its conscience hits the ground these times this fate
Takes a path you didn't choose
Stay strong, keep faith
There's a change that's coming through
Hold on my love
Hold on my love
Hold on my love
Feels like heavens coming down
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Sweet Injustice
Ahhhh course eval time. How I love to just look over those sheets of paper and rate the performance of all my professors. A time where, the tables are turned, and we can decide whether or not the professor in question was actually good or not.
This was the time of year that I was looking forward to ever since I set foot in that god forsaken chem 103 lab this term. I was gonna give my Chem lab instructor just what he needed: A good, ol fashioned quick in the ass. I had it ready to go in my head and everything!
Sadly though, because it was a lab, my lab instructor (btw he is also a chem 101 prof, he does actually hold a PHD in Chemistry) said:
"This year, we are only evaluating the lab itself, not the instructor, so dont bother".
My jaw dropped... I didnt know what to do... but say:
"Ohhhhh no, you're GETTING an evaluation whether you like or not!"
So when I glanced at the paper, I saw one question on the front page that said:
"What can we do to improve the lab"
I quickly followed that comment with suggestions of "Hiring less pricks; Getting rid of condecending instructors; Hiring instructors that werent going to ridicule you for asking a question." By the way: Each of those comments where followed by the name of my instructor:
Roy Jensen (spelling?)
I REALLY REALLY wanted to just write "Jensen IS A PRICK" in big bold harsh cocaphanated words. I was dying to just rip this man apart on the course eval.
But alas, i could not, So here I am, writting to you, the good people, about how much I loathe this man.
Anyhoo, thats my rant.
Cheers! And best of luck on Finals!
This is Falcon, signing off.
