Wow, it's been a week already, huh?
geez louise. it seems like time is flying past me already... but really it's been a pretty fun time. I've enjoyed my first week in guelph. Well besides the fuckin windchilled -34C weather last week, and now the slushy slippery weather that I've slipped onto my ass numerous times on...
But I've been feeling pretty good about my classes in general. There's a little bit of overlap in terms of current, and previous course content, but I feel like I'm absorbing content so far this semester, and relatively being on top of things, and good with being organized.. I'm writing stuff in my planner for once, as well as my 4 month planner, although I see signs that I might start falling behind if I don't get my ass into gear. I can already see it with my deal with myself to be more physically active. I played a v-ball game, and I'm so sore right now, and I don't think I'll be doing something strenuous in a while until I feel better.
My schedule this semester is kinda wonky.. Mon/Wed/Fri, I have class from 8:30-11:30, and then 2 hour break, and then class 1:30-2:30 (so, the afternoon off), while on tues/Thurs, I only have 7-10pm. so basically the whole day off!! MWFs, I feel pretty productive somehow, even when I'm not, simply because I've been up for so long by the time I'm done class... But the one thing is tht I get so wiped out after class those days... I guess it's partly an issue of 8:30s, but I'm trying to figure out if there's something else inherently off with me... like my diet or if I dont' get enough oxygen or something..

Today, reading a kind of depresssing article about e-waste... about the technology that is almost ubiquitous in our society... computers, appliances, cell phones, all that stuff. It's not really the technology itself that poses any problem, but it's how obsolescence has become part of its design... to wear out after a few years of use, so that we have to keep buying and buying, and perhaps more importantly, throwing it out. How many people think of where this stuff goes? It just piles into landfills, and if we, the developed nations of the world decide we don't like the look of our filth in our backyard, we'll just ship them off to india or china, or some other country, where seven year olds are exposed to toxic chemicals while they try to eke out a livelihood by scavenging the technological wasteland that has become their way of life. In one moment frozen in time, I felt my insides flare up, and I felt disgusted by the inhumanity, but at the same time inspired, somehow, to change something about it. I don't really know how, but I'm willing to learn more, because I believe that there must be a better alternative to this... So I'm rather psyched about this kind of new direction. For a number or reasons. I can use what I'm learning bout in school in terms of my major which has a biology/chemistry focus, and it's a fast emerging problem in the world, and will continue to be important as technologies develop in the future, and also importantly, it's something I feel strongly about, just because I know that I enjoy my technology, and I don't want to be contributing to such a problem. And I think that there would be opportunity for travel, possibly, even though it would be to rougher parts of the world.

the article is rather long, but if you're really keen, get it here

And wow... my brain has been buzzing tonight. just like talking to people has been firing off synapses in my mind, and lemme tell you, they aren't blanks. The trouble I have is with its articulation, from primeval goo-thought form, into organized logical thought form. but what can you do but keep writing, huh?
but yeah, i'm gonna try to tame these thoughts...
Have a good night.

| Listening: Kermit the frog- the rainbow connection |
| Feeling: inspired |