The Wonders of Snow

Hey guys,

Calgary finally got some snow this week, back on Tuesday. As per usual I fell and popped my knee out (again), sprained my elbow and, as I discovered yesterday, my computer screen! I seem to have busted the LCD panel, but everything else is in full working order. My dad's helping me get this sorted out to see if we can fix it, and if not then it looks like I'm getting a new computer in April. For the time being I'm using my brother's old gaming laptop (17.8 inches...).

I'm not hauling this thing to school and back for obvious reasons (in fact, I'm never hauling a computer to school again unless it's absolutely necessary) so I'll be using my iPod Touch for most of my computer needs for the next little while since most of my time is spent on campus. I just wanted to let you guys know that because of this my posts will likely be few and far between and also very short until I can get all this nonsense sorted out.

I get to work tonight! Woo. I really don't want to work on my leg, but I really don't think I have a choice. It's only a three hour shift, but I think I'm closing on my own, which means I'll have an hour by myself so I can't sit.

This weekend is going to be paved by reading. I have to read Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Swift's "A Modest Proposal", one of Freud's essays for my creative writing class, and Hesiod's "Theogony". It's going to be an interesting weekend.

Since I hurt my elbow I can't do archery on Sunday, so I'm taking the opportunity to go to church for once. I heard through the grapevine that all of the churches in our diocese have converted their masses from this modern garbage they've been doing for longer than I've been alive (which were the reason I hated the church) to a classic- albeit English- High Mass. I'm going to go this Sunday and see how they do, maybe I'll be more motivated to attend more often if I like what they've done with it. I suppose now would be the time to admit that I'm Catholic. I'm not going to push any beliefs here, that's not my style. I'm just here to carry on being awesome!

That's about all that I can wring out of this post, so I'm going to leave you all alone now. I hope you are all doing well!
~Alexandra

In which I Actually Finish a Book

Hey guys!

So you know how I keep buying all these books? Yeah, so I finally finished one yesterday! It was the Supernatural book I bought back in December. Nevermore was the title of this one, and it's by Keith R. A. DeCandido. It was actually really good. It was set in the middle of season between "Crossroad Blues" and "Croatoan", Mr. DeCandido was kind enough to point this out at the beginning of the book. I highly recommend watching the preceding episodes because he references A LOT of events from the previous season and from the early season 2 stuff. It read like an episode of the show, I couldn't put it down! It had two parallel plots so there was always something happening. And conveniently at the end of the book Mr. DeCandido wrote down his Supernatural iTunes playlist which includes songs such as "Rock On", "Paranoid", "Enter Sandman" and "Smoke on the Water". There are 62 songs in total. Yes, I did go and create a playlist on YouTube which I am now downloading to my iPod... SHUT UP!!

Anyway, I'm now working my way through another Murdoch Mysteries installment Let Loose The Dogs which is the 4th book in the series and also one of my favourite episodes. So, I definitely already know who did it, but I'm okay with that because it's such a touching story.

I also went and picked up a few new things from Chapters... again. I grabbed some pretty cool looking speakers for my iPod; they look like old school microphones! I also found a book about Witchcraft and Demonology, and another novel called Inquisition which is set in Italy during the Spanish Inquisition. It should be pretty cool.

I ran up to the University today to grab my textbooks, this is going to be a VERY heavy semester. Oh well, c'est la vie.

That's all I got for you kids tonight, I'll talk to you again later!
~Alexandra

Happy New Year!

Hey guys!

Happy New Year!! I know I'm a little late on the uptake but I was at my friend's house and his wifi didn't work, so I couldn't get on the internet.

Anyway, this is going to be a very short post, I just wanted to say happy new year before I go off to find a working link to the new Sherlock episode: A Scandal in Belgravia. I can't find a working one to save my life!

Wish me luck!
~Alexandra

Christmas, Horror Movies and a New Book

Hey guys,

Here's that Christmas post I promised you! I'll start off with my haul and then go into everything else. I for a lot of zombie stuff this year. I got the Walking Dead season 1 on DVD as well as The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor. I got a pair of hair combs from my best friend as well as a beautiful necklace from my boss. My brother got me a bracelet, and finally I got the iPod touch.

We got to see our cousins from Toronto as they came out to visit and go skiing this Christmas. I haven't seen them in years, they're so tall! Had Christmas dinner at my aunts house with the family, and that was my Christmas! Then I got to work boxing day, which wasn't fun.

Today I watched horror movies, all of which starred Jared Padalecki (complete coincidence, I assure you). I watched Cry_Wolf, which I enjoyed because the British kid reminded me of the Brits from my archery class. I also watched House of Wax, which I've been meaning to see for the last 6 years. It was excellent. Also did Supernatural 2x07 which was interesting.

Finally I wanted to mention a new book I got. This one's called Henna Magic: Crafting Charms and Rituals with Sacred Body Art. It's all about the mystical side of henna culture, which I feel I should explore simply because I'm in the field. And also because Supernatural has gotten me on a bit of an adventurous streak when it comes to the occult. I'll keep you posted.

I hope everyone had a safe and happy Christmas!

Yours,
~Alexandra

In Which I Show Off a Bit

Hey guys!

Guess what I acquired for Christmas? An iPod touch! So this post is brought to you by my iPod.

I'll do a real Christmas post on my laptop, but for the time being I just wanted to wish you all a merry Christmas!

Yours
~Alexandra

Shopping Spree at the Stationary Shop

Hey guys!

I went on a small shopping spree at the stationary shop today. I grabbed a few note paper refills for this old Filofax I got from my mom. Since I don't really use Filofax style agendas I decided to turn it into a notebook instead. Because it's a kick-ass notebook.

I also picked up this huge Paperblanks notebook. It's roughly 8 1/2 x 11, it's most gorgeous gold design on the cover and there are two latches on the side holding it closed. It has the most luscious paper, too, as do all of the Paperblanks products. The sheets are unlined and the three sides of the book have this lovely design that looks like upholstery you'd find in Versailles. It's essentially a ledger, and it's fantastic.

Went to archery tonight and did relatively well. I ended up shooting a scorecard with one of the sight-less compounds from the closet. I actually managed a 125 on a 40 cm target, which is bloody incredible.

I have my bio exam tomorrow morning at 8 am, which I'm not looking forward to. I need to go and study for that now, so I'm going to leave you for tonight.

I hope you're all doing well!
~Alexandra

Yet Another New Book

Hey guys!

I've had a wonderful day today! I got to spend almost the whole thing with my mom, which was very nice considering both of our schedules are so busy these days. We went out shopping. We stopped by my work first to buy this woolen tunic that I fell in love with. I now have something new to wear to work!

We also stopped in at Sephora and I picked up the Saint perfume from Kat Von D. It's absolutely intoxicating, it smells like sugar! I got the antique looking bottle, the one that looks like an antique lighter. It's so beautiful!

We then went for coffee and browsing at Chapters. I picked up a fascinating book called The Illustrated Signs & Symbols Sourcebook: An A-Z Compendium of Over 1000 Designs by Adele Nozedar. It's absolutely fascinating, I'm already learning things from it. I feel that these kinds of anthologies are beneficial to both writers and English students. Think about it, English students are always being asked about the symbolism in literature, so why not have a huge book of cheats to help you out? I plan on using this well through my time in University. And then again during my time as a writer.

Finally, I decided to make some henna paste this evening so I got out my bag of supplies so that I could draw up a design and guess what I found in my bag? My camera! It's been missing for quite a while and I am beyond happy to have it back. Of course, now that I have it I'm going to have to upload some more pictures to deviantArt as well as to the Hennaed Harem facebook page... I'm trying very hard to get a good page up and running on Facebook so that I can get some more clients. Wish me luck!

I hope you are all well!
~Alexandra