bone in sub

i’m switching cell phone providers sometime (maybe today? depends on number portability), and this just made me laugh:

35 cents per square minute.

last night was kind of fun, i was going to go to the election party at the gladstone, but as i was leaving her house, my aunt was just coming from her book reading there and described at as “new years’ eve with a lineup”. i just wanted to sit down and watch tv, so i came home and drank beer and streamed msnbc instead. i’m now convinced that instead of getting hangovers i wake up more refreshed than normal. maybe because of the extra calories?

“novembeard” is going OK so far, i don’t look gross…yet. i’m still not sure i’ll have enough moustache coverage to not look white trash, i think i’ll know by friday. i’m pleasantly surprised that my sideburns and chin are connecting, i think that’s called a ‘beard’. my neck itches.

orchestra started again yesterday. it’s funny, i didn’t play with an orchestra for three years, and it was great getting back into it in september. because of opera there was no orchestra for the month of october (well, except some stupid reading sessions that were just a pain), and after that one month i missed it waaaay more than i realize. after rehearsal yesterday i was totally elated to be back into it. it helps that we’re playing bernstein’s ‘overture to ‘candide”, a hilarious & fun piece. i did my thing again where i’m called to play my part solo in front of the whole orchestra and i play it better than i ever have.

i’ve gone to all of my classes so far this year except film. i haven’t been to film since mid-september. this isn’t a problem, in first year i took psych100 (supposedly a really hard ‘weeding-out’ course?) and i went to maybe 8 classes in total and got a high B in the course. studying consisted of getting to the exams 20 minutes early and skimming the textbook. a couple psych majors in my residence didn’t believe me when i told them about my attendance/grade juxtaposition. i don’t think school has ever been a challenge for me, i cannot empathize with people who have serious school-related stress issues. i totally understand what it’s like to have no free time or a recital or something, but school is just EASY.

film though, last week i realized there’s a paper due sometime soon and panicked, walked quickly to a computer and checked the syllabus – it’s due the 11th. i made myself a reminder and every time i saw it i felt sick, because i have to write a paper on a course i know nothing about. this morning i read the actual assignment outline, and it’s SO EASY. wicked! i know what i’m doing on monday. the only other actual work i have to do this semester is watch about 11 movies before the december 6th exam. that can’t be so bad. i’ll get a pizza and a case of coke and spend 2 days in bed watching art films.

i want to go to the doctor just because i haven’t had a physical in ages and i’m curious. unfortunately i don’t really know how it works up here in canada! i know about walk-ins, but so many of those look incredibly sketchy and gross. i think i’ll find one in the financial district, hopefully that will be nicer?