Turning that shit around

School is kind of sucking right now and I think the majority of my classmates would agree with me on this one. We have to come up with out thesis topics and it seems like anyone who can help us with this is on vacation. It's too much to get into as far as how this program works but we basically go to school at a museum and rely on people like the head archivist, librarian, curators and other staff to help us access the collection in order for us to understand what there is available to us to do work on and what needs to be done within the collection, however, all of these people are on vacation and it seems like no one can help us right now.

I'm also really trying to like Rochester but it just hasn't charmed me yet. Coming from a big city I was happy to live in a smaller, slower-paced place but it is actually quite boring, not to mention cold, dreary and everything is too far to walk to.

So, in the theme of "being positive" (please refer to my previous post) I have decided to quit complaining and focus on some good things. I'm going to take the initiative and do some pre-thesis research, do a little personal research as well, mail away some packages and letters, cook and bake, and try a few new cocktails.

If I have to live in this crappy place I am going to my hardest to make the best of it.

Also, this:

[heard] Deerhunter - "Nothing Ever Happened" from the album Microcastle

[watched] thinking of going to see a screening of "Metropolis" tonight at GEH. I'm not sure if I can sit still for 3 hours though

[read] checking out the U of Rochester library this weekend and perhaps I'll purchase a few books online as well

[started] sourdough starter, it's living on top of my stove right now. I hope to bake a loaf from it this weekend

[finished] my granny square crochet blanket! (pictures to come)

[drank] Pimm's no. 1 cup and this will be tested out tonight, tres exciting

[ate] found my new favorite lunch place in the West End of Toronto, Zocalo is fabulous. I went there two days in a row when I was home last weekend

[hated] nope, I refuse to be negative right now!

[pondered] thesis thesis thesis thesis thesis thesis thesis thesis thesis thesis thesis thesis thesis

[planned] baking a cake for Chantal's birthday

[forgot] how amazing the fall can be when the sun is out and the leaves are all over the ground

[found] a 35mm Canon point and shoot camera, I just finished my first roll of film

[purchased] a real, honest-to-goodness winter parka. I have a responsible adult winter jacket now

[fancied] all of these