Holy Calamity, Scream Insanity

Some good old mellow times of being sick and thinking too much have been on the agenda this week. I've had a cold that robbed me of my (admittedly divine) voice. I sounded like a cross between a raven and Whoopi Goldberg, with the bad voice conveniently coming on right before my choir's performance last Saturday evening. Ech. Monday I went to choir practice, for I am a trooper and go places even when I can do nothing but infect other choristers with Mystery Microbiota. Tuesday I went out to Free Cone Day with Rosina and Ian. We cruised in Ian's sweet ride. Then I got home to find that Facebook had exploded because Joanna and Jaime (from choir) are dating (OMGBBQ!). It was pretty cute. Wednesday was study-tastic and libraryacious. Thursday was examinationlicious. I wrote a paper on the causes of the Rwandan genocide and neglected to mention any external political factors whatsoever, because apparently I am an idiot, and then I went for a run with Jacob. Hill sprints are murderous, but we must do them again!

Friday night was very busy. I was busy feeling like shit, for reasons I don't entirely understand. I hate not knowing exactly why the world strikes me as a bad and evil place, but no more than I deserve, on certain days while on others everything is fine.

Katherine zoppitied off to Toronto on the Saturday afternoon bus to be a Birthday Surprise for her mum -- I successfully maintained her cover when her mum called this afternoon. She returned on the late-late-late bus bearing news that the party was a very great success and there was much champagne and many teriyaki shrimp.

All this excitement was bookended nicely by a divine Saturday night. I met up with Louise and Matt, Joanna, Anne-Marie, Kristen, and JP to see the Ottawa Choral Society's production of Carmina Burana, a new Matthew Larkin piece, and the Canciones por las Americas, all of which were quite beautiful. After that, it was off to the Thirsty Toad for the Red Light Saints' show, which was very good and actually a lot smoother and more put-together than last time. They're developing some stage patter and seem really comfortable performing now, whereas last time they just sounded good. So well done, them!

Mellow times are being superseded now by frenzied studying for international affairs and wigging out over my Middle East exam, which terrifies me deeply. I am not alone in this, I know.

I got an A in geopolitics and am now going to bed. Goodbyeeee!