There were some weeks last semester where school started to sound like life. In two of my classes, the word Bildungsroman came up a lot. It does not mean a Roman named Bill defecated. It refers to a story in…
What to do when your go train derails
I think sometime last week the driver of my train of thought started drinking and then she fell asleep. The train didn’t crash; it slowly lost steam and veered at a snail’s pace off course into some rather large bushes.…
Art! Dessert! Costumes! ESU’s Alice in Wonderland Cocktail Fundraiser
Around this time each year, everyone starts holding their end-of-the-semester-awesomeness events and I always find myself at Game Night in Computer Science Land. In the past I've poked fun at the 'English Student Union' (in quotes because at the time…
Urbane Magazine launch! Student-run swankiness! Mingling!
(To enhance the reading experience, imagine the intro is spoken by the narrator from Spy Groove) Friday, February 26, 2010. Looking a bit more like Madonna than she intended, very non-extroverted-emo-blogger Liesl and her best friend, who shall be dubbed Danish…
No reading was done
I don't remember what I was searching for when I found this article. It was something along the lines of "does anyone read during reading week," because I felt terrible for catching up on my sewing and playing video games*…
Students for Barrier-Free Access and a Game-Making Deathmatch
I've got two things for you that pertain to this, oh yes, this week. First, Students for Barrier-Free Access! Second, the Game Design and Development Club's yearly contest... thing! A failed* Robarts run last Thursday caused me to be a…
Copyright and Ye, Part 2: H4ck3rn355, Courtney Love, and Liesl doesn’t want to get fired
So, at the end of my last post, I mentioned a lecture on-campus by Richard Stallman that happened last year. I found a transcript of a similar lecture of his, and I wanted to paraphrase it for you. It's way too…
Copyright and Ye; Part 1: My Course Reader Costs One-Hundred and Thirty Five Dollars
One of my course readers for this semester costs $135. Last year it was $40. I'm not sure if few things surprise me, or if I attempt to act like few things surprise me, or if this particular incident isn't…
Random study/worky tips (or, $%@#%#$@ — OMG!)
It's the most wonderful time of the year... MULTI-ESSAY WEEK For other students, this may be Super-Multi-Exam Week, Superior-Memorization Week, Assignment-Death-Match Week, Read-All-Those-Chapters-You-Didn't-Read-for-the-Last-Three-Months Week, etc. In a desperate attempt to correct erroneous and dooming work habits of the past before…
CSSU Game Night V: I embrace my social awkwardness
So, another end-of-the-semester Game Night was held by the Computer Science Student Union, and I went, after my essay research adventure through Robarts (and Toronto, I guess). I was expecting to see a whole bunch of people I knew from…