And we'll never be royal

Hello peoples. Long time no post. Well, yeah, it's been definitely been a while since I posted, and it's almost the end of September so I thought I'd stop by and update y'all.... although no0o0o one reads this, hahahaha.

I don't remember if I was talking about how much I was dreading school in my last few posts, but school has definitely come, and now I'm just waiting for it to be gone... I know, how lame, hahaha. But I shouldn't complain for the most part. My classes are decent enough, God has both blessed me and cursed me with group projects in EVERY class, but so far the group mates I've found for myself are competent looking people and it looks as if we'll have no problems getting things done!

For this semester, I've got a jam-packed, crazy busy schedule. I can barely keep up with it myself, I constantly have to go back to my phone and check what time my classes are, what time my shifts are for my jobs, and what time I have to leave the house. Here's the break down:

Sunday: This is the Lord's day. I WILL ALWAYS TRY TO HAVE THIS DAY OFF.
Monday: School in the afternoon
Tuesday: School in the morning, work closing shift at XXI 4pm.
Wednesday: FoS shift in the afternoon
Thursday: School, FoS shift during my four hour break, then back to school for lecture
Friday: Usually morning shifts at XXI, but open to any shift
Saturday: FoS and XXI shifts depending on certain things.

And every minute that I'm not working or at school, I'm trying to cram some homework and study time. It's failing so far, considering I've got an abstract due on Monday and I've had so many days to work on it, yet it's still not done... sigh.

Like I said earlier, I can't really complain. I think I've come to realize that Fall is actually my favourite season. I always used to say that it's spring spring spring! But the weather is changing and I get to whip out some comfortable clothes, go back to school (which I have a love/hate relationship with), and even look ahead to HALLOWEEN which I LOVE, THANKSGIVING which I truly use as a day to be thankful for what I have, and then CHRISTMAS!!!! And of course I can't really count Christmas in the Fall season but it's a part of my Fall semester and so I tend to cram it in with those things. I just love the thought of kids on Halloween and then shopping for Christmas presents and just being merry. Seriously. I love Christmas. And now I've gotten myself all excited and in a hooplah over something that's so far away :( Oh well.

Speaking of Halloween, Genina has decided that she refuses to go to any parties or trick or treat this year (yes we consider trick or treating despite being 21 year olds. Don't hate, appreciate). Her only desire this Halloween is to hand out the candy, something she's looking super forward to, and to be honest, I don't mind doing that with her and watching scary movies in the living room!

Oh, and for those who are wondering, FoS stands for Friends of Simon. It's a tutoring program in my university that hires SFU students only, to go out to elementary and high schools, and tutor kids in need of extra homework help/better grades. It's actually an amazing job that I take so much from, and the benefits I get there outweigh the zero benefits I get from XXI. Working for FoS is legitimately being an active part of my community and getting paid to do so. And I do this twice a week and go to the occasional meeting with the coordinators, and all on paid time. I love the program, and it is definitely one of the best things I've done since coming to university.

In fact, today which was the first date at one of our more popular high school sites for tutors, a foreign television network came to film us and just do a segment on everything that we're doing. Me and my fellow tutors and a lot of the students made it on TV, and I got to PVR it and show it to my parents and stuff. If I didn't look so awful on tv I would definitely be more proud of the moment but at least I can say I was on TV for something good, and my parents can stop accusing me of being such an acloholic when I go out for social activities, ahaha. Seriously, they couldn't be more wrong about what I go out and do for myself, LOL.

For anyone who watches The Challenge on MTV, I just wanna say that I'm a huge Cara Maria fan. I love that girl and just want her to have her first win already. Same with Cooke - it was her rookie season but she did amazing and although I love Paula and Emily, I can't say that I wanted them to win. I'm always for the underdog like that. Sorry, the finale and reunion show was on tonight and I just had to say that out. I freaking hate Johnny Bananas tho.

No resolution by the way. None whatsoever. I hate talking about it, but as a mental note and reminder to myself, I just gotta put that vague statement here somewhere so I can look back on this and be an emo. Yup.

So many good things going on in my life, and so many more things to look forward to, what is there for me to truly complain or rant about? I just have to go with the flow and let things be and not get distracted by everything that's happened. I've had so many outings with old friends and coworkers and still more to look forward to, that I just can't get down. I won't even try to let school put me in a damper. Thank God for all that I have. Wow, did I just make Thanksgiving come a lot earlier with this whole schpeal? Hahahaha.

Okay, I thought I had more to say but looks like there's nothing at all. Just work, school, school, work, homework, school, homework, work, and somewhere in between I have to eat and sleep. It's good stuff. Being responsible is some goooood. stuuuuuuff.

Goodnight and be merry my peoples,
From,
Gelina.

The post title, I'm sure we all know, is from the indie pop/rock/alternative mix hit Royals by Lorde. Her stuff is awesome, I really like Team and Luxe 400. I really hope this chick isn't a one hit wonder. Anyway, night!

I don't want to lose you now

So it's been a few days and I feel obliged to post. For anyone who's noticed a pattern about my mood regarding a few things and cares to ask, no, nothing's changed. I'm slowly trying to let it go and other than mentioning the condition of how it is, I don't think I'm going to talk about it anymore.

It was the first day of school today. Ah, the good old Fall semester. Of course, since life hates university students, after a summer of full on sunshine and soft breezes, it finally decided to piss rain. Since there's only one umbrella between me and Genina, I decided her need for it was greater than mine 'cause of her ten minute walk to work from the skytrain. So I just wore this lame jacket that didn't protect me from the rain whatsoever really, and trudged up the good old Burnaby mountain for my Political Economy class. It's got a specific focus on Communication and what's happening to media, based on the volatile political and economical condition. I'm actually super interested, and looking forward to just getting into the meat of things so that I have more requirements to cross off my check list. That's literally one of the only reasons I look forward to diving right back into things - I just realize that it's one less thing I have to worry about, and I'm closer to finishing my degree. Ugh, if only things could just pick up the pace a little.

Today, me and Nikki met up after my class ended and headed over to the Highland Pub on campus. I've never everrrr been there, and have wanted to eat there for so long. Except when we got there, it was closed. The people working at coffee place underneath Highland said that the pub wouldn't open till 5, and since it was just NOON, me and Nikki decided to head over to the Dining Hall. It's mainly for the students who live on rez, but overall the Dining Hall is a great place for practically anyone to eat (at the small price of 8.40), study, and just chill. After paying the small fee to get in, you have free reign over the buffet, where they have an amazing selection of main meals and desserts and sandwiches and soups and a freaking real life, honest to God waffle maker. What campus on earth has a Dining Hall with its own WAFFLE MAKER? SFU does my peeps. And it was actually my second time going to the Dining Hall, but only the first time I'd ever eaten in there, so suffice it to say I really dug in and made use of the fact that I got to eat whatever the heck I wanted. It was sooo hard trying to pace myself, I'm not gonna lie.

Tomorrow, I don't have any class. I only have school on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. On Wednesday Friday and Saturday, I've given availabilities to all of my work places ('cause yes I do work somewhere else other than xxi - I tutor for SFU's tutoring program and actually get paid more there, I even get paid for travel time for when I go to a location to tutor), and since my tuition is the most expensive it's been in a while, goodness knows I'm gonna need to cash in a little. 'Cause ya, I may have reached my summer savings goal of $_000 dollars, I'd still rather keep it above student level and always have enough to pay for my education... I'm paranoid like that :P

Last night, me and Genina watched the funniest thing on TV, which was Comedy Central's Roast on James Franco. It was effing HILARIOUS, I literally died laughing. I mean, this one was probably the best Roast that Comedy Central's ever hosted, because judging by their previous roast recipients and the friends they had brought in to do the burning, it wasn't any real comedy. For example, when Charlie Sheen was the object of the roasting a few years ago, freaking Mike Tyson was one of the people who went up to roast him... not only was his set awkward and hard to understand, it just didn't make a whole lot of sense. Since James Franco's a comedian tho, all of his comedian friends were able to join in on the burning of him - people like Jonah Hill, Aziz Anzari and Sarah Silverman. It was amazing. If y'all can somehow watch the James Franco roast, I suggest you do it, 'cause it totally made my day, and I rewatched it again with Genina today on my laptop 'cause we just couldn't get enough. Go on. Get on it, dawgs.

I forgot to mention how crowded and busy it was at my campus today.... I mean, yeah it's the first day back at school and it's the start of the Week of Welcome, but it was raining for God's sake people. The academic quadrangle was STILL packed with all of the clubs and booths and promoters, and the line up to the bookstore was insane. I just couldn't believe that I was back at school. I didn't realize that I kind of missed that busy atmosphere of busy and learning students, but I'm sure I'll come to hate it again like usual, once everyone realizes they're actually ditching half of their classes to get some rest, and all I'm up there to see is a bunch of rainfall and depressed kids. Ya, you can tell what kinda mood I'm in when it comes to school. It literally feels like I just started my break, but whatever. I'm going to be in school for the next two years until I graduate in Fall 2015. NO MORE and probably no less. I mean, it would be great to graduate earlier than Fall of 2015, but at this rate, that's probably gonna be the season. I gave myself five years to graduate from university. If I graduate in 2016, I'm gonna feel kind of let down that I didn't meet the goal that I made for myself.

Who knows. I'll probably look back on this time and think to myself - why did I want to graduate college so fast? It was the best place ever. Who knows.

Now that summer is winding down, a lot of my favourite shows are coming to their mid-season hiatuses. Pretty Little Liars, Teen Wolf, soon to be Big Brother and The Challenge: Rivals. I don't know how I've gone so long without them in the past, 'cause I am literally dying for another episode of Teen Wolf right now. I don't think it's coming back until January, and I'm super choked about that. Argh.

Anyway, there's not much else to talk about. My next class isn't until Thursday, which I think is about the Cultural Production of Music? Or Advertising? Or something? Anyway they all have something to do with Communications somehow, I just know that they're requirements on my Grad check list. Don't look at me, peeps.

Going to bed. Hungry. Sigh. I should start eating breakfast. Anyway, bye-bye y'all.

Post title is from the song, aka my jam of all jams at the moment, which is weird because I'm not JT's biggest fan, Mirrors. I've been listening to it ever since it came out, and it's pretty much my fave song of the moment, and will probably be one of my top faves for the rest of my life. I dunno but that song just gets to me.

Fun fact: if I could only listen to one song for the rest of my life, guess what it would be? Okay three hints, just for fun.

1. it's an 80s song
2. it was sung by a female icon of the 80s
3. it's a religious song, but the music video is quite sacrilege.

Figure it out? It's Like a Prayer by Madonna. That is the song I would choose to listen to for the rest of my life, if I could only listen to one. Listening to the lyrics and feel good symphony in the background of it, I'm sure it's not hard to really understand why.

Anyway, goodnight again. Gelina out.