why i dislike kingston right now.

argh. there are no other words to express. kingston right now is so frustrating.

situation: make copies for navs tonight. we need approximately 50 copies double sided.

planned action: go to the staples 24 hour copy centre. double checked times on the internet - it says "copy centre, open 24 hours". fine, so i'm set. right?

how it goes down: i walk all the way downtown to staples. it looks dark. this isn't good. i walk to the back to the copy centre and see a girl coming towards me. 'we're closed' she says. 'what? the 24 hour copy service?' 'yes' she says. 'it's only 24 hours monday to friday'. 'WHAT?!" how come it fails to say that on their website?

okay, so this was already my last hope. and it turns out it was no hope at all. kingston closes all business at like 3pm which makes me frustrated. okay, so maybe not 3pm, but pretty early. what the heck is up with that?! this is a town heavily populated with students who rely on services to make it through the year. heck, just to make it through the day.

i went to shoppers on bagot and princess. they have a copier right? oh wait - it's broken. i walk out of the store, doom on the horizon - we are going to have nothing for navs tonight. shoot. what am i to do? i go to the other shoppers on princess and division. they have a copier. but copies are 20 cents each. we need 50 copies. double sided. i gave up.

i came home and called dan with the problem. luckily for us he just bought a new ink cartridge - he's gonna print it all off on his computer. which sucks cuz he will have no ink at the end of the night.

argh.

it's just those rainy days... (mary.j anyone??)

today is just one of those cloudy-rainy-wet-wanna-stay-in-my-bed-and-lounge kind of days. luckily i got to enjoy some of the comforts my bed offers on a day like today. i went to the navs leadership team meeting, then out for lunch with sue - we stepped outside the restaurant and it was raining and windy. i decided to just take it on and walked home. i stepped in several invisible puddles - the kind that just looks like a plain old wet sidewalk until you step on that spot and realize the sidewalk dips *just* a little and your entire foot is immersed in water. that soaking feeling is accompanied with a sinking feeling in your stomach. the combination is like the 1-2 punch, just terrible. i suppose what makes it even worse was the fact that i was wearing a pair of those slip on shoes that don't cover the heel. good times. i got home eventually, peeled off my socks and jumped into a warm pair of plaid pyjama pants and onto my bed, where i lay for a good three hours. i listened to my new marymary cd, tried doing some calligraphy, then fell asleep. what a task it was to pull myself away from my comfortable, homey bed. but alas i acheived the feat and am here, clothed in comfort and wishing i had a cup of tea in my hand.

right-o. diligence is the word, watson.

can i just say, what beautiful weather we are having! i'm loving this sunshine and relative warmth...! anyone see the lunar eclipse last night? i was quite excited about it...possibly my being a geography major having something to do with the jubilation. eclipses, gorgeous weather, what more could we ask for? God is blessing us with through nature! :)

soo i'm all done midterms..all two that is :) and now it's on to term papers. i am being diligent and i have done quite a bit of preliminary research. i have become one of those people who take out all the books on my topic, well all the good books anyways...hopefully no one else is doing my topic..oh wait - i know someone who is...well, i hope they're doin their research too, or else there will be no more books! muah ha ha..just kidding, just kidding! i'll be one of the good ones who use the books for a short period of time, then return them to the library. in keeping with my diligence, i'd say it's the least i can do.

why would anyone do this?

a friend mentioned this to me in class today. can someone else take a look at this and agree with me that this is NOT the stuff to be making movies from?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424938/


i can't believe it.

plague of rabbits drives man from home

Orleans man overwhelmed by rabbit population explosion

ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW ORLEANS — He wanted a bit of company, so he bought a pair of bunnies. He ended up with more company than he could handle. In less than a year, he had 73 rabbits. The man's name was withheld by the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on grounds he was embarrassed enough already. They chewed the furniture. They burrowed into chairs, couches and mattresses. They processed food faster than their owner could clean up after them. Finally, he moved out and called his doctor for help, said SPCA director Laura Maloney. The doctor called the SPCA, which chased rabbits through the house for much of the day Monday. Now — though a few have been adopted — it is asking area shelters for help. "The rabbits were clean and healthy, even though the house wasn't," said Kathryn Destreza, director of animal services. Maloney said the man was not cited.
"He was a very nice man who recognized he was in a situation where he needed help."


my question is - why did he wait till he had SEVENTY THREE?!?!?! a story that is sure to make you smile though.

:)

monday.

turkey day. that was monday. my mom, dad, bro and i headed up to scarlem, ahem, oh sorry, scarborough to my aunt's place for our family thanksgiving lunch. we got there about 3ish and there enjoyed a scrumptious array of foods: pasta salad, rice, boiled potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, broccoli salad, turkey, stuffing, ham, pumpkin and apple pie. (i'm sure i'm even forgetting a few things!) it was great to spend time with family - catching up, witty banter, an abundance of laughter...it was a time to cherish, especially since this was my dad's first thanksgiving weekend in seven years! seven years! imagine that...!! that definitely made it just *that* much more special. i thoroughly enjoyed every moment of this past weekend.

i enjoyed it right up until the end - until i had to catch the 6:15 via train from oakville to kingston. well, i enjoyed the train too, but it was 45 minutes late! i'm thinkin that could've been an extra few minutes in my bed rather than in the station! but alas, these things we can never predict. i arrived in kingston about an hour and a half later than our scheduled time, due to prolonged stops at union, and some other stations. as we were pulling into the kingston station i saw about 25 taxis lined up, so i figured, yeah that'll be enough for all the ppl that are getting off here. i was wrong. there were about 150 ppl who got off in kingston and by the time i got out to the taxi are, all the taxis were gone. i waited a further half an hour to get a cab, than booted it home. i made it through my apartment door at about 5 minutes past 11. class was at 11:30. i unloaded my bag and books, tossed food in the fridge, refilled my clipboard with blank paper and headed out the door faster than you can say 'urban politics'. i did indeed make it to my class - on time too. now, at this moment in time, i am trying to relax after that hectic morning, thinking of having another shower to wake me up, perhaps eat some lunch, and then get crackin on some books.

i'll see y'all on the other side.

sunday.

throwback to trinidad sunday was a success. we started the day by attending the early service at the meeting house - nothing like a good bruxy sermon to get your day started right. we came back home and got things prepared for the throwback lunch. about 1:30ish the guests arrived - norma jean, treens and tremayne. the afternoon was filled with amazing food, lots of laughter and sharing. we enjoyed each others company until the sun went down and we were all ready for our beds! definitely a memorable day.

i have been blessed with great thanksgivings over the last few years, each unique but imprinted in my memory! last year we celebrated without our parents, matt, treens and i made the feast. my aunt brought the turkey, and we feasted! i was glad to be able to have some of my friends from barbados (who were studying up here) over at my house to share in the festivities. and festivities they certainly were.

well folks, the good times have not yet ended. it is only monday, and today, in a few hours, we head off to my aunts house in scarborough to enjoy another, yes another, thanksgiving shin-dig. it's gonna be good.

an entire weekend filled with family and friends - really, i could not be more blessed and thankful.

saturday.

phew what a day. my mom and i went to dixie outlet mall in search of some winter boots. i hadn't been to that mall in years, literally. i heard it was redone and that it was really quite nice now. we entered the mall at 11am and left two hours later with a pair of winter boots as well as a medley of pants and shirts. how can you resist when one shirt is $5 and a pair of pants $10???? come on! i was thinking that i shouldn't have brought home any clothes from kingston at all! but who knew???

we came home and began our cooking extravaganza. curry galore. i definitely can't wait until tomorrow. i call it 'throwback to trinidad sunday'. after we cooked all our curried meats, it was on to pies and cheesecake. i peeled and cut up the apples, then made the filling (with the help of mom of course). we then moved on to our cheesecake -- peach cheesecake. it was a new recipe, never tried before in the ramcharan household, but let me tell you, i think it's a winner. finally, we rounded off the whirlwind tour of cooking with some pie pastry. i observed as mom made the pastry, then i helped roll it out. tomorrow, the pies will be assembled and baked, so we can enjoy fresh *hot* pies after our 'throwback to trinidad sunday'. mm mm good. being at home is great :)

aiight well i gotta go clean up and take a shower so i can enjoy the rest of the evening. more tales from 605 inverhouse coming your way.

we are chillin.

iris and i are chillin. procrastination what?? not in this house! i'm done my proposal and she's done her lab report. get this - it's onlt 5:43pm! hmm what shall i do tonight? the question is yet to be answered...perhaps grab some dinner and continue with the chillin? in any case i'm going home tomorrow evening and i am psyched! :) thanksgiving here i come!! that turkey better watch out, i'm hungry.

Do you want to come over tonight and watch the 10 commandments?

so i was just browsing through my old scrapbook, reliving the good times when i came across a page labelled "Christian Pick-up Lines" and i just HAD to spill. be sure to share the story if you use one of the following. here are some of my favourites:

1. God told me to come and talk to you.

2. Need help carrying your Bible? It looks heavy.

3. The Word says "Give drink to those who are thirsty and feed the hungry", how about dinner?

4. You don't have an accountability partner? Me neither!

5. Nice Bible.

6. Excuse me, I believe one of your ribs belongs to me. (obviously only dudes can use this one)

now this last one- i think it's quite funny, hope no one takes it too seriously :)
7. Oh, are you cold? Ecclesiastes 4:11

hahaha hope you enjoyed those.

by jove i've got it!

it took me a little over half an hour to figure out how to post pictures to this page. i have conquered. now i'd better go get some real work done. posse out.

here's one happy abby 

pop yo' collar

okay, iris and i are officially geeks. we just practiced our dance in our living room. that's right folks. we have however conquered the first dance of intermediate hip hop. what WHAA!!!! yeeah. it is going to be a good year. no, an amazing year. advance warning to all people in the recital audience: get ready. it's going to be hot.