Sleep, I mean. (Chuckles to myself) This afternoon, realizing that I could resist it no more, I took a nap. Wrapped up in my huge comforter and feeling the coolness of my Egyptian cotton sheets against my skin, I realized…
A Deliciously Lethal Combination: Chocolate and Everything Else
Alrighty Valentiners... Here's my next post - Short, but sweet 🙂 With the impending Valentine's Day, authors and bloggers alike attempt to entice the public with stories ranging from how to get a date, how to keep your date, how…
UTGDDC: Game Making Deathmatch, and a Tribute to Randomness
I hope you like non-linear narrative GAME MAK- Ah. Before that, did I mention our 'in-house' game project this year? We're attempting to develop, or at least flesh out the ideas needed to develop, our own game within the club.…
Death By Poetry
It's Sunday night and I'm surrounded by coke cans, empty plates, chocolate bar wrappers and bottles of Real Canadian Natural Spring Water. My neck is bent up at my screen in an unhealthy angle and I have a mighty headache…
Such a Drama Queen!
If you are anything like me, the impending February is giving you panic attacks. The sight of all the tests, assignments, exams (ARG, who gives exams in FEB?!) is making you cringe with fear... Sometimes, you just need a break…
Rise Over Run: Testing Slopes in Real Time
Being a student taking primarily history classes, I had forgotten all about rise over run equations until just recently, when in a biology lab I had to graph and calculate the extinction coefficient of chlorophyll. I'm still not really sure…
Hello CUPPIES! or ‘I TOTALLY MET JONATHAN GOLDSTEIN’
We had pretty low self-esteem when we boarded the plane to Saskatoon. “We” are one of the many many campus newspapers from U of T, and we knew the facts when we made our way towards the annual nation wide…
It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life…
Dearest Readers, Welcome back! I hope you had a deliciously relaxing Christmas Break and you are now ready to fight against the symptoms of school including sleepless nights, long studying hours, and lots of coffee. With a New…
Sun, Sand and a New Perspective
Hola! After a week on vacation, I have a new perspective on life – one that is certainly tainted in judgement by beautiful sunsets, shimmering ocean waters, a fresh sea-breeze and generous, hot sun. But nonetheless it is a new,…
With Every End Comes a New Beginning
So another semester has come and gone. Since this is going to be my last post of 2008 for UpbeaT, before I say anything else, I'd just like to take a moment and thank all you faithful readers out there…