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What's with 1 hour breaks?

I have this one hour break between econ and stats, and since it would be a waste of time for me to walk all the way home and back, this hour is now officially BLOGGING time. 1 hour to read/write all I want...and given that I haven't written in almost a week, here I go!

First thing's first, I'll talk about last Thursday night...

Ooohh, I went to Hart House to learn how to use all their weight-lifting machines. There's an orientation everyday, and apparently no one ever shows up, so I had this one-on-one lesson...hooray for me!

Hart House Trainer: "Your elbows should match up with this red dot
here, so you should move the seat a bit higher"
Me: "Ummm...it doesn't go any higher..."
Trainer: "....Oh. Well...I guess you can try it anyways, but I wouldn't really suggest using this machine since you wont' be getting the most out of it..."
Me: "Awwww....."

This leads to a complaint I'd like to lodge with the company who makes these machines. Dudes! Not everyone is 5'10"! Yes, I know, the machines are adjustable, the seat height, the handlebar height, the leg bar height, etc etc...but there's a limit to how close they come, and apparently, it's not close enough for me...

After the lesson, went to Nocturne (essentially an EngSci musical talent night...), and it was a pretty good show! These people are damn-ass talented, to be able to pull engsci off in addition to having amazing musical skills (and who knows what else) on the side. Got a little bit of everything, though I only went to the second half. Had some sweet piano duo action from the design partners, some CRAZY guitar-ing from the french guy, and some really adorable folk-emo as well! Makes me wish that I had continued piano, but alas, I stopped as soon as I finished my Grade 9 exam. At that point, it felt like I was doing it for the sake of doing it rather than because I enjoyed it...I'd like to go back though...hm...there will be some piano playing this weekend! Actually...makes me wish I could play something other than the piano, which is the standard chinese instrument. *sigh*

Anywyas, also went to Pav's birthday bash at Peel Pub! I felt a bit weird about going, since I didn't really know Pav and the other people going, but Sarah convinced me that it'd be fun...and it was! (woah...fun with engscis, oustide of the classroom setting!) Talked to a lot of people I haven't talked to before, and heard a couple of interesting stories...rejection stories are always funny when they're not yours...and even if they are, it's something you can look back on and laugh about. ...Maybe a couple of these guys will start referring to me by my first name now...

I'll finish quickly: Thursday's story:
So I was woken up by this loud, annoying, beeping noise early Thursday morning, and no, it wasn't my alarm clock - it was the smoke alarm. Amidst the wailing of the alarm, there was a "SHIT!" from the roommate, who I could hear running out of her room, fanning the alarm frantically. Haha, I thought to myself, she set off alarm. I'll just add a note here, that management installed the smoke detector 2 feet away from the stove, leading to multiple false alarms. Anyways, I chuckled to myself and went back to sleep. At a more decent hour, i.e. 11am, I woke up again and started toasting my English Muffin. Lalala, the toaster oven pops open, and I put it on my plate to jam and peanut butter it up, when guess what happens? The smoke alarm goes off!!!! Dammit! From the toaster oven!??!? That's bogus.

posted by Em @ 4:14 p.m.