So here we are... the weekend has come and gone, and I'm ready to jump into another week at school.
This weekend wasn't much. Kyle works overnights and so our schedules end up crossing... he'll come home and go to sleep, and I'll wake up and be up while he's sleeping. Then he has to go to work. >.<
None of the places I applied to got back to me yet. I can't work anywhere else but school right now until my six months have passed as mandated by the government, so I'm kind of stuck without a job unless one of these places gets back to me. I mean, it's only been a week, but I'm not feeling very confident on getting hired unfortunately. I did end up dropping a class (that Canadian Government class) because the prof is ridiculously bad and I don't want to fail the course. I'll take it next term because I'm interested, and this guy's not teaching next term. But that does mean that my schedule's freed up quite a bit, which I will let my prospective employers know (since they like to know your schedule so they can see if it's worth hiring you).
I hope that gets me in good with them. Or, I mean, in better with them xD
A friend of mine who's still in high school came out to me not long ago, even though it was painfully obvious he was gay from the day I met him. Either way, he finally said he was comfortable with it enough to accept himself and share with others, and he told me. Since I never came out to him ever (our parents are friends and we were never classmates), I decided I'd let him know, too. He wasn't surprised either XD Anyway, he came out to his parents unintentionally on Saturday (his mom kind of boxed him into a corner and he had no choice but to confirm it), and his parents freaked right out. I didn't get much of a chance to talk to him about it today since I was distracted most of the day by random chores and homework (and the inevitable 1.5 hour phone call to my parents T_T), but I could tell he was really agitated. I hope I get to talk to him about it tomorrow, since I can feel what he's going through and I really wished I had someone to talk to when I started coming out.
On a side note, I'm a bit worried about him being forced out of the closet for mainly two reasons. His parents and my parents are good friends, so no doubt his parents and my parents will talk... I hope during those conversations, nothing about my sexuality comes up, because my parents are not ready for that, but I don't doubt that they've suspected for a while. I mean, it is a bit obvious, but they've never just up and asked me. Secondly, I hope my friend doesn't drop my name in a conversation with his parents. He always kind of looked up to me, but I don't want him to use me as a sort of an "example of a gay person" to his parents. I don't want to be outed like that, because then my parents will FOR SURE know, and then I'm screwed.
I trust him enough for him not to do that. There was a reason I told him to begin with, despite the risks of him being so closely connected with my family. But, it doesn't stop me from slightly worrying about it. Slightly.
I'll keep you guys updated on how things go on his end. His mom's a spazz and religious nut, and his dad is pretty homophobic. He was telling me briefly, before he logged, that his mom said he should get psychological and religious counselling. =\ he's in a bad situation right now, so I really hope his parents chill out and stop fussing. That kind of behavior really affects someone, and not in a good way. It could ruin not only the rest of his teenage years, but also his relationship with his parents forever. So yeah. Here's hoping things get better quickly T_T
I bought some freshly-caught fish from the grocery store the day before yesterday. All weekend I had no time to cook it, and it went bad. Two fillets cost me $20... I'm so pissed. They were really expensive but they were FRESH and looked GODLY. *sigh* so much for fish for a while. I can't afford any for a bit. -.-
Alright, that's enough rambling for one evening. Baiii <33
-skybluekid
Showing posts with label money. Show all posts
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Forestry boys
Yesterday I didn't write, 'cause I got home at like 10:30 and I was dead. So I just went to bed. I almost forgot to brush my teeth... that's how tired I was xD So, sorry!! I'm making up yesterday right now though.
Not like there's much to tell either way. Met a cute boy yesterday in the cafeteria and we talked for like, an hour over lunch/dinner, while I was waiting for Kyle to get out of class. He's in forestry, and I've always been fascinated what the heck forestry is, and what they do as a major. So we talked about that, and about politics and what-not. Which is always a great conversation, apparently, with Canadians, because they tend to have a not-so-great opinion of the U.S. (not that I blame them for the most part). Unfortunately, he also had some terribly untrue conceptions of our government in general, so I had to clear those up for him. I felt I did my part by providing some civic education about the U.S. to a foreigner =P Turns out he's also in my econ class so maybe I found a buddy I can hang out with there =)
Other than that, not much else to tell. I bought Diablo II the other day. I loved that game when I was younger, and one of my friends here decided he'd play it so he convinced me to buy it we can play it together =)
I've had trouble getting my math textbook. The bookstore ran out of copies and I'm kind of unable to get one... and there's an assignment due tomorrow. Yeah, I know. I'm actually about to email the prof and let him know. I don't know when the store will have copies in, but they said they would call. In the meantime I found one on Amazon for like $60, so I've jumped on that copy, but now I have to wait for it to get to me. The prof didn't even have one on reserve at the library, so I can't even figure out how I'd be expected to get the assignment in to him. >_< I hope he cuts me a break. I hate to miss an assignment... the first assignment, too, before school has even gone into motion. *grumble*
Yesterday I also bought my books. Half a thousand dollars, yessir. I'm the opposite of in the money. In the debt? OH YEAH, SEXY.
T_T
Tonight is geology class. I hope it's not as stupid as last time and I can actually hear myself think. XD Oh, and I'm going on that field trip!! I confirmed my attendance yesterday, so it's ON =D
Maybe I'll have more to write about tonight, after I get back from school. If yes, expect a post. If not, see you all tomorrow <33
-skybluekid
Not like there's much to tell either way. Met a cute boy yesterday in the cafeteria and we talked for like, an hour over lunch/dinner, while I was waiting for Kyle to get out of class. He's in forestry, and I've always been fascinated what the heck forestry is, and what they do as a major. So we talked about that, and about politics and what-not. Which is always a great conversation, apparently, with Canadians, because they tend to have a not-so-great opinion of the U.S. (not that I blame them for the most part). Unfortunately, he also had some terribly untrue conceptions of our government in general, so I had to clear those up for him. I felt I did my part by providing some civic education about the U.S. to a foreigner =P Turns out he's also in my econ class so maybe I found a buddy I can hang out with there =)
Other than that, not much else to tell. I bought Diablo II the other day. I loved that game when I was younger, and one of my friends here decided he'd play it so he convinced me to buy it we can play it together =)
I've had trouble getting my math textbook. The bookstore ran out of copies and I'm kind of unable to get one... and there's an assignment due tomorrow. Yeah, I know. I'm actually about to email the prof and let him know. I don't know when the store will have copies in, but they said they would call. In the meantime I found one on Amazon for like $60, so I've jumped on that copy, but now I have to wait for it to get to me. The prof didn't even have one on reserve at the library, so I can't even figure out how I'd be expected to get the assignment in to him. >_< I hope he cuts me a break. I hate to miss an assignment... the first assignment, too, before school has even gone into motion. *grumble*
Yesterday I also bought my books. Half a thousand dollars, yessir. I'm the opposite of in the money. In the debt? OH YEAH, SEXY.
T_T
Tonight is geology class. I hope it's not as stupid as last time and I can actually hear myself think. XD Oh, and I'm going on that field trip!! I confirmed my attendance yesterday, so it's ON =D
Maybe I'll have more to write about tonight, after I get back from school. If yes, expect a post. If not, see you all tomorrow <33
-skybluekid
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Mmmm sleeeeep
I was able to sleep in today. I ended up sleeping in quite a lot, though. I don't know why but I felt soooo sleepy when my alarm went off 9 hours after I had gone to bed, so I decided to ditch the alarm and went for sleeping in. I ended up waking up at 3-ish. XD
Kyle had class really quick so I dropped him off, but he forgot his coffee in my car so I had to sneak into his lecture and give it to him =3 After that I hung out at the library until it was time for my geology class.
Tomorrow I'll have a bit of time in the morning. I need to buy my math textbook and a few other things before I head to class.
OH I'M SO HAPPY. I got approved by the bank here for a credit card. Never in a million years did I think I'd get one! In the U.S. I'd been declined so many times until finally I got one last year, but the credit limit was only $700. Here they don't have check cards, so it's just a debit card that I get, and the bank charges you $0.60/transaction! So stupid! And I hate carrying around cash so I was really miffed. But now that I have a credit card I can use here, I don't get charged and that makes me happy ^^ So I'll be using this one for all my purchases, but I have to make sure not to keep anything on it. I don't want to go into debt =$ I didn't think I'd get it, because when I opened a bank account here they asked me if I wanted a credit card and I told them I'm from the U.S., which means I don't have an SIN (their version of the SSN) or anything, but they said I can apply without one. So I did, not thinking I'd actually get it, but hey!! I got it!! $1000 too XD
So my first couple of days at school went well =) My geology prof is so cute. She is so excited about rocks I don't even know how to describe it to you, but she totally got me onboard to go on a field trip. I know, nerdy! A geology field trip! But I'm just so eager to just jump in, meet people, and experience things, I'm gonna do it. She's got me excited about rocks hahaha ^^ I can tell her class is gonna be fun. What sucks is there are like two hundred kids in her class, and the ones next to me are stupidly immature. Passing notes, whispering, giggling, right when I'm trying to listen to the prof so I can take good notes to get a good grade and pass her class and stuff... I mean, srsly, guys, it's uni, not high school. If you want to be stupid go outside. No one's gonna stop you or give you detention. Or better yet, don't show up. Drop the class. Let me listen without having to hear you babble about how wasted you got last night that you started drinking out of a shoe (true story. I overheard D=)
But other than a slightly-miffed skybluekid cuz of the idiots in geology, I'm really enjoying school so far.
Tomorrow's another day!!
<33
Kyle had class really quick so I dropped him off, but he forgot his coffee in my car so I had to sneak into his lecture and give it to him =3 After that I hung out at the library until it was time for my geology class.
Tomorrow I'll have a bit of time in the morning. I need to buy my math textbook and a few other things before I head to class.
OH I'M SO HAPPY. I got approved by the bank here for a credit card. Never in a million years did I think I'd get one! In the U.S. I'd been declined so many times until finally I got one last year, but the credit limit was only $700. Here they don't have check cards, so it's just a debit card that I get, and the bank charges you $0.60/transaction! So stupid! And I hate carrying around cash so I was really miffed. But now that I have a credit card I can use here, I don't get charged and that makes me happy ^^ So I'll be using this one for all my purchases, but I have to make sure not to keep anything on it. I don't want to go into debt =$ I didn't think I'd get it, because when I opened a bank account here they asked me if I wanted a credit card and I told them I'm from the U.S., which means I don't have an SIN (their version of the SSN) or anything, but they said I can apply without one. So I did, not thinking I'd actually get it, but hey!! I got it!! $1000 too XD
So my first couple of days at school went well =) My geology prof is so cute. She is so excited about rocks I don't even know how to describe it to you, but she totally got me onboard to go on a field trip. I know, nerdy! A geology field trip! But I'm just so eager to just jump in, meet people, and experience things, I'm gonna do it. She's got me excited about rocks hahaha ^^ I can tell her class is gonna be fun. What sucks is there are like two hundred kids in her class, and the ones next to me are stupidly immature. Passing notes, whispering, giggling, right when I'm trying to listen to the prof so I can take good notes to get a good grade and pass her class and stuff... I mean, srsly, guys, it's uni, not high school. If you want to be stupid go outside. No one's gonna stop you or give you detention. Or better yet, don't show up. Drop the class. Let me listen without having to hear you babble about how wasted you got last night that you started drinking out of a shoe (true story. I overheard D=)
But other than a slightly-miffed skybluekid cuz of the idiots in geology, I'm really enjoying school so far.
Tomorrow's another day!!
<33
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Steakhouses are yum!
It's 7am, and I'm just going to bed. Go me. >.<
I actually did not intend to stay up this late, but for some reason here I am.
Today (and by "today" I mean yesterday) was great. Kyle and I went to a fancy steakhouse for our anniversary and had one of the best meals I've had in a long time. The $100 for the both of us was totally worth it. I love steak so much! I had it with the king crab legs and a twice-baked potato. I would have gone for the steak/lobster combo, but that was nearly $10 more expensive, so I decided not to. It would've been nice though... I've never had lobster but I hear it's amazing. Maybe next time xD
With that $100 gone, it was the last of the money I made over my summer job that I quit last month in order to move up here. I really need to find a job up here, and soon, because if I don't my student loan debt is going to be through the roof. Even as-is, it's expensive. I mentioned earlier that my parents are helping me pay for school, but they can't help me with all of it, so I still had to take out loans. The interest rate is bizarrely high (almost 10% per year), which means I'm going to get owned, and fast, by the amount of money that will start piling up. So yeah, job. I can't get one yet (I need permission from the school to work, and I won't get it until six months have elapsed and my grades are good), but as soon as I can I'm going to start working. At this point I don't care where. I'm even entertaining the thought of working at Kyle's restaurant, even though I swore to myself a while back I would never take a job with this particular restaurant chain.
After Kyle went to work, I cooked. It took about two hours to make my mom's really amazing chicken soup (it's really finicky, but tastes divine), but I didn't mind. I enjoy cooking, as mediocre as I am at it. I hope I'll get better, and can cook more things than just a handful of recipes I've picked up over the years, because neither Kyle nor his mom can cook very well. Well, okay, his mom can and does cook, except she has a tendency not to season anything, so most of what she makes tastes bland, but it's filling. Kyle's used to it, so he's unaware that there are better-tasting things out there. For me, his mom's cooking and my mom's cooking are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Eastern Europeans, especially from my parents' country, love their flavorings and spices, so I grew up with rich-tasting food. Once you experience something like that, especially for the majority of your life, it's hard to get used to anything that doesn't taste similar. So yeah, gotta bring more spice into the foods that are cooked here. xD
School's just one day away, and I'm a bit nervous but excited. It's going to be a major change for me, from what I've experienced, but I can already feel it's going to be a great thing.
Can't wait!!
I actually did not intend to stay up this late, but for some reason here I am.
Today (and by "today" I mean yesterday) was great. Kyle and I went to a fancy steakhouse for our anniversary and had one of the best meals I've had in a long time. The $100 for the both of us was totally worth it. I love steak so much! I had it with the king crab legs and a twice-baked potato. I would have gone for the steak/lobster combo, but that was nearly $10 more expensive, so I decided not to. It would've been nice though... I've never had lobster but I hear it's amazing. Maybe next time xD
With that $100 gone, it was the last of the money I made over my summer job that I quit last month in order to move up here. I really need to find a job up here, and soon, because if I don't my student loan debt is going to be through the roof. Even as-is, it's expensive. I mentioned earlier that my parents are helping me pay for school, but they can't help me with all of it, so I still had to take out loans. The interest rate is bizarrely high (almost 10% per year), which means I'm going to get owned, and fast, by the amount of money that will start piling up. So yeah, job. I can't get one yet (I need permission from the school to work, and I won't get it until six months have elapsed and my grades are good), but as soon as I can I'm going to start working. At this point I don't care where. I'm even entertaining the thought of working at Kyle's restaurant, even though I swore to myself a while back I would never take a job with this particular restaurant chain.
After Kyle went to work, I cooked. It took about two hours to make my mom's really amazing chicken soup (it's really finicky, but tastes divine), but I didn't mind. I enjoy cooking, as mediocre as I am at it. I hope I'll get better, and can cook more things than just a handful of recipes I've picked up over the years, because neither Kyle nor his mom can cook very well. Well, okay, his mom can and does cook, except she has a tendency not to season anything, so most of what she makes tastes bland, but it's filling. Kyle's used to it, so he's unaware that there are better-tasting things out there. For me, his mom's cooking and my mom's cooking are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Eastern Europeans, especially from my parents' country, love their flavorings and spices, so I grew up with rich-tasting food. Once you experience something like that, especially for the majority of your life, it's hard to get used to anything that doesn't taste similar. So yeah, gotta bring more spice into the foods that are cooked here. xD
School's just one day away, and I'm a bit nervous but excited. It's going to be a major change for me, from what I've experienced, but I can already feel it's going to be a great thing.
Can't wait!!
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