daah-duh dah dah dah daaaah!

[jaala]

So yes, it's my birthday today. I am now officially 23 years old... and still an undergraduate student.

It was an interesting day. (Isn't that... interesting?) To begin celebrating at midnight, I stayed up nearly all night troubleshooting my CD burner's driver and doing Theory homework. By a massive effort of willpower (or more likely because I forgot to take my meds and never got fully into REM sleep), I managed to get up and ready almost in time for my first class.

In the course of a tightly scheduled day, I...
-ate nothing save an apple and some orange juice until dinner
-discovered to my relief that I have not fallen behind in my understanding of post-tonal theory
-once again glorified in the fact that I'm taking a class about opera
-heard more about the possible strike
-snapped my glasses in two when I tried to take them off after being outside
-enjoyed a challenging band rehearsal despite not being able to see too well with contacts, and
-met up with Mum (drove up to see me), with whom I did some grocery shopping, ate dinner in the dining hall, and shared the cake she brought in my residence room.

It was good to finally make it to more than one class a day. Though I'm still achey and mucus-ridden (too much information, I know), I think I might actually attain some normal level of health in the near future. I'd better get well. There are too many tasks to mention that I need to accomplish as soon as possible.

New userpics. The electro-narcissism continues.

Comments

[ejumean.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!!!! :-)

[jaala]

Thanks, Emile!

[gridlockjoe.livejournal.com]

I like that... "electro-narcissism" :)

Hope you had a spiffy birthday!

[jaala]

More properly, it should be "digital narcissism"... but that doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

[soubrette.livejournal.com]

Nowt wrong with electro-narcissism :) Have some apple juice against the mucus, or try steaming with a herbal tisane (mint or chamomile work nicely).

[jaala]

Thanks; I'll try that some time.

[soubrette.livejournal.com]

PS: The silly picture is deeply daft, not to mention disturbing. Eeeee. I hereby reward you with a picture of Hilarion.

[jaala]

Ooooh... I'm daft! *g*

[jaala]

It's a screen capture taken while trying out the PC camera/webcam feature, btw, so I knew exactly what face I was making.

[michaelsjournal.livejournal.com]

Happy belated birthday. You need to eat more. I'm packing to head back to what my grade ten history teacher used to call "the Great Republic." More later...

[jaala]

Thanks for the belated birthday wishes and compliment about the photo. I don't need to eat more, really, just spread it over the course of the day in a more organized manner, i.e. three meals. Good luck with your term.

Mum brought my new American passport over on Thursday. I must say they're quite a bit more garish than Canadian ones. It feels weird to look under "Nationality" and see "United States of America".

[michaelsjournal.livejournal.com]

I either snack consistently, or I forget to eat altogether. So I empathize.

Thanks, good luck with your semester, too!

What are your plans for Reading Week?

[jaala]

I plan to head home for at least part of Reading Week. I'm seeing The Producers and Copenhagen in Toronto.

[stelic.livejournal.com]

Hope the moments of enjoyment and the visit from family (And cake! :9 *looks for a leftover slice ... or a plate of crumbs*) far outweighed any chaos on your b-day. :)

It's so cold it breaks glasses? *shudder* ... Well, more of a fear-shudder than a temperature-shudder ... then again, if it were that cold, there would be an attendant temperature-shu--...

*looks at blank stares*

... but I digress. *ahem*

*yay*@e-narcissism! Contented and silly pics are always good to see.

Since the b-day wishes are belated, I'll instead offer wishes for better health and desired accomplishment. :)

[jaala]

Thanks for the good wishes. On balance, it was an enjoyable day.

The cold weather was merely the last straw for my glasses. Somebody stepped on them a couple months ago while I was napping on the couch in the music building. (He managed to not only kick them off the top of my school bag but also step on them once they landed. Admittedly, I shouldn't have left them on the bag on the floor, but I didn't have a glasses case with me so there wasn't much else to do.) I bent them back into shape, but the metal hinge was weakened.