OK. So the Conservative candidate for my riding? He lives next door to me.

What the frick are the odds?!

Alrighty then. So the government has fallen. Shame, shame, shame.

So now to the crunch. The conservative who is running in my riding already has his signs up (wtf?) and we don't even have our candidate; our election thing is on Saturday, which means that I'm going to have to be down there all day doing set up and stuff, cause apparently being on the board of directors isn't just some fancy title. I'm so psyched for this election; we have an AYL meeting on Thursday to get things moving on the youth end of things. This is definetly going to be one of those turning point elections. Looking forward to the good fight, despite the snow and the cold.

And hey! I can actually vote in this one!!!

I don't know why I feel so miserable right now. I hope that a good cry still helps everything.

This will be my second night in a row going to bed before ten. That hasn't happened in a few years; I'm just so exhausted, mentally and physically. I even had more than one coffee today, and still fell asleep trying to study...but I'll be damned if I'm too tired to enjoy seeing Harry Potter tomorrow for my birthday! Let's see if I can make it through my morning history class first...

Class was pretty good today, especially philo, but then it's usually pretty good. The guy that makes the random comment was away for a few weeks with pneunomia (sp?)...he's pretty funny. Well, off to bed...when I wake up, I'll be able to drink anywhere in Canada...whoop-di-doo. They should have something else for the 19th b-day, for all of us who don't much care about the drinking...

For a while now, my grandpa has been telling my dad that my granny has been forgetting things more and more. Stuff like when my dad was working, things that they had planned, that kind of thing. Today my dad told me that she was forgetting bigger things; she would be cooking something on the stove, walk out and forget about it. When he told me, my heart dropped. I lost one grandparent to Alzheimers'; I couldn't stand it if I lost another to the same disease. My last visit to my grandma, I knew that she didn't recognise, but I knew that she wanted so badly remember me and my significance to her, and getting so frustrated that she starts to weep. It's upsetting, to say the least.

I still haven't decided if today has been a good day or a bad day. I pulled another stupid almost all nighter doing a book review for history that I think turned out okay(but I still feel like a total idiot for staying up that long), and then, because of an attempt to get an extra fifteen minutes of sleep (and because the network was crapping out), missed the bus that I usually catch and got to class just on time, but without my usual caffeine rush. Which turned out okay, cause I had muffins and water, so I didn't fall asleep or get drowsy at all. That class has been going by so quickly lately for some reason. So I handed in my paper, got on the bus to Bonnie Doon so that I could grab a coffee and something to eat, and this guy from my philo class (the one from Quebec) comes onto the bus and sat next to me. We chatted all the way to the Fac, where he got off because he had a class and I continued on to the mall. It totally made my day, made me all giddy even though I know that I made a fool of myself (plus I looked terrible, what with the non-sleep), talking in french the whole way there and trying to supplement my terrible vocabulary by talking with my hands (for some reason, I just love his accent and the way that he talks- I sound like such a dork...did I mention that he has an eyebrow ring?).

So I got my food and my coffee (which was super strong btw; I'm still really wired and I finished it like four hours ago) and went back to the Fac to sit and study while I ate. So my exam was at 2 in the multimedia room, so at about ten to 2 I went and sat in there to wait for it to start. Last time, there was a sign on the whiteboard saying what room we were in, but this time there was nothing, and I needed a password to sign into the exam. This exam time was an extra session, because he had one scheduled for last Thursday but then realised that it was the fall term break, so he added this one and apparently most people wrote it last week. So I go back and forth between the two parts of the room (there's a partition between the two) and I see nothing, so finally, at about five after, I send an e-mail to my prof explaining what the problem was and asking what I should do. He still hasn't answered back, so I'm not sure exactly how screwed I am. I waited about a half hour before I left, and the thing is, I don't exactly know what my prof looks like because it's an online course. So I'm feeling really stupid about the whole exam thing, but elated because of the bus thing. And, of course, is that jittery feeling that can only come from waay too much caffeine. And extra bits of randomness. Naturally. We shall see what transpires.

So for everyone who is lacking in the siblings at Picard, the yearbooks are ready for pickup. They're awesome.

Did you know that Poland was the first European country to have a written constitution(1791)?

Well, now you know...

Mental note: Some people remember more when they have been drinking than you may give them credit for. Hope that they do, because the next time they drink they'll make a hilarious comment about your previous encounter. Ahahaha. Hilarious!!!

Worked through Remembrance Day, took a moment of silence at 11:00. It saddened me that only our corner of the store took that moment.

I'm not sure right now. I go from being so happy, so comfortable with myself and confident to the point that I actually believe that I deserve someone wonderful, and then all of a sudden I get so wiped out and exhausted that I just don't know how I'm going to get everything done or what I'm going to do. I'm half hoping that this is still those stupid pills messing with me, but I'm also hoping that the accutane isn't still having any kind of effect on me since I haven't taken them for about a week now. It's a little scary, I can tell you. I just feel like I'm tottering. I just don't know.

Time for bed...I'm so tired...

Oh! I looked over my schedule for next semester and figured that it was crazy to take 'French Canada to Confederation' this semester and then 'Canada to Confederation' next term, so I decided to look for a replacement for that course. So I looked on beartracks, and lo and behold there's this class called '20-century warfare'. Both World Wars, Korean and Vietnamese wars, and more. So perfect. They must have just added it recently, because there were still about forty-odd spots left. I was so excited when I found it! Still am. Such a neeerd! I love it.

Four-day weekend (ahh! MacEwan got a five-dayer!); big plans. Yup...english book review due in history about Madeleine de Vercheres, exams next week in philosophy and linguistics, then a french history paper due the Monday after and an English paper to start as well. So I'm going to be stuck either in the library or at home all weekend, save a few times I get to leave those confines for work (that's Friday; I hate working through the remembrance day ceremonies, but I'm not getting any hours next week..no excuses), for a Liberal meeting (that's going to be interesting, to say the least) and then a staff Christmas party (Saturday)...I don't actually mind all of this (sometimes, sickeningly enough, it's fun for me....nerd!), it just seems so daunting to think about everything I have to get done.Oh!! Then Sunday we have our second game of the season. We won first game on Sunday 9-0, I got a sweet assist; I hope that this game isn't a massacre.

I'm reading this book that I got from the Carrefour called 'Le dossier noir des commandites' and I must say, although this book is written by an ardent seperatist and therefore is a little sketchy at times, it's really interesting to see this whole sponsorship thing from another angle. Disturbing though. Anyways, I'm totally going to go and have a quick nap. Ta!

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Went out with peeps from high school at the Metro downtown, so much fun. Haven't seen most of these people in ages...too bad we couldn't get more people out, but it may not have been as great with more people. Soo awesome. Had a good chat with peeps, it seems that I've worked everything out; I had a suspicion, but it's good to sort of have it confirmed; hearing other people's opinions is always healing too. Going to go out with the tea lady probably next week, and I kept hearing something about a poker party ( i think that I may have said that I play poker...I honestly can't remember if I actually know how to play *blushes*) .Skills guys, skills. I mean, come on, who else can have the perfect shot and end up scratching? That's right...well, like everyone. But anyhow... Overall awesome night, thanks for the comps on the car guys! Lol. Other than that, an ok day, woke up late, went to work and finally got all of my scholarship stuff that's due in the next month or so out and in the mail. Some sketcheriffic people at work, but some nice ones too so it all evens out. Going to need to wake up early tomorrow (today) cause I work again tomorrow afternoon, and then my first soccer game of the season (so excited!) so I'm going to have almost nil homework time. Ah well. These things happen; only a three day school week next week anyways. Awesomeness. I'm so happy.

Eep. Tomorrow I'm leading a seminar in my history class. I really dislike speaking in front of a group of people, and I always seem to draw a blank when the prof asks me questions about the documents. I really, really hope that that doesn't happen. I wish the butterflies would go away.

Oh yeah, and I'm done with accutane. That stuff totally screwed me over, way more than it helped. On to the next one...