The Caffienated One

For those of us with a low caffiene tolerance, coffee is absolutely deadly. Combine that with sugar and tiredness, and you have the most hyper child in the universe.

Symptoms include:
-the jitters (that is, shaking legs, arms and possibly some twitching)
-fast speaking
-high pitched voice
-Short term ADD
-general fast movement (fastest typing evar mang)
-sometimes a slight redness in the cheeks.

You probably won't be able to sleep for a good while either.
If you've experienced this before, you should probably stay away from coffee because, while you think it may wake you up, it won't help your concentration in any way at all.
But for those of us who haven't learned (like me), you'll keep on doing this until you ram into a door because you were talking fast and not at all looking where you were going (didn't happen today though!).

Farewell friends. Wish me luck in dehyperization (this is not the worst case though).

omg it's 2:40 am. So I'm reading through message history and found something funny a friend said:
"when i notice that the person is pwning me with intellect, I automatically accept it, and let them ramble on and just agree with them, then I change the subject. So the conversation goes like "....and that is why japan blocking coffee export to philippines is bad for atlanta's black community." and I would go "yeah man. have you had the white kitkats? the pwn"

awesomeness prevails.

The Science of Sleep

I was browsing the cinemasmontreal site yesterday and found this movie called "The Science of Sleep". At first I thought it was a documentary of some sort talking about sleep. But alas, I was wrong.
This is the trailer http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fkf-7Z3EdG4
It looks strange...so of course I'll have to see it at some point. If it's good I'll let y'all know. They also play a Death Cab for Cutie song I like "Your Heart is an empty room".

Another song I've been listening to lately is "Ceremony" by New Order. It was on the trailer for "Marie Antoinette". Don't think I'm gonna see that, but the song rocks. Yay 80's.

Last but not least, my russian teacher played "Kalinka, Malinka" in class. I've heard that song before, but never knew what it was. So I downloaded a version by Ivan Rebroff, which is pretty good. Music to put yourself in a silly/good mood.

Sleepyness prevails. Nothing too eventful apart from getting over 10 lbs of apples for free.

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Crash course on grumblecakes

Good Morning (it's a nice one too, wheee),

firstly, I'd like to inform you that an elastic (that was in my hair), somehow came off and fell into my soup. Now it's wet and smells like foodies. Until it dries, I'll have to find a temporary replacement. Saddness.

Now on to business. Those of you that know me may have heard me say grumblecakes from time to time. Where does it come from you may ask?
It just kinda happened. One day a friend of mine expressed some anger, and said growl. I said grumbles instead. And well, you all know how I love food, so I added cakes at the end. Little did I know that grumblecakes already existed from a cartoon called Homestarrunner. I've seen maybe 1 homestar episode and I don't intend on watching all of them (that might make me uberlame, but I still won't).
In anycase, my grumblecakes look different that homestar ones. Behold:
This is a homestar grumblecake : It looks pretty rotten, like 4 year old slimy moldy cheese (I've never seen 4 year old smily moldy cheese, but I imagine that's what it'd look like. Yes, with spots). It also kinda looks like that huge rotten sandwich that Homer ate and refused to throw away. Anyways, all on the brink of death. booooooooo

Now, these are my grumblecakes:

Njosnavelin grumblecakes are like little cupcakes with funky icing (multicoloured naturally - they're little punks mang). Notice that they also have attitude...their yellow little frowns. They also walk around saying "grumble!". It is rare that you'll see njosnavelin grumblecakes though. They turn on their cloaking device when they decide to cause trouble.

So here some grumblecake vocabulary for you:
grumblecakes (with or without a ! - depending on your level of anger) (gr-uhm-bol-kayks):
You say this when you're annoyed with something. Like say you're walking down the street and a mean, large person bumps into you without saying sorry...that is a perfect time for grumblecakes. (In fact, a grumblecake probably decided to jump on the large person's head for that little while and made it do the evilness). So it's kinda like letting the grumblecake know that you know it's there.
grumbles (gr-uhm-bolz):
short form of grumblecakes. I say grumbles often. It's short and sweet, slightly cheerful. Mostly for only slight annoyances. Examples:
a) walking on the sidewalk, you trip off the edge, looking rather silly. "hahaha grumbles man"
b) you drop your falafel on the ground "arggh....grumbles :( "
c) you're hungry "mang, maaad tummy grumbles"

grumbletruffles (gr-uhm-bol truh-fols):
I rarely say this because they're just poseur cakes. The annoyances they cause are so small, it's not worth mentioning unless you get pissed off about everything.

grumblecakes of doom (gr-uhm-bol-kayks uhv doooom or duum):
Okay dudes, this is bad stuff. Grumblecakes of doom means you're quite angry, and it's making you feel totally doom. Examples:
a) You're losing at mario kart 64 "damnit! freakin grumblecakes of doom -.-"
b) You fail an exam "doom..." (if you can't say all of it, you just shorten it to doom. When you fail an exam you don't feel like saying much anyways, so doom will suffice)

grumblecake production is increasing (gr-uhm-bol-kayk pruh-duhk-shuhn ihz in-krees ing):

Grumblecakes come from the magical grumblecan (preheated to 95.1413 degrees C - the optimal temperature of grumblecake production). No one knows where the grumblecan comes from, it just exists. The green and yellow frosted grumblecakes (a.k.a. the radicals) tell us that grumblecake production is incoming.
At first I thought that grumblecake production occured in a large oven (imagine they all bake, then kick the door open and run out). But they definitely come from a grumblecan, with each of them saying "Grumble" as they come out (with different tones of voice).

You can say this when you're already slightly annoyed (or something like that has happened before and you know the grumblecakes are just doing it to piss you off). For example; I was on my way home the other day, via the metro. I get off at lionel groulx from the direction angrignon train, and wish to take the direction cote vertu one. Upon arrival at L-G, the CV train leaves. I said (seriously :P) "....grumblecake cake production is increasing" *clenches fist*
My two friends laughed, but agreed.
If you're feeling particularly energetic, you can try and find the source of the grumblecakes, but you will fail. So give up now and just accept that grumblecakes are a part of our lives. Despite their mischieviousness, they're kinda cute afterall.

*pets a grumblecake*

You're as fresh as a cucumber

allo! привет!

school has commenced! and on a totally chill note at that. Only one class left to visit...and that is tomorrow :D So far Russian is awesome.
The prof is actually italian, but she has a "russian soul", has been teaching russian for 35 years. Has some form of mushroom cut, reddish hair and was wearing a blue kinda house dress with funky designs all over, and platform shoes. Made all of us name tags and put labels all over the class room like "enter" "exit" "Break", all in cyrillics though.
She says that in russia it's a compliment to tell someone they're a cucumber (or something like that...that's what I had remembered). So I decided to test my theory.
On friday, I went to see one of my russian friends. Hello, what's up, blah blah blah. Then I said *thinking I'm so witty* "You're a cucumber!"
He looks at me very confused and says "what da hell are you saying?"
*looks around* HAHAH doot de doo..."Well see my russian teacher said if you tell someone they're a cucumber it's a compliment"
"oooooh noooooo, that's completely different. It's you're like a cucumber...and it's not exactly used in that way. It's more like if say, you have a hangover and you tell them if you do this remedy, you'll be as fresh as a cucumber".
Ah, makes sense. This could be used on Anti-perspirant commercials. Or for that Dove cucumber green tea soap.
Like, imagine you're gardening and you're all sweaty and stinky...dude your anti-perspirant just ain't doin it for ya. So a new one comes along "Lady Speed Stick's new line of vegetable scented anti-perspirants. With 24/7 protection. You'll be as fresh as a cucumber, all day, everyday."
And then, the gardening lady takes a bite out of the cucumber at that instant.
It seems a little more ridicuoulous when it comes to shower soap because I don't eat cucumbers in the shower. But that soap is actually good.

Also, all insults in russian become worse if you add "mother" to it.
Say you wanna tell someone "go to hell"...it's more like "I'll send you to the devil". What could be worse than that? "I'll send you to the devil's mother!". Oh shit, we're all doomed. :o

Alright, time to practice more script cyrillics and read stuff.
Toodles

Cows and Door Prizes

I returned from the lands below (USA) on wednesday and decided it might be time to post about it. Last saturday I wanted to be all witty and post something amusing (like a rhyming post!), but my wit has escaped me on this very lazy weekend. So I'll just list some of the highlights and things you might check out should you venture to these places.

BOSTON land of many colorful cows
If you're going by bus, when you stop at the White River Junction, at least 20 people will line up to go to the bathroom. Skip the line by going to the China Moon Buffet right next to it, run to the bathroom there and then pick up some eats (I paid 3.04$!). Not the best food ever, but it's edible.

Where we stayed - Hostelling International Boston
If you don't mind sharing a room with 5 other people, this is the place for you. It's cheap compared to other places in boston, there's free breakfast and the staff was very nice/helpful. Sometimes the roomies cause a ruckus at night, but nothing too bad.

MIT - Cold, Institutional and Impersonal

It looks pretty...but that's it. I mean it's got some famous scholars, or so my friend told me. The tour guide told some humorous stories. Here's one:
Smoots - On the bridge in between Boston and Cambridge, you'll see smoots written all along. Like 100 smoots, 120 smoots, etc...you'll also see Halfway to Hell :D

Apparently...sometime in 1960's there was a dude name something Smoots. One of the frats decided that the bridge should be measured in

smoots. Alright, easy enough. Take a piece of string, measure him up, then do that for the length of the bridge. Oh no no, that would be too easy. Mr. Smoot must get up and down each time they mark his height. Eventually he got tired, so they had to pick him up and lay him down for the rest of the time.







Harvard - warm and cuddly on the outside (kinda like mcgil), cold-hearted on the inside (or so the tour guides said :P )

If you happen to venture out to Harvard, take the Hahvahd tour given by two students Dan and Jordan. They're funny dudes and make a totally chill atmosphere. I won't go into all the details, but check out their site. http://www.hahvahdtour.com/index.html
Things you will learn about there - terminology, architecture, american history with harvard history, the rivalry between cambridge and harvard, titanic - daffodils - swimming, drum rolls - rankings, 1956 fire and primal scream. There's lots more.

The Prudential Center - shopping for the middle to upper class
I bought nothing there but truffles, tea (at teavana), sushi, cheesecake and more truffles. Clothing waaay overpriced. But zomg Toblerone Swiss Almond Cheesecake for the win.
Strawberries dipped in chocolate = awesome. Maraschino cherries in milk chocolate = sweetness overdose.

Museum of Science - Body Worlds 2 - go see it in Toronto if you can. It's awesome!

Inspired Burritos - 5$ - good stuff and near the hostel
Arirang Buffet - 10$
Yeah there's an arirang here...better than the buffet too. :P
Artu's - didn't actually eat there, but ordered from there since the hostel said it had awesome food. Eh...so so. Not wonderful, but it was alright.
Some espresso place on this street...that looks like Sherbrooke and is parallel near Boylston. - 5$ meal - Chia Bagel + Iced Tea (not nestea, like actual iced tea). awesomeness

NEW YORK CITY crazy peoples

Raaaaaaaiiiiined the whooooole time. grumbles.
I will say this, NYC is good for shopping and some good deals. Food is so so and public transit it screwy.
My opinion of this city hasn't changed much. It's dirty and crowded and some of the people are really rude. Not all of them...there are some nice ones (especially if they're grocery store clerks trying to hit on you).

Holland Motor Lodge Hotel - Stay there. It's awesome. We paid 75$ a night for a room with two double beds, 1 tv, 1 fridge w/ freezer, 1 microwave and A/C, free breakfast. And it's SUPER clean. It's located 10 mins walk from the PATH train station in Jersey City. Only takes like 10 mins by train to get to Manhattan. The train ride is 1.50$.

I didn't get to go to Columbia. Maybe next time.
The morning we left...was somewhat icky. Rain again. At the PATH station a 70 something yr old man came to me and said "CAN I HAVE YOUR FUCKING SEAT?!" I was like o_o....sure go ahead. Then he kept on rambling about ny and new jersey or something.
Later, we took a cab to the Port Authority...stopped in the cab area. I open the door and a cyclist rams into it. That is what is called a Door Prize ( I learned this from my biker friend). Then he yelled at me saying "watch where you're fuckin going".
Now, if you're biking in between 20 something cabs, at some point you will get hit, especially if it's raining and the cab passengers can't see anything. HAHA. yeah...

Toys R US has a T-Rex in it!





Verdict - Boston is Montrealesque. NYC is Torontoesque. Given the choice, I'd live in Boston :P.
MTL rocks, nuff said.

cheers and good night