This is my back-up post for lifeatuoft, written during the honeymoon phase of the school year (September) when I am still madly in love with my professors, schoolwork and the predictable routine of university life. I wrote this post back…
Navigating the Career Abyss: Extern Job Shadowing, Part 1
Trying to figure out what career I want, or how to get there makes me feel like Alice. Yes, that Alice, the child who fell down the rabbit hole into the abyss of oddities. Except my confusion isn’t make believe,…
Library Fines Aren’t So Fine
Ever have a moment of clarity, when you think to yourself, “Why did I do that?” I had that earlier this week when I checked out my online library account . I have $49 in fines, because I had 14…
It’s here……(I’m saying this in a spooky voice)
Last year, for the first time in eight years, I didn't get my flu shot. I was busy with mid terms and essays and I ended up putting it off. Well, two flus, one case of strep throat, and innumerable…
The Value of Sheep
An interesting thing happened to me this weekend, something that doesn't typically happen to a student within the parentheses of Friday and Monday: I learned something! And no, it wasn't how many beers I could chug in five minutes. I…
Tear-aways are a rip-off! (Or are they an essential item?!)
I was having a little chit chat with the ladies yesterday; we were discussing the ways in which we could categorize an athlete based on the gear they’ve got kickin' around. I personally think that it’s too bad we can’t…
Learning to learn
I have to admit: This week I intended to write about a séance – a fully-fledged, Ouija-board-wielding séance – put on by one of U of T’s more obscure campus groups. Unconventional events like these are – in this writer’s…
Bake Sales, Pub Nights and Socials, Oh My!
It was Halloween a few days ago, and if you take part in activities on campus, then you’re still recovering from all of the fun you had. I myself attended a pub night and carried out a laborious bake sale…
The Dreaded Science Breadth Requirement is Not So Dreadful After All
This year, I am taking the dreaded science breadth requirement. The fact that I felt like I had to waste a credit to fulfill "Breadth Requirement Category 5: The Physical and Mathematical Universe" annoyed me and I avoided it like…
Slave to the Email
Like me, millions of people around the world are finding themselves to be slaves to email. This “new” way of communicating has actually been around for about three decades now, but seems to becoming a more and more popular means…