Mood:---



It's an odd dichotomy...I like November, yet I'm stressed to my limits as 90%
of the deadlines left fall in the next few weeks. At least nothing is due on
the 22nd...the 23rd...but not the 22nd...not like I care anymore...a cute
little side note is all...



Session 416? Right up there with Ilovebees.com...don't you love these viral
marketing campaigns? I sure do...Joss is Boss...it's so him there...he has that
lispy thing...I've watched too many commentaries...



It happened again...the cashier in the cafe freaked out when she saw me beat
up...of course, I assumed she was being sarcastic and told her I "fell
down some stairs"...she took that to mean I fell down the stairs leading
the cafe. I had little place to interject and tell her that it was just make
up. She was going to call the first aid attendants and the Rent a Cop. Funny,
most people will get it on the second look. First glance, yes...it looks
authentic...but when you really look at it...no one bruises that purple. It
just doesn't work that way. I think the bandaids were a nice touch too. A
little more creditability...too bad I couldn't find white ones, only the flesh
coloured...that would have stood out and really made people question whether or
not it was a costume. I wore sunglasses throughout English and someone asked me
if I was dressed up as Rideout..."I fell down some stairs" was my
response...nope...no one got it...not a soul.... (sigh)...even Omar asked what
happened...and he saw the whole set up in grade 12...and probably last year...I
don't know...but still...Pitsula said " I can't take you seriously looking
like that"...meaning she laughed when she saw me in the back of the class.
I took it the wrong way at first.



Guys, it’s halloween....get with it....it's not real...A subtle costume in the
best. Fake blood stains skin and it looks like I'm a coke addict with dried
blood crusting up my nose. My eyes are a little more red than usual...and the
bags are real...no make up needed for that...



I should really rest up before policing. I can't shake this cold...at least my
voice is back and I don't sound like a frog...I'm still hacking like a smoker
every now and then....



Done...

Note: Dark Angel was cancelled so Fox could make Firefly...

-Cleric

Mood:

The 3/4 length wool coat seems to be standard issue for college
men...serious....at least 80% of the male population owns in some fashion, a
long wool coat...just an observation...

I think my coat is an extension of myself...it represents me and who I am
and what I do...So whenever I offer my coat to someone(give me a
second)...whenever I offer my coat to someone, it's a fairly large gesture...as
I am removing a part of me and presenting it to somebody else. It's not really
a thing I do often...but I will if ever given the chance to do so...

I'm out...

Well, was I interrupted by the mother of all interruptions...no...not
really...Jenny...I walked with her to work...yeah. Hard to keep up to that girl
even when walking...Saint and I found that out the hard way at the Celebration
of Lights...all in all...it's hard to hear someone talking under an umbrella
and with heavy traffic...I have shin splints!

I decided to stay home from Psych and rest up...I pumped myself full of cold
medication and passed out for hours on end. It was nice. I'm feeling much
better, but that's not saying much. If I'm not working tomorrow(I have to
check) I'll probably rest after Anthro...I know I'm working the weekend, so I
might get that one day off in-between. It's so nice to be working again...makes
me feel like a real person...and not some academic who's life always hangs on
marks and papers and averages. I'll keep saying this, I know everyone wants to
be educated...it's still the minority...it's a horrible way to live sometimes.
The week can begin with incredible highs and dump to such lows by the next
day...76, 77, 84, 53...it's not healthy...working is simple...go in...do the
job...end the day...not all jobs are like that of course(coughpolicingcough)...but
it's the majority...most people don't lay awake at night and wonder if they're
getting good marks at work...there are no marks!

I am so ethical that I could ace an RCMP Ethics exam...funny, in grade 12 I
couldn't as I remember getting an ethics question wrong on the mock exam...but
the guest speaker...a big swinging Mountie gave us these scenarios and I got
them all right. Your integrity is not for sale. He recounted a story where it
almost came to blows because a cashier would not accept his 1.25 for his
coffee...there are no free lunches...everything comes with a price...of course
you say that on the ethics exam and all the way through the academy...but
training decay and FTOs seems to mess with it…sad thing...I'll always be
ethical however...that's just me...

I had one of the most gun accurate dreams like night...attacked by men in
suits with Beretta 84s and Mp5Ks...I load a K and rattle off rounds at The
Beast while teaching it how the trigger burst works...I think there was a Colt
commander involved...weird...

Yeah, done...

-Cleric

Mood:



While we're here...

Law Case Briefs- November 7th

Policing Article Paper-November 8th

Psych Midterm-Pending(November 16th)+ Chp 13 notes for group

Anthro Paper-November 18th

Law Paper-November 21st

Anthro Draft Review-November 25th(we have to read others papers yet not have
the time to act on the feedback?)

Psych 1200 Paper(Biological Sexual Determination or PTSD)-November 30th



I'm not even going to start with finales....that's December...Add to that, I
have two shifts this weekend and my first real one next friday...the
11th...which should be fun...no seriously...no sarcasm



So this is what real life is like huh?...



I don't know if I made it clear in my last entry, but Jenny is so child
like...it's so wrong...picky eater...closed minded as hell...bawr, it gets
annoying. Most people can have an intelligent conversation about most
things...but 2 subjects? Whedonverse and her dog!? Jeeze! Everything else is
"oh yeah..." or "yeah...fine"...



Yeah, sorry about that rant...it's all come to a stressful head today...Despite
it being my dream job this is officially the worst time of month to start a
job...but if I manage my time well(read: Don't Sleep) I'll be ok...



Dani's birthday is in November...sunday in fact...pattern? No....random
events...I finally got her email...how long did that take? Did you know that
dashes (-) don't work in an email address...that underscore was a little too
high in my agenda...(sigh)...that's a step better than Amy...make that two...I
think I know her last name...



I have some work related "homework"...it's not that bad, shouldn't
take more than an hour....and there's popcorn!



The Jesus of Suburbia Video is alright...long...but alright...what do you
expect?



Done



-Cleric

Mood:---



Again, I always blog while doing big projects like this. Luckily for me I came
up with a great idea to make this project easier: I'm going to expand on my
Crim 1107 paper and turn it into a bigger 1207 paper. I can use similar cases
and even cite myself in the references. This gives me some directions on the
cases in the massive Quicklaw database. SCC Cases dealing with illegal search
and seizure...which are the best kind...



Work was alright today, I was a jack of all trades...upfront, on the floor, in
the back. You know, I haven't used the alphabet for a while...not like the
store does either...putting things back gets rough...I just have to gain an eye
for such things....that...and selling while I'm at the till...I can't do 8
millions things and hock something...I will in due time...just not now...



Saint phoned me on saturday, so I phoned her back after work...we had a nice
talk and we've picked a new metaphor for our friendship(don't ask me what the old one was)...we're cop
partners...fitting I think...Loyal to each other to a fault...have similar
opinions on many things but have as many different...I'm still working on the
metaphor...it's not perfect.



You know...when you're not worrying about finding a job or what law cases your
going to use for a project...you get thinking about the other problems...it
doesn't help that I listened to "Heavier Things" this afternoon...I
really shouldn't...



If I "arm" another retail SpecFore...I should get some help...but
come on...we have to fight "The Blue Menace"...This acronym isn't
stupid...no matter what I tried with Home Outfitters...all I would get it
HO...didn't sound that cool....but .40 SW P229? Come on...why not? (Sigh)...the
things that get me by...



Haircut on tuesday. I can't settle for just anybody this time...or I'll be
joining the army again...and I have to go to the gym tomorrow (if I can walk.)
This isn't a very labour intensive job...so I have to compensate.... Yeah
Done...



-Cleric

Mood:
Meh



Well....Bad news...I think I completely screwed up on my Case Briefs(at least I
got them done this time...)...Good news? They're not due until next
week....wha? huh? Yeah...so I wasted my night. I could have slept and been
ready to do the Policing summary(which isn't really that hard, I just have to
do it...)



Don't ask me how it started, but we started ragging on high school teachers in
English this morning...Taylor
mentioned Hiduk. I don't think I've ever described the man better. As if evil
itself got bored and decided to teach english until the end of time. Rideout
gave us thursday off...4 day weekend...hooorawr....



Dead Like Me was great tonight...will get DVD set(or rent second season...which
is quite easy now) I finally rented Pyro "Ratchet and
Clank:DreadLock"...I can't play it yet with the papers pending, but I
will...5 days...that's plenty of time...



Well...time for another paper...and little/no sleep...but oh...Autopsy video in
Anthro tomorrow...I'll bring the popcorn...



Autopsy Video-Post Mortem(Witty!)-12:26

I
have never seen someone turn so red before...I mean, it went from normal to
beet red in .5 seconds. I'm surprised she stayed...Yeah...that's Dani for
you...anyway...I didn't really find any of it disturbing...Gross? Oh yep...Fat
is yellow and the consistency of mustard...and they have to extract fluids from
the eye. You know how eye things get to me. Some people left before it even
started...some people left in 5 minute...some people left when they took out
all the internal organs as one piece(which was pretty cool) It doesn't bug
me...the sight wouldn't...though the smell would...decomps are messy
things.  A fresh DB would be preferred...but you never get those...You get
the 2 weeks in a hot apartment dripping stain on the ceiling type of thing. You
know "The Message"? Someone on Fireflyfans.net said an autopsy isn't
done with a scalpel...uh...yes...yes it is. But that Y cut isn't an easy thing.
A lot of peeling...yeah, I won't talk about it anymore. I just have some good
stuff to put into a story...

Paper?
I think I over cited...but as I always say...better to overcite then to be
kicked out as a dirty plagiarizer...right?

Haircut?
Check...I just got a clean up today. Nothing radical(or Armyish)...just nice
and presentable...

I'm
going to get a couple hours of sleep before policing...

Done...

-Cleric

Mood: Good



Well, I got a called relayed to me in psych...Basically my shift today was
called off due to some manager meeting...I just have to come in early tomorrow
(being friday). Rideout gave us today us because we finished R+J...so I had
NOTHING to do today, first time in a long while. I beat Ratchet and
Clank:Deadlocked. Ran an errand or two...got a coffee. They're not kidding
when they say real Starbucks coffee is strong. I'm getting used to it. Coffee
Evolution is a grand thing. All the way from hot chocolate to the Real Deal...



I have this theory. Not really a theory and it's modified from other sources.
I'm not a person...academics aren't really people. Real people don't do papers
or assignments or have to cite things. They live and work and play. While we do
that in limited quantities(especially the last one) it's always there...some
looming deadline. We don't even get paid for it! Yes, I know an education is
important. It's just unnatural.



I cleared my psych paper with Froc. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder...sounds
like a hoot. So I'll be knee deep in PubMed Central over the next week. Anthro
Paper first of course (first come, first served)



I'm reaching a nice little niche in existence...here's hoping I can keep it
up...



-Cleric