tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25026121273281669972011-11-02T09:27:38.122-06:00the chronicles of a female science student and the nerds who love herAlanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596842209092568910noreply@blogger.comBlogger431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502612127328166997.post-70356698352866280512011-01-31T23:35:00.014-06:002011-02-01T00:26:00.517-06:00

We have been fostering Sunshine since August(over 5 months) and Onyx since September(over 4 months).They have become members of our ragtag family, unfortunately we are moving to non pet-friendly apartments at the end of February. Both are spayed. Sunshine is a couple years old and Onyx is less than a year old (still very much a kitten!)When Sunshine first came to us she was very attached to her

Alanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596842209092568910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502612127328166997.post-21667999474466951662010-10-25T23:37:00.005-06:002010-10-26T00:17:50.773-06:00

Winter is coming, did you bring your sweater?

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I'm sitting next to the suggestive sculpture on the 6th floor Education building, waiting for my financial accounting class to start.It's 2h45m long, and I'm already struggling to stay awake. Also, my exciting prof is away, and we have a sub. Its not looking very promising for this evening.Classes kind of swept my feet from under me.I swear, its still Friday, two weeks ago.

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In organizing my photos, I found a couple classic videos of Jasmine I never shared. Hope you enjoy!This is after getting home from getting spayed. We put the collar on her because she was licking her incision, but as you can see, this arrangement couldn't last long. Here she is, getting a good bum wiggle in before pouncing. When she went into heat, Kyle found out (by accident) that his

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In my lifetime I've had 3 cats. Kind of. I got Dalila when I was 6, and we had to put her down earlier this year because of a stroke. She was nearly 14. Even though her pedigree stated I was her owner, she chose my mom. I was only ever her play friend, maybe some version of a litter mate. She got along much better with me in her final years, but she was never really my cat.Then, Jasmine,

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Sunshine and her new goldfish toy.I mentioned earlier that we had her in a mesh kitty tent in our living room at nighttime in order to socialize her more effectively. Here's a video of her clamoring for some attention one morning as I got ready for work. And this is her favourite toy, the laser. We call the way she plays "Laser Dance".

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{Sunshine, posing}Say hello to our new PFA foster cat, Sunshine! She is quite the opposite of our former cat, Jasmine. She is a quiet, timid kitty, but we're sure enjoying her company!It took her a couple days to come out of hiding, and she's been staying in a little mesh tent in our living room. Now, whenever we let her out of her tent (she spends the day roaming the house, nightime inside)

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{Crafting; mini M&Ms}I'm getting ready to sell crochet cat toys at the People for Animals Fundraiser. Returning to crafting has been interesting. If I could not work and just do this, I'd be very happy.{Jasmine finds a half knitted toy and destroys it helps with the process}{See? Helping!}Jasmine got adopted tonight! Hurrah! We're really happy for her, she was such a nice cat.

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We've recently started fostering a cat for People for Animals Saskatchewan. Her name is Jasmine.{Jasmine; lounging}She's a very young cat, about 8 or 9 months old, and she's already had 7 kittens. Her kittens have been weaned, and are up for adoption now. They're staying with another foster family.She loves her food, and does a really good job of making a menace of herself in the kitchen.{

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Here's a quick preview of future, more detailed blog posts to come!{The life of a great friend}{And having to say goodbye}{A return to a favourite pastime} {Kyle's convocation; Bachelor of Science with Honours, Physics }Including an introduction of our newest family member, Mr. Fish, aka Mista Eff.

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Good god, this is my life right now.(if you can't tell, I'm one of the losing people with a lower threshold.)

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Kyle just woke himself up talking, and I quote:"kldsjfLWOEFKJAL DKFJSJCRAZY THINGS!...what?""you woke up and said 'crazy things' ""I said what to the who now?...fuck..."aaand he's back asleep ~1.5 minutes later

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The College Humor site has been getting more of my attention than Youtube. This calls for a new tag!See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

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I've recently finished my antibiotic regime to get rid of an infection of H. Pylori bacteria in my stomach. The doctor says I'll have a build up of excess acid in my stomach for up to three weeks after the infection is gone. This leaves one tired Alana up with heartburn at unfortunate hours.Things I need to stay away from include:popdeep-fried foodsor basically anything too acidicThe good news

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This is a great clip from one of my new favourite shows.

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Sometimes Physics makes me feel like this poor guy. I spent hours working on a lab only to find out that some of my data is crap and I'm probably going to have to redo parts of it. Bah!

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Oh hey thar blog I've been ignoring.I swear I had good reasons (Vancouver trip, Edmonton trip, getting hit by a car, having the flu, midterms, catching up from all those other reasons).I promise I will catch up at some point. After I finish this assignment I'm working on. And the midterm on Tuesday. And the labs on Thursday. And the midterm and assignment I have to mark for Thursday. And I'm

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This has got to be some of the most creative immitating I've ever seen. Really? Reallly?

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Cleaning your ears is weird.I know, right?I just twisted some little piece of cotton around in my ear, started coughing uncontrollably, and they were totally related. There's nothing that makes me more uncomfortable than that feeling.The closest thing to that kind of reaction I've ever had was when I had acupuncture. The doctor was twisting a needle between my eyebrows and my vision went away.

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Recently I've noticed I've got a little bit of activity from our friends down south. I found this pretty amusing, hopefully you will too:State --- Google Search TermTexas, North Carolina - "indecent exposure felony"Illinois - "class two felony"Alabama - "indecent exposure class "I'm awesome.

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I'm not the biggest gamer. No really, my first video game was a gameboy (Pokemon!), and I had nothing else until my parents bought me a PlayStation from a garage sale. I got a little exposure at my sitters, but not much.I still haven't gotten over the concept that sometimes my roommates will be playing video games and talking to the people they're playing with. Seriously, I still turn to look

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I've rarely had to deal with the highly unpleasant experience of having a cold when it's ungodly hot. Yesterday I was so rundown I could barely stand for most of the day, and it was also one of the warmest days we've had all summer... and my first summer living in a house with no AC. It was a party, let me tell you.Now, this poor blog has gone ignored for a week or two now, but for good reason,

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Argh! My back has been killing me all day. It was worse yesterday, bad to the point that i just took some painkillers and slept because there was no way to be comfortable. Today its just complaining if I move, so that's an improvement, right?Kyle's sister Chelsea is moving some of her stuff in today. She'll be living with us starting september, as well as Cody*. Five people in our house! Such

Alanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596842209092568910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502612127328166997.post-40449276932291565062009-08-20T00:01:00.004-06:002009-08-20T00:12:00.410-06:00

Oh man am I ever going to waste time on this! Basically, you give it a sentence or two and it translates it to Japanese and back to English and over and over until the sentence does not change. It's INSANE what it comes out to be sometimes.For example:To understand a man you should walk a mile in his shoes. If what he says still bothers you that's ok because you'll be a mile away from him and

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Hello future people again! This is Alana from even more in the past than last time*!If you've seen Idiocracy you probably remember Brawndo, the energy drink (much like Gatorade) that has managed to take over every niche water ever had except in the toilet. This is a Powerthirst commercial - a fictional energy drink based on Brawndo.There are many other videos like this that are VERY much worth

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Hello future people! This is Alana from the past coming to bring your Youtube video!We've all been a little out of it at one point. A bad combination of painkillers, actual anesthetic from the doctor, booze, whatever. For example, I know that two Tylenol1(with codeine) and two Gravol is tooooo much "drowsy" medication for me. That resulted in something very close to this poor little guy:This

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This is a Nickelodeon short that Desiree showed me years ago. I heard a rumour that they might be basing a tv show on it and oh my goodness it's true. Its scheduled to air sometime in 2010. You have no idea how exciting that is to me!I know this is a little strange, but if you do spend the time to watch at least part of it, wait until the mars scene!

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Yay its almost the weekend! I just need to survive 3 hours of work and then we're off to the Waterton for camping and hiking. It's supposed to be raining all weekend, and I guess this will solidify in my mind how very not water-proof any of my clothes are. It's actually starting to worry me, so I may wander down to the university bookstore to see if they have anything.Last night in our quest

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Well, things at work have managed to slow to an absolute halt. We're waiting for a baseplate to arrive so we can start construction, but the company providing it is having trouble and have delayed delivery. Also, the only other remaining task is with equipment that one of the grad students needs to use today.I can honestly say that all I've done today is play on photoshop. We're making a game

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There's nothing quite like waking up earlier than you meant to and feeling very much awake and productive. Actually making yourself a good breakfast* and having time to decide what you're going to make for lunch and actually making it. It's a great feeling. I suspect today will be better than yesterday.*by breakfast I mean cup of coffee

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Youtube post number two is none other than the legen... dary Charlie the Unicorn.A warning for those of you who haven't seen these before: its not recommended that you watch all 4 videos in a row.These videos from FilmCow feature Charlie and two other unicorns who manage to annoy Charlie into coming on adventures with them. Each video of the triolgy features a song, and each video grows stranger

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I hate when you just can't shake a bad mood that makes everything worse.The only thing worse than those days are days like that when things actually go wrong.Or today.I've been stuck in a funk pretty much since I woke up, and it seems to just be going downhill, fast. I spent nearly the last hour working with a supervisor trying to fix what appeared to be malfunctioning equipment. Finally after

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I've always enjoyed looking for good youtube videos, and recommending them to my friends, but I've never had a list of my favourites. So I'm going to post a video every day until I run out of ones I remember easily.This is the first episode of Domo-kun, for all of you who were confused by my new stuffed animal.

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Ah! It's been such a great day so far!Kyle's family left this morning (after making us a tasty breakfast!) to go to visit the Science Centre. Merely minutes after they left Ben and Kendric picked us up for an afternoon out.It hadn't occured to any of us that it was Sunday, and the restaurants we frequent are usually pretty small. We must have tried five or six different restaurants before we

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You will have many friends when you need them.* Today has been an eventful day! Kyle's mom and youngest brother Scott are in town today to get some school supplies. We picked up his sister Chelsea and went for lunch at Saigon by Night. That's my fortune up at the top there! Then we picked up my new bike and took it into the shop. It's going to need a bit of work and possibly a new chain, but ohhh

Alanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596842209092568910noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502612127328166997.post-59897871839011830082009-08-07T23:22:00.000-06:002009-08-08T00:29:08.438-06:00

Well, I suppose an introduction is a good direction to go in my first step out into the blogosphere.Hi there! My name is Alana, and I am what many people would classify a nerd, but I am also a girl. Now, this might not seem like that big of a deal to someone with an outside perspective, but I can assure you that when you are one of very few girls in a faculty that is quite small to begin with,

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