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Taken from Persephonii 1) Are you currently in a serious relationship? No. 2) What was your dream growing up? 4-7- Field Biologist Specializing in the Protection of the Grey Wolf 7-12- Palaeontologist 13- Actress 16-17- Seiyuu 17-present- Fictional author and Herpetologist 3) What talent do you wish you had? Drawing. 4) If I bought you a drink what would it be? Mead. 5) Favorite vegetable? Pumpkin and other squashes. 6) What was the last book you read? The Handmaid by Margaret Atwood. 7) What zodiac sign are you? Virgo. 8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where. Lip, Eyebrow, 5 in ears, and a tattoo on the back of my neck. 9) Worst Habit? Starbucks addiction and unprecedented amounts of time online. 10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride? I don't drive, so no? 11) What is your favorite sport? I don't play sports- but soccer boys are pretty to watch. 12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude? Negative. 13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me? Likely be listening to my MP3 player- would try and strike a conversation if I recognised you. 14) Worst thing to ever happen to you? Oma dying. 15) Tell me one weird fact about you. I breed reptiles. 16) Do you have any pets? Chameleon Corn Snake Ball Python Kenyan Sand Boa 2 Fire Bellied Toads White's Tree Frog 3 Leopard Geckos Clown Triggerfish Bird Wrasse Betta fish Hamster Cat 17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly? Likely I'd be on my computer and let you up after making sure of who you were. 18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!) 'Hey, someone wants to add me to their friends- cool!' 19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary? Ugh, they aren't scary, but I hate them. 20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be? I'd give myself a 'cute' nose and make my fingers longer, instead of 'child hands'. 21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience? Crime partner. 22) What color eyes do you have? Blue-grey. 23) Ever been arrested? Yes, but not brought to jail. 24) Bottle or can soda? Bottle. 25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it? Save it for a trip. 27) What's your favorite place to hang at? My room, on my laptop. 28) Do you believe in ghosts? Yes. 29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time? Go on the internet. 30) Do you swear a lot? A bit. 31) Biggest pet peeve? People making common grammatical errors in speech. (I could care less, for example) 32) In one word, how would you describe yourself? Anachronistic. 33) Do you believe/appreciate romance? I haven't experienced it yet, but that doesn't mean it isn't there. 35) Do you believe in God? Not the Christian one. 36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you? Just did. Current Location: Class
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Wow... no updating for over a month (and that was a quiz thing) and then... BAM, several in succession. Firstly, school- All those worries? Gone. I love it. I didn't RECEIVE my marks yet, but an invoice for all four courses I wanted, which means I pulled myself from a 1.3 GPA to at least a 3.0 GPA (or else I wouldn't be able to take them all). Glee! Secondly, Christmas- Was pretty good. I want people to respond with lists of what they got. I got from family: A Smashbox makeup kit A Smashbox lip set Pajamas Fuzziest nightrobe EVER Two ornaments One of the kickass Farmer's Market bags $40 cash $30 for HMV $50 for Winners $50 for Chapters $25 for Starbucks Candies (obviously) The Pillar of the Earth (book) Human Anatomy and Physiology (book) A book on herbal healing (forgot name of) History and Encyclopedia of Mythology Violin Promise of $200 towards a Wii 2 CDs Thirdly, movies- Saw Enchanted on Christmas Day. Cutesy, with pretty boys and no substance. Eye candy and interesting in theory only. One more mention of true love and I was going to smash my iced tea bottle and gut everyone in the theatre with it. Saw Sweeney Todd on Boxing Day. Love. Absolute love. Go see it- now. Then again, you have Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Alan Rickman all in the same movie... how could it NOT be perfect? For those of you who don't know, it's a musical. And it wins. The vocals are great, the costumes and colours are amazing, and from the moment it starts you feel as if you're actually there. Also, I want Johnny Depp's barber chair. For... guests >_> Lastly, ...there is no lastly, really. Just sounded good. But yes, respond, tell me your prezzies and such. *Lame ending* Current Location: Work
Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: Buffy musical soundtrack
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Just an update, because I'm bored. School- Just finished with finals (as of last week) and I really have no idea what to do with myself so I just decided to start on notes for next semester. Economics- Really doubt I did well. I had to get 56% on my last three assignments to pass, and unless I did super well on my final (I studied enough that I should have, but found I knew NOTHING) I doubt I'll pass. Minus one for the GPA. And all because, what the fuck, my tutor decided she was well enough to tutor me and gave me incorrect responses when I'd originally come up with the proper ones on my own. Pisses me off. English- Easy as pie. I was sitting at a high mark in the first place, and found it simple to write six pages on a minimum two page essay and found most of the answers on the short answer came to me with ease- the rest took about three seconds of thinking but unless something's gone horribly wrong in my head I aced it. Psychology- Surprisingly, everything I remembered being worried about I got correct on the test when I checked my book afterwards. I'm a pessimist so just see- everything I was confident on I will have failed. But, in my honest opinion, I did okay, if not very well, on the final. It's the journal reviews that screwed me up. Essays? Perfect. But I got 55 on this last journal review and just barely failed the first one. Luckily, I got really good marks on both midterms and my essay assignment. Life balances out again. Next semester- I'm dropping Economics (thank GOD) and adding Drama (just doing tech) and Computer Sciences (Figure out how to open Microsoft Word then spend the rest of the period on Facebook) while maintaining my English and Psychology. My plan? Major in English and, later on, minor in Biology centering on Herpetology and perhaps minor in Psychology as well. Hopefully next September will be time for England. Work- Found an awesome job at CDI College. Easy to get to whether coming from school or home, $15/hr, not very busy, and really understanding with schedules. The only thing steaming me atm is- they're not paying me! Something with my references, so I have to wait until the 28th for a cheque. But at least then it will be a decent amount. I miss getting paid weekly T_T Life- Well, basically, work and school are my life right now, but I have an (hopefully) upcoming year in England to plan (with, hopefully, visits to Ireland, Scotland, and Germany as well). Though... I still would like to do an Australia thing but, like Mom pointed out, death by heat and sun and the largest concentration of deadly animals in the world on one tiny continent. Fun times and painful deaths to be had. So I think a monthlong there (during their coldest time of year) would be preferable to a yearlong. Anyway, that's what's going on with me. Boring, innit?  Current Location: Work
Current Mood:  apathetic
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Just a note of commemoration that my Oma passed at age 84 on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at two in the afternoon. Her passing was peaceful and she was surrounded by the pastor of the church she so loved and her family. My Oma was a loving mother to my mother, Susen Falk and to her two grandchildren, my brother, Dane and I as well as a devoted wife, sister and friend. She is predeceased by her husband, Erwin Walter Falk. In loving memory, Ida Falk October 23, 1922- October 16, 2007 A one way street,
she's walking to the end of the line
And there she sees the faces
she keeps in her heart and mind.
And they say good-bye
Tomorrow (Wendy) you're going to die. Tomorrow, Wendy by Concrete Blonde Tags: ida falk death
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So I got into St. Mary's University College in Calgary. Yes, yes, I know; out of all things, why on earth another Catholic school?! Which were my original thoughts, too. But apparently it's not overly pushy Catholic and the tiny campus, small class sizes and interesting selections tempted me. I get to take General Studies with an influence in Business Management to open that Reptile Learning Centre I've had my mind stuck on so first term is basically looking like: Economics- Principles of Microeconomics (unfortunately a must for the Business Management, which is a necessary evil if I want to start the Centre) English- Literature in English from the Middle Ages to Present (lots of reading= excitement) Biology- Biodiversity Psychology- Principles of Psychology (Because it's something every bored college student needs to take. Or at least it's trendy to) So excitement for new things (laptop, camera, etc.) that this requires and working toward what I REALLY want to be doing. Just thought I'd share. -Savannah- Tags: university
Current Mood:  bored
Current Music: Long Distance by Turin Brakes
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So... just an update on life. Life, basically, sucks. But that's usual for life. I don't know about everyone else but you know when you were a child and your parents carried on about 'WHATEVER you want to be in life I'll support you?'. Yeah, when it comes time for said support, unless you're doing what they want you to do, it's a load of bullshit. Basically I want to open an interactive learning centre where people can come and hold reptiles, learn about them and communicate with them in a safe, controlled environment but where the parents loved the idea in theory now that I'm making plans for it it's all kinds of a bad idea. I'm so tempted to just tell them 'this is what I'm doing and I'll do it with or without your help' but the fact is I'm much to afraid to branch out on my own, get a student loan and deal with those fees. It's so much more comfortable to let them dictate and I'm entirely not ready to jump off that ledge. The best I can do for now is just work at things and try to reason with them, doing research and talking to people in the industry while I'm at it. Also, work is a bitch. They went from telling me I'd have so many hours I wouldn't know what to do myself once the online store was up in a week to a month and a half later, now, getting three hours a day 4 days a week because they still don't have the thrice damned thing up and running. Mom and I are also having a fantastic row over Mother's Day, of all things. I know everyone who knows about the entire fight is telling me I'm in the right but it's still hard. I'm working on preventing allowing people to take my power without shoving myself out onto my own, but it's very, very hard. I'd always had small disagreement fights with my mother before but nothing big like this before. It's jarring for me. I built myself up to keep my power as my own but all it took after four years of conditioning myself to stand my ground as an adult and keep my power was one fight. I may be standing my ground, but she has made me feel worthless and small. Even after the initial fight I allowed her to corner me into an 'I can see you but you can't see me' situation where she blocked my email yet is sending me nasty messages that I can't defend myself on and sending notes home with my father (I live with him and she lives with my brother). The bright spot in all this is that all this happening has given me focus. Whereas before my days were very much me 'drifting' I have a written schedule to take control of myself and goals to work towards. I have all the activities (flute, learning German, etc.) that I had planned to learn but never got around to on designated days so there's a conscious reminder to do it and it really seems to help. And actually getting around to this stuff really energizes me. Anyway, that is what is going on with me as of late. I basically just really needed to make a journal entry >_> -Savannah- Tags: update
Current Mood: creative
Current Music: The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel
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I saw Sharkwater last night. For anyone who hasn't seen it GO! NOW! You WON'T regret it! It makes you think- how destructive we humans are. We, as a species, has singlehandedly managed to dirty the air, create Greenhouse Gases and sludge up the oceans- just as we have managed to make some species of an animal that has been around much longer than us, and most other things we know of- an animal that has changed very little through millenia- we have managed to bring some species of this magnificent animal almost to extinction. I've been concentrating on neglected animals from the beginning. The public, in general, does not care for predators. When I was young my main passion was wolves; I wanted to be a field biologist and even now love these animals. Later on I gained a passion for reptiles. When I held Allie the baby Alligator when a 'reptile guy' came to Southcentre I was young- not yet a teenager, even, and I immediately fell in love. I got a Leopard Gecko and from there there was no stopping me. Snakes, Dragons, Chameleons, Frogs, Toads, Tarantulas and everything in between. I devoured books, wrote essays to educate myself and started my own little reptile family. Some people say these animals do not have emotions- but each has their own individual quirks, likes and dislikes. Every one is different. Some people say you can't get close to these animals, but I mourned for each in turn; Shen, Nazzie, Pumpkin, Scarlett. They all hold a special place in my heart and I mourned for each and every one because seeing them die I felt part of myself go as well- because I knew their personalities and I fell in love with each one for who, not what, they were. Seeing Rob Stewart with these sharks you see them in a whole new light. They're playful, intelligent and you can tell their emotions in their movements and their eyes. I've long said I wanted to do things for wildlife- but seeing the ugly truth rear its head with such bluntness is eye opening- and life changing; and I thought as I watched the movie that I can't wait and say this until I'm 30, 40, 50... and suddenly too old to start. I need to help. I need to save lives and help save the predators- those misunderstood creatures who are essential to the survival of our ecosystems. And this movie made me realize that focusing on the animals of the sea is just as worthy as saving our wolves and reptiles here on land. It's not a choice, really, when you think about it. It's time to rally for the predators as old as time itself and open our hearts to the sharks. www.sharkwater.com Tags: sharks
Current Mood:  thoughtful
Current Music: Humans Being by Van Halen
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I'm in a rather contemplative (and slightly sour) mood which got me to wondering- what is the point of life? Is there one? Many people believe there is at least one god/goddess looking over us- and some people believe there's nothing. Some people believe life is a test to see whether you get dumped into eternal paradise or eternal damnation and some still think there is nothing and that your body just rots. I don't know exactly what I believe- but in a way I believe there is something up there- even if all it does is mock the insignificant life forms down here (which is the only thing I am sure of- the mocking!). I believe life is, in all honestly, pointless. It's like playing one of those carnival games you try so hard at and instead of getting that cool video game or adorable stuffy you see on the wall you get the cheap plastic water gun that squirts two inches, if you're lucky, and two weeks later is in your dogs poo; you have no idea what reward you'll get- IF you get one at all. You go through twelve years of schooling and endure all the drama there only to be spat out into the real world where you can only hope your life is snuffed out at a young age just to end the monotony. In the end- you can die in a cardboard box or die in your personal castle; the ending is always the same. Personally, I'd rather have the castle and rot peacefully by the time I'm 30 to end the masquerade; but hey, that's just me. Anyway- a rather emo view on things- but truthful. I'm just having trouble finding a job, future career and a point at the moment- hence the cynical post. I know what I WANT to do with my life- things just seem to be getting in the way, is all. That and I'm living in an apartment I hate in a city I strongly dislike. Doesn't help my sour mood ^^; A good whine was needed- and had. I'm happy now. Hoping you aren't freezing your ass off as badly as I am, ~Savannah~ Tags: introspective, moody, thoughtful
Current Location: I'm typing on my computer- you figure it out.
Current Mood:  cynical
Current Music: The wheezing of the fish tank.
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