Technically, Is This Today or Tomorrow? (I'm Pretty Sure Its the Latter)

Note to self: when you are not accustomed to having caffeine, a mocha latte is a bad idea at nine o'clock at night. A really bad idea.

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Best wasted 17 seconds of my life.



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I have discovered that I have subjected myself to a great time waster: Google Reader. Somehow my thirst for random knowledge, current events, tech, and podcasting has caused me to load up my reader with feeds that update at a frenetic pace. And while some if it I can probably do without, some merit more attention than others. Currently my favourite time wasters are BoingBoing and io9. BoingBoing is a fun site, highlighting current events, talking literature (which makes sense since one if its contributors is sf author Cory Doctorow), and just gets points in general for being highly interesting and thought provoking. If there is one site I could suggest subscribing to, it would be BoingBoing.

On the other hand there is io9, which seems to fulfil some kind of geekish need in my soul. io9 is dedicated to science fiction, and talks movies, tv shows, literature, current scientific breakthroughs and general geeky awesomeness. Some of their tags may throw you off a little; they seem to be applying some variation of Rule 34 to their tags as many of them are often followed by the word "porn", but fear not! there is none of that to be found without the safety of an NSFW label. So check out their awesome collection of #spaceporn and objectify the amazing images from space.

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Aha, it seems that sleep is finally overtaking me. This is almost as bad as that one time in Fort Mac... mmmm, when will I learn that caffeine + late night = bad?

Off to the field of dreams with me

Of the Approaching Cold and the Death of Heat; Also, of Life

I have a strange relationship with this time of the year. First, I hate the cold. I can stand it to a certain degree by ignoring it, but there is a limit to how much I can stand the cold as it slowly seeps into my bones. And yet I also love this time of year because of the beautiful changes it brings about. This is the time when snow reappears to recapture our imaginations (and hate, but that is not the point). The beauty of snowflakes, of the ice flowing down the river, of trees laden with snow... I love it all. And Christmas! Lights and decorations, people expressing themselves through colours in ways only seen for this one brief period of time. I feel oddly content with it all.

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Switchfoot's new album is out. <insert>Girlish squeal of delight</insert>

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Life has been a funny thing lately. Not bad per se, just funny. As if everything was blue-shifted just a bit. The last couple of months have been full of so many changes and I'm still trying to figure them all out. Right now I'm just trying to figure out how to balance all the things I have going on: school, work, church, Seana, Family, Friends, and me time to close all the open loops in my head. I think I'm still trying to figure out who I am and what my place is in the world. What my purpose is. I have hints and clues to follow, but it is a process and not one that I think will end any time soon. I don't think this kinds of journey ever really end, but it would be nice to at least find myself at a waypoint to rest for a while. And so I go on...

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I discovered Owl City through the single "Fireflies". Love this guy. Check out trax 5, 9, and 10 especially.

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"You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself."
-Sam Levenson