I can’t believe it’s June already; the halfway point of
2012.
I am officially all moved into the new apartment. I actually
got to move in a day early because of the weather forecast, which was
shockingly accurate. It’s been three days in the new place and despite the fact
I currently have no internet or television, I’m greatly enjoying it (I’m
currently typing this from one of the many public libraries in Kingston).
Everything is more or less unpacked and I’m still getting used to the fact that
my two roommates and the three guys who live in the apartment upstairs won’t be
moving back in until September.
Even though the move is over, there are still plenty of
things on my to-do list. I need to re-apply for OSAP for the upcoming school
year, get my police check done for teacher’s college, register for classes in
July and eventually get the internet installed – just to name a few. It still
hasn’t hit me yet that I’m going back to school in the fall. This past year has
been the first year since I was in kindergarten that I haven’t been a student.
While I have enjoyed my year off from studies, I’m relieved to finally be
finishing up my schooling this year. I’m excited to be headed back because of
the social aspect as well. Many of my friends I met in classes and through
clubs while I was at the University of Ottawa, and when I left I had the added
challenge of meeting new people here. I’m one of 450ish students entering the
Education program at Queen’s and only one of maybe 25 looking to be a French
teacher. I’ll be playing Quizbowl again this year, am hoping to keep playing
intramural badminton and perhaps join a French club.
The boyfriend and I are getting along famously. He’s been
over a couple of times since I moved and because he was unable to help with the
move, he shall be meeting my parents hopefully in the next couple of weeks :P
He’s such a doll. This weekend we had a pizza and movie date night. Movie of
choice? The newest film adaptation of The
Three Musketeers – don’t even get me started about how awful it was. As a
massive fan of Alexandre Dumas, the screenwriters butchered the hell out of it.
Storyline was similar I suppose, but three of the characters didn’t die like
they should have according to the novel. The biggest part that threw me was the
technology that seemed to exist during 17th century France –
airships and security systems? I don’t think so. It just didn’t jive with the
time and rest of the story. Perhaps just a pet peeve of mine as well, but they
anglicised all of the names, most notably “Aramis” with a strong emphasis on
the “S” when it is supposed to be silent. Personally if a name is French, it
should be pronounced in French. Milady de Winter wasn’t portrayed as even half
of the evil conniving bitch she was supposed to be. All in all, a pretty big
disappointment but it was made better by the fact it was with my new squeeze –
he makes many things tolerable. Unlike me, he didn’t mind the movie…but having
read the book I was fuming the entire time.
The French Open is currently underway in Paris (one of the
four Gland Slams on the ATP tennis circuit for those of you who don’t follow
the sport) and as expected I’m rooting for Nadal. Upon moving into my new place
I have one entire wall covered with exclusively photos and posters of the
tennis player, which I have aptly called my “Nadal Wall”. Rafa is a 6 time
winner of the event and if he wins this year, he will have the record for the
most number of wins at that event in the Open Era. Both the boyfriend and I are
massive fans and have been following it since it started. Currently on the
men’s side they are in the round of 32. Nadal is still in contention. It’s
funny to be dating a tennis player and fan – prior to him, none of my friends
played or gave a damn about the sport :P He no doubt knows more than I do and
it’s awesome to be constantly learning things. It will only help my trivia
knowledge for tournaments this upcoming year when I play Quizbowl for Queen’s
University.
I started reading the highly controversial new series “Fifty Shades of Grey” a couple of weeks
ago. I didn’t realize it was a trilogy until I poked my head into the local
Chapters bookstore. Currently I’m 70% done the second book. While it’s a pretty
easy read, I can see why the book is raising some eyebrows. Not to give the
whole plot away but to summarize it’s about a wealthy businessman in the US and
how he falls in love with a woman he wants to be his sex slave (submissive). It
is definitely geared towards a mature audience with all the detailed erotica.
While I understand that sex is the underlying theme of the novel, after a while
the detailed sex scenes get repetitive and lose the desired effect. I’m to the
point now where I’m just skimming over them. Only the rest of the second book
and all of the third to go.
I landed a fulltime job for the summer here in Kingston
working at the YMCA so I’m relieved my job hunt is over and I can look forward
to the rest of the summer. On top of working this summer, I will also be
celebrating my 23rd *gasp* birthday in mid-July and going to the Roger’s Cup (tennis tournament) in
Toronto early in the month of August with the boyfriend. He hasn’t been since
2006 and I’m pretty sure he’s more pumped than I am…well maybe. I had to miss
last year because of my job last summer so I don’t want that to be the case
this summer. When I did go in 2010 it was with a friend who lived in the
Toronto area but who didn’t follow tennis at all. I think it will be a lot more
fun with a fellow tennis fan/ my significant other :P
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