Ahem… In reference to my last post, that whole thing about never having had chocolate before? That was my example. To emphasis what I meant. Sort of. Ish. I didn’t actually mean that I’ve never had chocolate before. I have. In fact, I love it. Chocolate cake, hot chocolate, peanut M&Ms, Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Cream, Twix, white chocolate, milk chocolate, those giant Kisses and all that jazz? I love chocolate. But I used it as an example because I figured it’d be easy to understand. Ish. Like you experience something really awesome (i.e. chocolate) and then after, all you want is that really awesome thing (i.e. chocolate). Not to say that I’ve never had it before. I have. Many times before. In fact, I’m eating M&Ms right now. So umm, yeah, now that I’ve gotten that out of the way…

Anyways, I head out to the public library (a very local one) for the first time in… a very long time. And borrowed a bunch of books. I have a two from a teen chick lit series that I’m too ashamed to mention the series title to you all. I also borrowed Blog: Understanding the Information Reformation That’s Changing Your World by Hugh Hewitt and Alternacrafts by Jessica Vitkus. I’ve read the introduction to the one by Hewitt and I’ve flipped through the photos (because a picture says a 1000 words, right?) by Vitkus. The projects are cute, and most of them are fairly easy. So it’ll give me something to do when I have free time (free time – time when I don’t have to study and I’m not catching up on blog entries via my RSS feeds… And when I don’t feel like baking, because then it just turns ‘free time’ into ‘baking time’). But you know what I saw at the library today? See, they’ve mentioned in the local newspapers that the library has a games catalogue. Like games for Playstation and XBox-360 and Wii but I’ve never seen any games on the shelves (near the dvds, of course) because they’re always all out! So today, I was looking for a Monty Python dvd (couldn’t find it) but I saw a video game. First time ever. But it was some Barbie game and very pink. And rated ages 6+. Plus, you know, I don’t own any game consoles, so that would make borrowing it a waste of time. But it was still pretty cool to see it there.

And can you believe it’s the end of February already? It seems like it went by so fast (and I had an entire week off that just seemed to drag on forever – note to self: don’t complain next time!). Next year will be interesting, since I’ll be getting 2 weeks off instead of just the usual one week. I have no clue what I’ll do with myself during that time. Maybe I’ll just stay at home and study the entire time? (… You can all stop laughing now, I can hearing the snickering!) Or maybe I’ll just go somewhere and take a small vacation… And yes, I just remembered that I have no money, and therefore that makes taking a small vacation kind of silly and improbable. I shall have to see. Maybe I’ll just craft and study for a week (I totally know how to live it up, honest).

Questions:

1. What’s your favourite type of chocolate? (Flavour? Brand?)
2. Do you have to pay an annual fee for a library card in the area where you live?
3. When was the last time you went on a major vacation?

My answers:

1. I’m a fan of white chocolate. And Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Cream. And Twix. Hmmm, chocolate…
2. No, I don’t. I’m pretty sure that they are subsidized from tax money paid to the city. However, I read an article the other day about how people are feeling really happy about how $24 can get them a library card in a city in Alberta (can’t remember which one anymore).
3. Umm… Summer of 2000.

Have you ever done something for the first time ever and then after the novelty is still there and it’s almost all you can think about? Like it becomes some sort of unhealthy obsession (maybe obsession is a bit too strong of a word, but it’s the only thing that I can think of right now). Like, you end up thinking about it, and talking about and it’s seriously just in your head the entire time (except it wasn’t in my thoughts while I was writing my chemistry midterm – because that would have been bad and I generally get really focused during tests, which is good).

I think that was a bit confusing, allow me to clarify with an awesome example (or the best example that I can think of at the moment).

Say you’ve spent your entire life never having chocolate before. Sure, you’ve heard about it and you’ve seen the commercials for it, but you’ve just never had had an opportunity to have a chocolate bar. The closest thing that you’ve ever gotten to a bar of chocolate is the powdered hot chocolate that barely counts (because it’s stale, and it comes in a can that was bought on sale with two $0.50-off coupons and it just doesn’t measure up to the real thing). And then, one day, someone gives you a chocolate bar. A real chocolate bar. Like, let’s say it’s Swiss chocolate and it has the paper and the silver wrapping. And you take your precious time unwrapping it because it’s just such a new experience and it’s something that you want to savor. And then you get to the chocolate. And you’re hestiant to take a bite, but you end up eating it. And before you know it, you’ve had the entire bar of chocolate and you don’t have anymore. But now you know how chocolate tastes and how it feels and how it makes you all happy and joyful inside.

But after your chocolate is gone, the novelty lasts and all you can think about is chocolate. And having chocolate again and oh, when’s the next time that you’re going to get another chocolate bar? And what kind of chocolate can you get? What kind of brands are there that you can try? How does Belgium measure up to Swiss? What about mint, and almonds and dark and milk and white? Suddenly there’s just so many options open to you about what you could have and what is available in the grand world of chocolate.

I’m currently in that ‘Oh, that was some good chocolate and I’d really like some more… Right now. Please?’ stage. Because, well, the first experience with chocolate was rather nice and I’d like a repeat. Or maybe try some new variety of it.

I’m not quite sure if any of that made sense, so I’ll leave off with some questions for you.

Questions
1. What was the last ‘new’ thing that you tried that you looked forward to doing/having again?
2. What is one new food that you’ve tried recently?
3. What’s something that you’ve done or have had many times before that still evokes a sense of novelty whenever you have it or do it?

So I arrived at school today at around 1:15pm (I don’t have class until later, but if I take another bus, I’ll end up being late for class, and that’s no good). The lecture hall was empty except for one other person who was watching random Youtube videos on his laptop, so I spent my time reviewing my chemistry notes. Because I was incredibly determined to do well on my midterm that was tonight (from 7-8).

Cue my friend, that was mentioned in my last post. She shows up and sits down next to me. Now, by this time, the lecture hall is almost full and there’s very little empty seats that aren’t in the middle of long rows (and a pain in the ass to get to them). So it’s not like I can move. I didn’t think that she would sit with me since she normally a) skips class or b) sits in the back with her boyfriend (who isn’t in our chemistry class). I was sitting in the half of the class that was closest to the front.

So she sits down next to me and goes “Michelle… [she was shaking my arm at this point] I’m totally going to fail!!”

I just looked up at her and go “… Okay?”

She looked offended, and asked me what got me in such a mood because I’m “always happy to see” her and “always really cheerful”. I tell her that nothing happened (because it didn’t, I just can’t be bothered to have sympathy for people who dig themselves into a place where they can’t get out, despite knowing what they were doing). So she starts guessing things that could have potentially happened. And every single thing that she guessed had to do with the boyfriend (who’s name completely escaped her, by the way – she kept on calling him Colin, guess it’s close… One letter in common!).

So her reasons for why I was not in a good mood today was: because he’s cheating on me, because we broke up, because he ran over my dog (… I don’t have a dog.), because he’s moving to Australia (…), because he snores and I didn’t get much sleep last night (he does, but I’ve never actually slept in the same bed as him, so umm, yeah).

So what I learned today, courtesy of my classmate/friend from chemistry/biology: I am always, always in a good mood and if I’m not, it’s because the Boyfriend did something. Colin will be so pleased to hear that, not sure about Clay though.

And, for those who are curious, I think my test went relatively well. 3 questions, 7 parts for the first question, 15 for the second and 8 for the third. That kinda killed me on the inside when I saw the cover and it said “Number of questions: 3″. Way to be depressing, professors!