Final exciting thing that happened on my weekend:

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/entertainment/060923/e092320.html

Very Briefly

Free. VIP tickets. Rocked Out Hard in Rain. Went to bar looking like drowned rat. Danced. Returned Home to tell of It.

80's Night (Oh What A Night!)

Before leaving, and after Grace teased us all equally!! (Our hair that is!)

So, out of 3 exciting things that have happened to me this week/end, the second one took form of a random idea to go out to the campus bar for the themed "80's night!" So, Emma happens to be the queen of the 80's and even though when she lived in the 80's she wasnt even in school yet, she has the most amazing amout of clothes from that thime that I have ever seen. So, we raided her room (which, by the way had already been raided by the rookies on her team!), and found some sweet gear! Leg warmers, one shouldered t-shirts, head bands, tights and short skirts were being pulled out left and right!


Here we are in the lineup!! Oh My!

So, we get down to the Grawood, where there is a lineup to the end of the Student Union Building, so we wait in line for a long time, until they close the door and the mob mentality promises violence if we stay.


So, we get out of there, and create a sweet 80s bubble, and go downtown to a random bar, and watched a random band (The Novaks) preform.

It was pretty great. We got a huge amount of comments from those Haligonians who may have thought we just enjoyed the extra warmth leg warmers provied!
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Stay tuned for what happened Saturday Night!! It is by far the best story!

Birthday Fun!

Well, its been a very intersting couple of days.


Grace and I on our way to Supper!! My roomates are all so cute!!

I celebrated my 21st birthday on Wednesday, with everyone here, and it was pretty awesome! A big thanks goes out to Emma, Megan, and Grace! It was incredibly strange to celebrate it without my family and many friends from home. It was a really successful birthday, as I didnt even feel too sick the next day!!


Check it out, Im mime-ing blowing out the candles! (Stupid us being non-smokers) Im also pretending that I am not-on-the-verge-of-tears! (Random long story dealing with friends, awkwardness, and kittens)


We played Cranium, and Megan and I were on fire, with our Dawson Creek ESPN and rolling good-luck catch phrase "Mommy needs a new pair of shoes!"


Zach and Alex showing us up in a pose-off. They were lovely enough to come out to the boonies with us!

Just some pictures, not too much else to say. I'm getting pretty busy with school, so I am off to do some readings after I quit dawdling and making more things for myself to do!

PS- Im pretty happy to report that Blake made it safe and sound to Japan. I am currently out of my mind with worry, because its been a couple of days since I heard from him. Just hoping hes ok!

Charlie

I just thought that I should write a quick little good luck wish to Blake who will be soon jetting even further away from me than I jetted from him... I wish him good luck on his trip and I hope that he doesn't do something stupid like miss his connecting flight like an idiot that I know once did.



I found some nice picture of him (and various other people!) that generally show his personality and the reasons why I can surely say "they don't make them like that anymore!"



Check out his blog-thang at www.bikesandbeans.blogspot.com

And now, the piece de resistance!

Bedroom!

I believe that all people who know me would be thinking a couple of things about me right now after they see these pictures:

1. Man, that room is so Bryna-ish it hurts...
2. It's about time!

And it really is about time. 2 weeks without a bed is truly ridiculous!I am pretty happy with my little room. It finally feels like I moved to Halifax today!!

Hippie!

Well, here is yet another exciting update!! Just when I settled into classes and started to meet people, turns out that I might have to change my schedule altogether. I talked to an academic councillor today, and she said that I might have 2 courses in IDS that I cant take until 2008, and therefore am looking at another whole year of school because of it stupid Dalhousie and its full year courses... But on the upper hand, in one more year I can graduate with an honors degree in my program and another major in Poli Sci, so Im pretty stoked to do that. Also, in other news I have managed to become more of a hippie in the last couple of days, and I shall leave that sentence ambigiously open ended because the final clause is gross.

Megan and I took some lovely pictures on a ramble on pier 21 on the weekend that I thought I might share as I think that they are beautiful. On Saturday we had a very tourist-y day!!



This picture is of an island that the English used to lock Acadians on before the confederation of Canada. Its beautiful now however. After our education upon the oldish history of our country, we checked out the pier where many many imigrants came to Canada. Then we walked through a huge farmer's market in the Alexander Keith's brewery. I believe we are going to do a tour of it a bit later in the year, when the studious student thing wears off.



Megan is enjoying the sun and basking in the nuclear-glow of the Halifax harbor!



Here is me in front of the biggest ship that I have ever seen!! Let me know if all of this constant commentary on my new home gets annoying because I have a feeling that it will!! Im just excited for all of the history here!

First Day of Classes

Well, I made it back alive from my first day of classes. I actually had a class and a tutorial only scheduled for today anyways, but the tutorial was not on due to not actually having that class yet. So it was a quick day, which was just about right to get me back into the swing of things. The class was an arabic language class and I found it fairly interesting. I hope that I stay engaged. On the walk home I stopped at a stationary store and bought some flash cards and felts so that I can hopefully learn the letters in arabic sucessfully.


I dont know what that says, but one day maybe!! I do know that there are no vowels in there though, pure consonants baby!!

In other news, I am enjoying having the internet up and running.

In still more other news, I have internet but still no bed. I am really procrastinating before I run off and get one of those. Im trying to decide whether to get a futon or a read bed... Its a conundrum...

Atlantic Canada

Well, I have made it to Atlantic Canada, which sounds alot nicer than "Northeastern British Columbia" don't you think? Upon arriving to this land of sea creatures and their captors Megan and I decided to visit this unusual cafe/restaurant. The prices were reasonable, the chili was delicious and they had these things called "mochas" which are out of this world.


Just out of boredom and sheer exhaustion we decided to document my first Atlantic Timmy's Experience.

I have noticed some things about here which contrast greatly with home such as; on Sunday any large store is not open, on Labor day it is impossible to find a couple bottles of wine, army / navy men run rampant, and furniture stores are "anywhere close to the sidewalk." Turns out that an Atlantic tradition is when you do not need something anymore, you are to leave it out on the street and hope that someone else will take it away. So, that is exactly what happened.


Yeah for University Students!!

Our flat is upstairs in a classically maritime house. There are four bedrooms, one tiny one and three bigger ones. The bathroom is small and the fan sounds like metal on metal until it gets going.

My roomates are less than stereotypical. There are three of us from BC, Megan (obviously), Emma and myself. Emma is from Nanaimo and on the school Basketball team (go Tigers!!). Emma, Meg and I all graduated in the same year, and are all in the same year of school. We all like red wine. Grace is another story all together. Grace is going into nursing, she is going to turn 19 in a couple of months. She has a sweet disposition. Grace is mainly from Nova Scotia, but has moved occasionally due to her father being in the military.


Emma and Megan chllin' on the Sweet Find of the Century

What else can I say about this new adventure... It was terrible leaving home and everyone there. It was especially hard leaving Blake as it will be a very long time until I get to see him again. On the last couple of days I didnt even mind the bugging that he ineviatably bestowed upon me. It was really hard leaving my family as well, and I think it would have been a bit easier if they werent all so awesome. And, it would have been easier if they had all just left the airport. But no, they had to wait and give me hugs and stand there on the other side of the railing whilst I moved up in line and was so sad.

So far this has been quite the week and Im hoping that today I will find a bed and a blanket so that I can stop sleeping in the living room.