UPDATE
So the headache scenario is either something really not serious or something really serious. Doctors are so reassuring that way. I went to a doctor ho actually took me seriously and did a bunch of really weird tests like "close your eyes really tight and i'm going to try adn open them with my fingers" and "make luke perry forehead hold it and then let it go" etc. And then he prescribed some fancy muscle relaxer thing and some painkillers which are making class quite enjoyable.
Then sent me for blood work and told me it might be some sort of mutant brain infection.
Sigh.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
If that's All You Will Be - You'll Be A Waste of Time
So as hard it is to pay attention and keep up with the ridiculous assignments that keep coming my way it is infinitely harder when I have a headache that simply will not go away.
I have tried the drugs. Of course I'm off the whole caffeine thing so i can't take any of the good drugs. But Advil is supposed to make head aches go away. So I've been taking it religiously for three days at every four hour mark, warning on the label be damned.
I've tried drinking a stupid amount of water with the inane hopes that it was a dehydration thing. It wasn't. And I had to pee for hours.
I've tried the pressure points which mostly just hurt and made it worse.
I have tried everything. Except the doctor. Because I don't want to sit in a waiting room for hours only to have a doctor tell me it's stress and to take some Advil. I swear I would punch someone.
There is nothing i want to do less than sit in the ER waiting room hoping to be taken seriously. Nothing.
At the same time. I would really appreciate if my head would stop pounding because I have assignments to get done and a midterm to study for.
I have tried the drugs. Of course I'm off the whole caffeine thing so i can't take any of the good drugs. But Advil is supposed to make head aches go away. So I've been taking it religiously for three days at every four hour mark, warning on the label be damned.
I've tried drinking a stupid amount of water with the inane hopes that it was a dehydration thing. It wasn't. And I had to pee for hours.
I've tried the pressure points which mostly just hurt and made it worse.
I have tried everything. Except the doctor. Because I don't want to sit in a waiting room for hours only to have a doctor tell me it's stress and to take some Advil. I swear I would punch someone.
There is nothing i want to do less than sit in the ER waiting room hoping to be taken seriously. Nothing.
At the same time. I would really appreciate if my head would stop pounding because I have assignments to get done and a midterm to study for.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
in-class
Professional Prose is boring and lame. I really don't want to learn any more about professional prose or internal communications or annual reports. This is what I was trying to avoid by coming to writing school. SO onto PLAN B
PLAN B
I'm going to apply to graduate in April with a Diploma in Professional Writing, from what I've found it is just as good as having a degree.
THEN I work my ass of all summer at a job that I have yet to acquire and get some money.
THEN I move my ass to Vancouver to go to VFS which was originally plan A but got bumped in favor of a "real education" Well screw a real education, life is too short to not have fun. I mean really.
There are only a couple problems in my plan. One I don't have a job. Two I haven't actually gotten into the school yet. Which is daunting. The program requirements are: A 1-page (maximum) synopsis of a feature film or television project that you are passionate about making. Provide the film genre and utilize references to other movies to explain how you would make the film. Explain the concept, vision or idea. In addition provide a minimum of two and maximum of four other creative writing samples in their original form (no more than 20 total pages should be submitted).
I stole that from the website. Which leads me to another problem...i don't have a movie or script that i'm passionate about making. I mean I have tons. None that I think would actually work. Also explaining the concept the vision the idea....might make me vomit.
Ah finally a class break.
PLAN B
I'm going to apply to graduate in April with a Diploma in Professional Writing, from what I've found it is just as good as having a degree.
THEN I work my ass of all summer at a job that I have yet to acquire and get some money.
THEN I move my ass to Vancouver to go to VFS which was originally plan A but got bumped in favor of a "real education" Well screw a real education, life is too short to not have fun. I mean really.
There are only a couple problems in my plan. One I don't have a job. Two I haven't actually gotten into the school yet. Which is daunting. The program requirements are: A 1-page (maximum) synopsis of a feature film or television project that you are passionate about making. Provide the film genre and utilize references to other movies to explain how you would make the film. Explain the concept, vision or idea. In addition provide a minimum of two and maximum of four other creative writing samples in their original form (no more than 20 total pages should be submitted).
I stole that from the website. Which leads me to another problem...i don't have a movie or script that i'm passionate about making. I mean I have tons. None that I think would actually work. Also explaining the concept the vision the idea....might make me vomit.
Ah finally a class break.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Instead of writing an Advanced Composition Essay...
So while I was looking for Kevin Smith clips from the show I found a few more awesome clips that have nothing to with Kevin Smith on YouTube. Also I found a site called YouPorn which I had no idea existed, but I won't post any of those videos...they were mostly creepy anyway. I mean if you can't get into real porn maybe you should just not do porn. That sounded way wittier in my head. Whatever.
OKAY so non-Kevin Smith YouTube video number one....
The day after the People's Choice Awards where Ellen DeGeneres won best talk show host Stephen Colbert opened his show with this, and then Ellen found it and put a clip on her show:
And I laughed for days and days and days. Especially when Ellen showed the clip on her show...made it that much better.
Non-Kevin Smith video number two:
HEY WAIT so Kevin Smith actually showed up on VMars. I mean he's not in the clip but still....not the point. The point is that someone on YouTube took two of my fave things and added them together to make one AWESOME thing:
Non-Kevin Smith Videos 3 & 4:
I always say that Tegan and Sara have the best onstage banter of anyone ever. So i found a couple videos to prove it. These are from an outdoor concert in Yellowknife that they did a few years back.
The second Tegan and Sara vid repeats a bit of the last video but wade through it, Sara screws up in the song and it makes me happy.
and now I head home for Thanksgiving to eat my weight in turkey and fixins. Hopefully I'll cram everyone in somehow, even though I'm only going to be home for a few days and going to see Deryk is kind of a priority. But yes so I will be home sometime around 7 probably...maybe 8. I'm super stoked to see my dog. I'll take pictures and post them. But just of my dog.
OKAY so non-Kevin Smith YouTube video number one....
The day after the People's Choice Awards where Ellen DeGeneres won best talk show host Stephen Colbert opened his show with this, and then Ellen found it and put a clip on her show:
And I laughed for days and days and days. Especially when Ellen showed the clip on her show...made it that much better.
Non-Kevin Smith video number two:
HEY WAIT so Kevin Smith actually showed up on VMars. I mean he's not in the clip but still....not the point. The point is that someone on YouTube took two of my fave things and added them together to make one AWESOME thing:
Non-Kevin Smith Videos 3 & 4:
I always say that Tegan and Sara have the best onstage banter of anyone ever. So i found a couple videos to prove it. These are from an outdoor concert in Yellowknife that they did a few years back.
The second Tegan and Sara vid repeats a bit of the last video but wade through it, Sara screws up in the song and it makes me happy.
and now I head home for Thanksgiving to eat my weight in turkey and fixins. Hopefully I'll cram everyone in somehow, even though I'm only going to be home for a few days and going to see Deryk is kind of a priority. But yes so I will be home sometime around 7 probably...maybe 8. I'm super stoked to see my dog. I'll take pictures and post them. But just of my dog.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
So I'm not a huge fan of putting stuff on YouTube, especially stuff that you don't have the rights to, so I'm not putting my videos of Kevin Smith on the internet. The video I took is for me so I can giggle when I'm depressed.
Luckily someone else did it for me. Of course the video quality is shit but whatever.
the first clip is of the "lecture" he gave when he walked in and was talking about Air Canada:
the second clip is a response to the question "What does 'spiritual' mean to you?" Apparently according to Kevin Smith it means praying right before the plane takes off:
While it's not much it's a little window into what that night was like all night.
enjoy!
Luckily someone else did it for me. Of course the video quality is shit but whatever.
the first clip is of the "lecture" he gave when he walked in and was talking about Air Canada:
the second clip is a response to the question "What does 'spiritual' mean to you?" Apparently according to Kevin Smith it means praying right before the plane takes off:
While it's not much it's a little window into what that night was like all night.
enjoy!
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Like A Retarded Kid LookIng At A Ferris Wheel
An Evening With Kevin Smith just ended and while I wish it could have gone on indefinitely I don't think my lungs could take anymore.
I have never laughed that hard. Ever. In my entire life. I laughed so hard I got light headed from lack of oxygen. At least I didn't pass out like the one guy who asked him a question. Seriously a dude passed out. Luckily three people caught him.
"You guys are like the Justice League!" Kevin exclaimed multiple times before deciding "Fuck the Justice League you guys are like Alpha Flight!"
The highlights are too many to count. And while i'm trying desperately to cling to all of the memories I'm sure I've forgotten a few. And I'm equally sure that they will come to me at the most inappropriate times causing me to burst into a fit of giggles.
I can't decide on a top story.
Maybe the story about how his miniature wiener dog got fucked by his golden retriever. "He didn't even really fuck her he wore her like a little doggie condom."
Maybe how when Harley admitted her knowledge of Zack and Miri's entire title (Zack and Miri Make A Porno) and they asked her if she knew what a porno was she replied "It's how you make a livin'"
Maybe about the benefits of convenience stores that deliver right to your bedroom.
Maybe about how when you're watching a movie on a 103 inch flat screen it's like you're in the movie. Especially Live Free Die Hard. ""cause i'm sitting there for the first bit chattin with Maclean and then all of a sudden a guy who looks just like me shows up. And i stand up and we're the same height..."
Maybe how he quizzed a gay couple about who was the top and who was the bottom and how much it would cost to get an onstage head-show.
Maybe how he coerced some kid into proposing to his girlfriend.
Maybe the one about how he smoked way too much weed and ate too much and got so big that he cracked the porcelain of a toilet seat. Not pulled it off of the water damaged wall, but actually cracked the porcelain. "Do you know how hard it is to crack porcelain without a hammer?" This was the concluding line to a story that described in-depth description of his wiping technique. HOw he used to pull front, like a chick, but his gut gets in the way now and he can't reach so he has to pull from behind. But it's an art in Kevin's case because he pulls one cheek to one side of the toilet and one to the other so the "shit can drop straight and not hit my ample ass cheeks". Then comes the first wipe where you get the big junk. Then comes a dig. yes a dig. "you wipe the toilet paper around your finger and dig. yeah that's kinda gay but if a chick wants to eat my ass I can be like, you'll have no problems down there."
I know I'm missing so much awesome. But my stomach hurts from laughing. I do have a few pictures and a super-sneaky video about Air Canada's revenge AND a t-shirt. But I don't know how to post videos and I'm too lazy to upload them.
I feel bad for anyone who wasn't there. Especially if they are fans of Kevin.
This man has no share-line. And I love every second of it.
EDIT: I knew I was going to forget a funny part: The first question of the evening was whether or not Jason Lee being a Scientologist had affected their relationship. So Kevin told us how he found out. They were sitting around before a reading for Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and they were shooting the shit, and Scientology came up. So everyone was talking about how they eat babies, and how at the final class you find out that you're and alien. And through all of this Jason Lee was just looking uncomfortable so Kevin called him on it and Jason Lee was like "I know a bit about Scientology and I just want you to know that all of that is wrong." and Kevin was like what do you mean? and Jason Lee was like "I just know a lot about it." and Kevin was being all nice and shit being like "Dude are you a Scientologist? Because if you are that's cool just let us know." And Jason Lee said "Yeah I am." And Kevin responded "Oh you fucking idiot!" and they don't talk about it anymore...
I have never laughed that hard. Ever. In my entire life. I laughed so hard I got light headed from lack of oxygen. At least I didn't pass out like the one guy who asked him a question. Seriously a dude passed out. Luckily three people caught him.
"You guys are like the Justice League!" Kevin exclaimed multiple times before deciding "Fuck the Justice League you guys are like Alpha Flight!"
The highlights are too many to count. And while i'm trying desperately to cling to all of the memories I'm sure I've forgotten a few. And I'm equally sure that they will come to me at the most inappropriate times causing me to burst into a fit of giggles.
I can't decide on a top story.
Maybe the story about how his miniature wiener dog got fucked by his golden retriever. "He didn't even really fuck her he wore her like a little doggie condom."
Maybe how when Harley admitted her knowledge of Zack and Miri's entire title (Zack and Miri Make A Porno) and they asked her if she knew what a porno was she replied "It's how you make a livin'"
Maybe about the benefits of convenience stores that deliver right to your bedroom.
Maybe about how when you're watching a movie on a 103 inch flat screen it's like you're in the movie. Especially Live Free Die Hard. ""cause i'm sitting there for the first bit chattin with Maclean and then all of a sudden a guy who looks just like me shows up. And i stand up and we're the same height..."
Maybe how he quizzed a gay couple about who was the top and who was the bottom and how much it would cost to get an onstage head-show.
Maybe how he coerced some kid into proposing to his girlfriend.
Maybe the one about how he smoked way too much weed and ate too much and got so big that he cracked the porcelain of a toilet seat. Not pulled it off of the water damaged wall, but actually cracked the porcelain. "Do you know how hard it is to crack porcelain without a hammer?" This was the concluding line to a story that described in-depth description of his wiping technique. HOw he used to pull front, like a chick, but his gut gets in the way now and he can't reach so he has to pull from behind. But it's an art in Kevin's case because he pulls one cheek to one side of the toilet and one to the other so the "shit can drop straight and not hit my ample ass cheeks". Then comes the first wipe where you get the big junk. Then comes a dig. yes a dig. "you wipe the toilet paper around your finger and dig. yeah that's kinda gay but if a chick wants to eat my ass I can be like, you'll have no problems down there."
I know I'm missing so much awesome. But my stomach hurts from laughing. I do have a few pictures and a super-sneaky video about Air Canada's revenge AND a t-shirt. But I don't know how to post videos and I'm too lazy to upload them.
I feel bad for anyone who wasn't there. Especially if they are fans of Kevin.
This man has no share-line. And I love every second of it.
EDIT: I knew I was going to forget a funny part: The first question of the evening was whether or not Jason Lee being a Scientologist had affected their relationship. So Kevin told us how he found out. They were sitting around before a reading for Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and they were shooting the shit, and Scientology came up. So everyone was talking about how they eat babies, and how at the final class you find out that you're and alien. And through all of this Jason Lee was just looking uncomfortable so Kevin called him on it and Jason Lee was like "I know a bit about Scientology and I just want you to know that all of that is wrong." and Kevin was like what do you mean? and Jason Lee was like "I just know a lot about it." and Kevin was being all nice and shit being like "Dude are you a Scientologist? Because if you are that's cool just let us know." And Jason Lee said "Yeah I am." And Kevin responded "Oh you fucking idiot!" and they don't talk about it anymore...
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