• 11Oct 09

  A Purple Dragon and Turkey!

  Thanks for all the well wishes last blog! The surgery went well and I'm feeling much better now. I wasn't too thrilled with staying in the hospital for 3 days (the food sucked), but I discovered this awesome little thing called the Morphine pump so it wasn't so bad And I'm pretty sure I had a few messed up dreams while I was under but, thankfully, I can't remember them In fact, I don't even remember going to sleep. I just remember them hooking me up to an IV, then getting really dizzy. Next thing I know, I'm in the recovery room

  During these past few weeks I've been staying at my parents' house while I recover. All I've been doing is sleeping and playing World of Warcraft (to be fair, it's the only game I have here ). I'll probably be returning to my apartment on Tuesday so it's back to RE5 platinum hunting and, I guess, working on my senior project... maybe

  -Gaming Updates-

  World of Warcraft

  Nightnova (Level 80, Night Elf Druid): Got the cool purple dragon mount!

  

  Saayuko (Level 68, Orc Hunter): Have a full set of level 60 PVP armor and tamed a T-Rex type pet. I named him Patches as a "Family Guy" reference.

  

  -Random Thoughts-

  • Happy Thanksgiving weekend to all my fellow Canadians! I've always wondered why we celebrate it in October and people in the United States celebrate it in November, so I asked Google. Turns out our Thanksgivings are both for different reasons. In Canada, we're giving thanks to a bountiful harvest. In the United States, you guys celebrate the Pilgrims settling the new world. Either way, Turkey is involved, we just get ours first.

  • Watching The Simpsons, Family Guy, and bad horror movies after you've had major abdominal surgery is not a good idea

  • I found a great job opportunity I want to apply for as soon as I get my diploma. It's a private company that designs weapons for the Canadian Navy. Me being a woman in the Army Reserves just about tripled my chances of being hired! I need that project done now!!

  • Summer is over! The scenery at my parents house is beautiful this time of year though. Well, at least until the leaves fall of the trees, then it gets pretty depressing because winter is coming.

  

  Above is a picture of the field in front of my parents house.

  

  There's a major river that runs in my parents backyard (they have 47 acres of property so it's a pretty huge backyard ).

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  Quote of The Week: "Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often." - Johnny Carson

  • Posted Oct 11, 2009 10:45 am PT
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• 17Sep 09

  Operation! GG Edition (Worst Friday Ever)

  Hey guys.

  Just wanted to let everyone know that I won't be around for a while after today. I'm going to be having surgery tomorrow morning and I will be stuck in the hospital for a few days. I also have a 6-8 week recovery time after that, so I may or may not feel like coming on GameSpot.

  On the bright side, at least I'll have tons of time to play games and work on my project while I recover

  I'm actually terrified about having surgery. It's nothing too serious (the blood test results came back good ), but the thought of being put to sleep and not waking up really scares me Plus all those disclaimers about what could go wrong so I don't sue them didn't really help

  Whenever I'm scared, I usually watch The Simpsons and it cheers me up.

  

  At least my doctor is nothing like this guy

  Hopefully, I'll see you guys next week. Have a great weekend everyone!

  Quote of the Week x 5:

  "Uhh the hip bone's connected to the something. The something's connected to the red thing. The red thing's connected to my wrist watch. Uh-oh." - Dr. Nick (while operating on Homer)

  "Inflammable means flammable? What a country!" - Dr. Nick (after the explosion)

  "What the hell is that?!" - Dr. Nick (just before Homer goes under the gas)

  "Sir, calm down, you're going to give yourself skin failure. The symptoms you describe lead me to believe that you are suffering from bonus eruptus, a rare disorder in which the skeleton tries to jump out of the skin. The only way to stop it is through transdental electromicide. I'll need a golf cart motor and a thousand volt capacimator, stat!" - Dr. Nick

  "One, two, three...Out like a light. *Bart screams* Oops, maybe if I fiddle with these knobs. Hey, I smell gas. Pleasant gas. Night night gas. (collapses)" - Dr. Nick

  • Posted Sep 17, 2009 11:42 am PT
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• 6Sep 09

  Almost, But Not Quite.

  For the first time since I can remember, it's September and I don't have to go back to school! Well, at least not in an "official" way. I'm actually stuck somewhere between working adult and student thanks to me failing my senior year project last year. I'm not registered for any cl@sses but I'm not a graduate until I finish my project. So basically, as soon as my project is done, I'm out in the work force. Just getting it done is going to be the hard part... I really wish my partner and I would have completed it by the end of August (or even better: not have failed it last year ).

  

  This is the last week of my work term at CTV. I'm probably going to run across the news set on my last day too since I didn't get a chance to be on TV. My arm was in the background during one newscast though! I'm hoping to get a good job reference so crashing the evening news might not be such a good idea.

  I learned a lot though. College doesn't teach you all the hands-on stuff you learn on the job. My senior project might be easier now too since I'm more confident.

  I also find out the results of my blood test on Wed. so I'm really scared

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  -Gaming Updates-

  Resident Evil 5:

  

  Two more trophies and I will finally have my first platinum! Unfortunately, they are probably two of the hardest trophies: beating the game on professional and fully upgrading all the weapons. Can't wait to move on though. I have a huge pile of other games to beat.

  New Trophies:

  (Silver)

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  Yep, this is going to be a short blog for once

  Have a good week guys! This week is either going to be awesome or terrifying for me...

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  Quote of the Week x 2:

  "80% of the final exam will be based on the one lecture you missed and the one book you didn't read"

  "If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you have tried."

  • Posted Sep 6, 2009 5:44 pm PT
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