aha. i sucked so bad this year.
not worried about it.
still working on that gpa new years resolution.
it's snowing right now and it's the last day of february and i don't really have anything to say about it all. it's been a good month, a tricky complicated month and talking about it like this makes it seems so final and real, like a definite thing that happened and isn't happening anymore. it's just been time. ah, no philosophizing here please.
time for lunch.
February 28, 2007
February 14, 2007
February 12, 2007
meal plans
so pretty much the weekend menu plan is completely crumbling.
good reason: rj took us out for dinner! boston pizza gift certificates are the best presents a friend can get, that's for sure.
bad reason: pete is ditching "tomato-topped cod" for free dinner at the church. a certain someone (me) has class that does not provide free dinner opportunities.
good reason: 2 hot valentine's day dates with the apple of my eye.
however, be warned: i plan to keep you well informed of the weekly menu and how it's going.
[thanks to facebook for the following conversation]
taryn's status: taryn is pretty much an old woman.
michelle:
what is this old woman crap?
taryn:
let's not kid ourselves. i am a 40 year old trapped in a 20 year old's body.
taryn:
sometimes even a 60 year old.
michelle:
i dont think a 60 or even 40 year old could shake it like i seen you shake it on friday night in our secret dance studio... nevermind pull off sweet karate kicks in gymnastics... stop living in denial.. your young okay!
man, i still got it.
good reason: rj took us out for dinner! boston pizza gift certificates are the best presents a friend can get, that's for sure.
bad reason: pete is ditching "tomato-topped cod" for free dinner at the church. a certain someone (me) has class that does not provide free dinner opportunities.
good reason: 2 hot valentine's day dates with the apple of my eye.
however, be warned: i plan to keep you well informed of the weekly menu and how it's going.
[thanks to facebook for the following conversation]
taryn's status: taryn is pretty much an old woman.
michelle:
what is this old woman crap?
taryn:
let's not kid ourselves. i am a 40 year old trapped in a 20 year old's body.
taryn:
sometimes even a 60 year old.
michelle:
i dont think a 60 or even 40 year old could shake it like i seen you shake it on friday night in our secret dance studio... nevermind pull off sweet karate kicks in gymnastics... stop living in denial.. your young okay!
man, i still got it.
February 11, 2007
housewife
yesterday was probably the nicest day so far in 2007. i woke up at 8 with, surprisingly, no hangover. (okay, i should probably be embarrassed about how friday night went down but i actually can't remember most of it.) then we went out for breakfast and i made pete pose for pictures and he complained the whole time and out of like 10 attempts we only got one where we both look almost okay. picture posing is a skill we need to work on.
okay okay! my new plan for the rest of this semester is to make weekly meal schedules and then that way we hopefully won't go out for dinner so much because we'll actually have things planned out. i think it could be very successful. i just decided on this today so this weeks schedule only has like:
sunday: lasagna
ingredients: have everything except garlic bread and tomato sauce.
monday: chicken pasta
ingredients: noodles, diced tomatoes, chicken and ceasar dressing.
and i have to work out the rest but i am pretty excited about it. my mom bought me like a 4-ingredient cookbook and it's probably the love of my life. plus i can eat meat and it makes me wayyy more excited to cook.
i know i know i am kind of like an old mom/housewife but.. okay, there are no buts. it's true. i'm trying to embrace it.
also. new found love for swimming? wtf. seriously, swimming is like the best thing ever.
February 09, 2007
pick me
in my edci class we had to pose in a way that we thought was representative of ourselves in high school. umm. nosepicking is probably the best thing ever. hi, my name is taryn and i am mature.
February 07, 2007
five things.
okay.
1. maybe it's okay that my life is moving at warpspeed. no, not warpspeed. but i am on a mission and i'm not going to stop until i get it done. at least it doesn't look like i while. at this rate i will be teacher when i'm 23. graduated, finished. but then there is more. and maybe it's okay that i get this done, that i have that behind me when i'm ready to explore. these experiences now are important too, so i just need to stop worrying about it so much.
2. i am doing a huge project for my ed class on the perceptions of physical education. maybe i would like to talk to some of you about it. more information will come.
3. i love february. lovelovelove.
4. i think that maybe last year writing everyday was so much easier because it was the olympics and because jenna was visiting and pete was visiting and there was more out of the ordinary going on than there is now. i may have made a bad call on this, but i'm gonna see it through.
5. when i go to kelowna i am going to make my mom take me shopping. my little sister too. and i am going to buy nice clothes. and maybe have a quasi-pseudo style revamp. i watched an episode of made where the coolest girl in the entire world wanted to win her school's idol competition and wow, i was in love with her. i still am. i want to be her best friend and just hang out with her all the time. anyway, she was probably the best dressed person and i want to be just like her.
1. maybe it's okay that my life is moving at warpspeed. no, not warpspeed. but i am on a mission and i'm not going to stop until i get it done. at least it doesn't look like i while. at this rate i will be teacher when i'm 23. graduated, finished. but then there is more. and maybe it's okay that i get this done, that i have that behind me when i'm ready to explore. these experiences now are important too, so i just need to stop worrying about it so much.
2. i am doing a huge project for my ed class on the perceptions of physical education. maybe i would like to talk to some of you about it. more information will come.
3. i love february. lovelovelove.
4. i think that maybe last year writing everyday was so much easier because it was the olympics and because jenna was visiting and pete was visiting and there was more out of the ordinary going on than there is now. i may have made a bad call on this, but i'm gonna see it through.
5. when i go to kelowna i am going to make my mom take me shopping. my little sister too. and i am going to buy nice clothes. and maybe have a quasi-pseudo style revamp. i watched an episode of made where the coolest girl in the entire world wanted to win her school's idol competition and wow, i was in love with her. i still am. i want to be her best friend and just hang out with her all the time. anyway, she was probably the best dressed person and i want to be just like her.
February 06, 2007
sheesh
rant.
why do all of my teachers have to schedule their midterms and other projects and assignments all during the same damn week. and why is that every single piece of evaluation has to fall either right in the middle of the semester or right at the end? there are a lot of good weeks in the term. a lot of them. like 13 or something. so why do all the assignments and tests have to be during only 2 or 3 of them? seriously, why? and why do i leave everything until the last minute so i always want to kill myself and i'm always cranky and overtired? and why isn't there a tim horton's closer to where i live?
why do all of my teachers have to schedule their midterms and other projects and assignments all during the same damn week. and why is that every single piece of evaluation has to fall either right in the middle of the semester or right at the end? there are a lot of good weeks in the term. a lot of them. like 13 or something. so why do all the assignments and tests have to be during only 2 or 3 of them? seriously, why? and why do i leave everything until the last minute so i always want to kill myself and i'm always cranky and overtired? and why isn't there a tim horton's closer to where i live?
February 05, 2007
happilyer
ummm.
hi.
today i had a midterm in biomechanics. biomechanics is my hardest class because it's all about the forces associated with movement and stuff like that. well ... i am an english/phys ed major and physics really isn't my speciality. so i have to work really hard to understand a little concept. that is very frustrating because usually i don't have to work that hard to get my head around things. but last night pete was explaining momentum and negative acceleration to me (acceleration can be positive with a decreasing velocity when velocity is decreasing in a negative direction.. wtf?) and i just about lost it on him because i was so frustrated that i couldn't understand. i think this course will be a serious character builder for me because it will probably be the first time since math in high school that it will actually be hard and not just time consuming. i'm excited, let's not kid ourselves. biomechanics is cool. very cool. and it almost makes me want to switch into kinesiology because i realize that i like the science part of phys ed more than i like the teaching part. interesting.
okay seriously this crisis of "what do i want to do with my life" is supposed to not hit me. not me. i am supposed to be a teacher and that is how it has been since junior high and there was never any doubt. maybe the problem is that the lack of doubt caused me to not explore any other options and subsequently now that this whole science/sporty world has been opened up to me i am seeing all the exciting alternatives. there's nothing wrong with teaching and i could do it happily but maybe i could do something different happilyer? med school, what?
damnit.
hi.
today i had a midterm in biomechanics. biomechanics is my hardest class because it's all about the forces associated with movement and stuff like that. well ... i am an english/phys ed major and physics really isn't my speciality. so i have to work really hard to understand a little concept. that is very frustrating because usually i don't have to work that hard to get my head around things. but last night pete was explaining momentum and negative acceleration to me (acceleration can be positive with a decreasing velocity when velocity is decreasing in a negative direction.. wtf?) and i just about lost it on him because i was so frustrated that i couldn't understand. i think this course will be a serious character builder for me because it will probably be the first time since math in high school that it will actually be hard and not just time consuming. i'm excited, let's not kid ourselves. biomechanics is cool. very cool. and it almost makes me want to switch into kinesiology because i realize that i like the science part of phys ed more than i like the teaching part. interesting.
okay seriously this crisis of "what do i want to do with my life" is supposed to not hit me. not me. i am supposed to be a teacher and that is how it has been since junior high and there was never any doubt. maybe the problem is that the lack of doubt caused me to not explore any other options and subsequently now that this whole science/sporty world has been opened up to me i am seeing all the exciting alternatives. there's nothing wrong with teaching and i could do it happily but maybe i could do something different happilyer? med school, what?
damnit.
February 03, 2007
oh no
oh crap.
i am already behind.
this may have been a bad call.
oh well.
let's blame it on midterms.
and illness.
okay?
so, let's lay it out.
what is the plan for this february?
1) orienteering!
2) reading break!
3) kelowna!
4) exams / projects!
what are the goals for this february?
1) save money.
2) kick ass on midterms.
3) party hardy.
4) get climbing.
i'm happy that this month showed up with some lovely weather and my period. not being pregnant? best thing ever. as far as this month long blogathon goes, i wanted to up the ante from last year but also give myself an out by not comitting to writing every single day. as you can tell. i'll get more consistent, i think. and i'll get on the picture thing as soon as i'm not bogged down with sickness. the past two days i've trapped myself away with my biomechanics textbook, a box of kleenex, my ipod and my nalgene. the goal is to defeat the cold before it defeats me and then get my gameface back on. i think it's worked pretty well and tomorrow there are some definite plans to leave the house. yes, i am awesome.
i am already behind.
this may have been a bad call.
oh well.
let's blame it on midterms.
and illness.
okay?
so, let's lay it out.
what is the plan for this february?
1) orienteering!
2) reading break!
3) kelowna!
4) exams / projects!
what are the goals for this february?
1) save money.
2) kick ass on midterms.
3) party hardy.
4) get climbing.
i'm happy that this month showed up with some lovely weather and my period. not being pregnant? best thing ever. as far as this month long blogathon goes, i wanted to up the ante from last year but also give myself an out by not comitting to writing every single day. as you can tell. i'll get more consistent, i think. and i'll get on the picture thing as soon as i'm not bogged down with sickness. the past two days i've trapped myself away with my biomechanics textbook, a box of kleenex, my ipod and my nalgene. the goal is to defeat the cold before it defeats me and then get my gameface back on. i think it's worked pretty well and tomorrow there are some definite plans to leave the house. yes, i am awesome.
February 01, 2007
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