It was winter but now it’s not.
Posted by Tom on March 15, 2010 at 10:03 pm
HELLO!
The last time I blogged, I posted pictures of a beautiful day that we had and a walk that Candice and I went on.
Throughout the following week it snowed and got cold again. It then continued to feel like winter for a week or two.
However, over the past week it has been feeling like spring (aka early summer in Newfoundland) and snow has been melting and hats and mitts have been coming off. The nicer weather and warmer temperatures have also helped lift moods a lot.
Here are a few things that have been happening over the past month:
First off, looks like I’m not going to be able to graduate this semester. After a huge email battle with the mysterious and eerie registrars office (since you can’t actually go and talk to them for some ridiculous reason) and multiple blows to my self-esteem, I discovered that I am six credits short of the requirement. I mostly blame this on York’s poor communication skills (they must have received “needs improvement” remarks on their report cards as kids), as I was under the impression that I actually had more credits than I needed. *sigh* So after considering contemplating dropping everything and not graduating at all, I’ve come to terms with it (more or less). I’m in the process of figuring out how to complete these six credits over the summer by doing distance courses through MUN. Memorial must think I’m nuts, with both an application to get back into there for undergrad courses AND trying to get in there for grad school (and if anyone reading can help speed either process along, that’d be awesome!).
Second! Better news! I’ve got a new job! Kinda! I’ve started writing and taking photos for a blog here in Toronto called BlogTO. It’s a great website that talks about all types of different things going on in the City of Toronto. My articles are concert reviews and photos, and you can see the first three of my posts by going here and here and here. The second and third posts are from Canadian Music Fest, a five day music festival spread across the entire city featuring hundreds of bands at hundreds of venues. Because of my connections to BlogTO I was able to get a Media Pass for the whole festival, which basically allowed me entry to any show for free! The job doesn’t pay much, but I do get entry to shows covered, plus it’s great practice and a little bit of exposure. Besides all that, I’m glad to be able to do something new with my photos.
Third! Great news! Friends visiting us! One of Candice’s best and oldest friends has been in the city for the past couple of weeks and they’ve taken some time to have some awesome times together. Also (!!) our fantastic friends Amy and Steve came to visit this weekend! It was a super quick visit but we were able to introduce them to Ethiopian food, introduce them to the best place in the city to get beer and cake, order sushi at midnight, go shopping, check out Kensington Market and eat burgers, and have generally awesome good times (good times). It was amazing to spend time with them, and neither of us can wait to get home soon to spend more time with them and our other friends back home.
Oh, and in case you’re jealous of all the cool things Amy and Steve got to do while they were here, you can too! All you have to do is call/email/Facebook message/Twitter reply/comment on this blog post and come and visit us and you can have fun too!
That’s all I can think of at the moment it terms of recent news, and we wish we could let you in on our plans for the next fews months, but unfortunately we barely even know what we’ll be doing come mid-April. We’ll let you know when we know.
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