Fail and such as

[yuuago]

Today was just so much fail. Because of the hockey th'other day, I was so exhausted that I slept in until noon. Had a really weird dream, too, though I can't really recall many details right now. It involved running from something, as my dreams usually do, and long winding packed-dirt roads out in the middle of fields and bush late at night. Pretty damn spooky.

Most of the morning afternoon was spent panicking about a presentation that I have to give tomorrow... which I actually do not have to do tomorrow. Damnit, somehow I ended up thinking that I was to give it on the 24th, when I really need to give it on March 9th. On the one hand, I'm glad that I didn't have to rush and pull an all-nighter today, but on the other hand I feel like an idiot for not checking the syllabus sooner. Well, at least now I can take my time with it and do a good job.

I know I keep complaining about it, but I'm just so frustrated with my wrist right now. I was doing some work for that presentation, and I was writing out things because I think better when I write. But after only a page my hand started to feel really wrong again, and gods know it'll probably be doing pretty bad by tomorrow. I don't know, I guess I just feel so cut off from everything, because not only can't I do the things I love to do (writing), but I can't do the things I need to do (... writing). Well, looks like I'll just have to step up the physio exercises and try to figure something out.

Spoke with my mum about my appointment to get wisdom teeth taken out. She seemed kind of panicky and nervous about it, which really did not thrill me at all. Seriously, mum, that doesn't help me feel better. I mean, I do have a pretty cavalier attitude about the whole thing - dentists don't make me nervous at all, I can go through it no problem, even got a root canal done with hardly a bit of worry or discomfort. But when I go in to get this done, they won't be able to sedate me, and I'm troubled about that. They said that they only sedate people if there is someone to pick them up and take them home afterword, so since I don't have someone, they can't do it, even though I live right next to the building. Fuck. Oh, well. I guess I'll live.

On an unrelated note, I think I've fallen in love with this song (it's so pretty!) but I can't sing it because somehow I keep wanting to pronounce the words as I would if they were in Middle English. I'm... not even sure why that is. Maybe it's just a combination of unfamiliar language + too much Middle English on the brain lately. Still, fail, self. Swedish ≠ Middle English by any stretch.

In other news, we got another gold medal (yesssss). And on Thursday, it'll be Finland vs Sweden and Canada vs USA again, only this time it's women's hockey, and I'm so fucking excited. Going to watch hockey all day, hell yeah. Let's hope the Finnish 'n Canadian women's teams are better at kicking ass than their male counterparts. :|

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[gluecookie.livejournal.com]

I haven't been following the olympics at all this winter.. Well, with exception of Anja Pärson when she fell and injured herself 8I Anyway, how's Canada doing in hockey? I hope you guys pwn everyone else <3

Oooooh you listen to Nanne! She's so cute 8D

[yuuago]

Normally I wouldn't be quite so into it - just catching a bit here and there - but I've been watching it with my friends (well, I mean, watching it and commenting to them online), and that makes it more fun, so I've been paying more attention.

We've been doing pretty awesomely at hockey, except for losing to the USA on Sunday night, but we're totally going to make up for it soon, I hope. Ahhhh <3

And yes, Nanne~! I only started listening to her stuff recently - someone mentioned it to me, though I can't remember who. I love her voice, I think because it isn't quite the same as what I'm used to hearing in pop music; it's deeper somehow, or something. 's different. <3

[gluecookie.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha! Like me and Eurovision then XD I wasn't really that into it until I began talking about it with online friends too! Or more specifically, Hetalia people. AND YES GO GO CANADA

Best of all she is really sure of herself-- and she dares to be different in comparison to other pop artists! She made a deep impression on me when I was a kid and saw her performances in Melodifestivalen. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX1nKSh2QGk) XD

[jesusphreaq.livejournal.com]

I would offer to drive you, but I work full-time now :( and dentists don't work on weekends, do they? Maaaaan. And you live close enough to walk and they won't let you? Sigh.

:( Sorry about your wrist too! Maybe if typing hurts less, you'll have to learn to do that instead of writing for awhile to give your hand a break.

[yuuago]

Eh, it's all right. I'll tough it out. ;p And nay, I don't think they work on weekends.

Typing + writing fanfiction = ??? I'm not very good at it, find it hard to think. But at least I can do my essays for school on the computer... sigh.

[jesusphreaq.livejournal.com]

I do all my writing on computer now, except for ideas in my idea notebook.

I read a sf book recently about these kids in a high tech society, and one receives a note from another instead of a ping and is very impressed that that person taught herself to write.

[jesusphreaq.livejournal.com]

Actually, thinking about it again, I don't even think I could stand to write stories or fanfiction on paper. Each sentence goes through so many revisions that the paper would look like a total mess at the end.

[yuuago]

Haa, well. When I'm doing paper-writing, it's just the whole... getting it down thing. Sometimes I cross things out or use arrows to move stuff around, but mostly I go, zoom, get it down. It's when I type it up that the revisions part happens.

[sunset-rays.livejournal.com]

I slept in till noon today too. lol. Don't worry. I'm glad your presentation was moved back, so you have more time to prepare.

I still have all 4 of my wisdom teeth, but sometimes they hurt a bit when they're pushing up. I want to go to the dentist, but don't have health insurance. First I need to get a job, so that then I'll have insurance and can go to the dentist. Lucky Canadians. (or have I got the totally wrong idea?)

I hope your wrist heals quickly. That sucks, you can't write and can't do assignments either. Is it your right hand (your dominant hand I assume)? I broke my right arm when I was 8 and had to wear a cast for a couple months. It was tough, had to try to write using my left hand, but that was 2nd grade, at this age it would be a whole different story. Don't overdo it, pace things out and hopefully it will get better. ^__^

Wow, you are learning Swedish? That sounds very cool. I've listened to a couple Markoolio songs on youtube, and it sounds like a nice language. Middle English too? Like Beowulf and Canterbury Tales? Shakespeare is more modern English right?

[yuuago]

We can be made of fail together. ;p

I'm not quite sure how dental stuff works out in Canada actually - somehow I don't think it's the same as free healthcare stuff. I know that I'm covered by my parents' work insurance, but there might be provincial coverage in addition to that (at this point my parents still handle that...) But that aside, I'm very grateful that we have the healthcare system in place for non-dental stuff, what with the problems I've been having with my wrist and all the visits to the doc I've been doing lately.

It's actually the left, and I'm left-dominant. This is the first time I've been injured in any way, so it's completely new to me, and very frustrating. I can't write with my right and at all, it's basically illegible... ah, well. I'll figure something out.

Oh no, I'm not learning Swedish - mostly I just want to learn to sing a few songs that I like, haha. I would like to learn the language itself, because I like it, but I'm trying to teach myself a more practical language (French). I'm also doing stuff in Middle English, because that's part of my major. Beowulf is actually Old English, not Middle English, and I can't understand Old English - but you are correct with the Canterbury Tales part. Also, many of the stories about King Arthur were written in Middle English as well. Shakespeare, on the other hand, is modern English, even though it sounds really weird to us.

[sunset-rays.livejournal.com]

LOL.

My best friend is left-handed too. You know what they say, left-handed people are more artistic. ;P

I wish I had taken French or German classes, but I took Spanish instead. I can't say I regret it, even though I forgot most of it, it comes in handy to know bits and pieces of what people around me are saying. Are you learning French by yourself? Middle English sounds like a very interesting field of study; you're working on your Masters? That's awesome, you can be a university professor when you finish. :D

[yuuago]

Right now I'm wishing I wasn't so artistic. ;p It's inconvenient.

When I was in school, French was the only language class available, so I had to take it. After graduation, I forgot everything. So now, I'm trying to teach it to myself... right now I'm just trying to re-learn the things I forgot.

Middle English is wonderful, both for the literature and the language itself. The stories are just plain not the same if they're translated. And reading it out loud, it's so much fun. I am doing my masters in Middle English lit, but I'm not sure if I'll be a professor after that... to really get anywhere, you need to do a phD, but I've decided I don't want to pursue that (academia really is not for me....)