Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in Simon's LiveJournal:

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Sunday, July 5th, 2009
9:25 pm	Next Year's Courses: 1st Semester MON 2:30pm - Social, Political and Economic Themes in Western Civ TUES 4pm - Managerial Cost Accounting and Analysis WED 7pm - An Overview of Canadian Income Taxation FRI 2:30pm - Intermediate Financial Accounting I 2nd Semester MON 2:30pm - Social, Political and Economic Themes in Wester Civ MON 7pm - Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility TUES 4pm - Stats II TUES 7pm - Intermediate Financial Accounting II If only the first semester's courses had fit together better... Ah well. It's probably for the best. Current Mood: excited (9 works of fiction | give me something to read)
Sunday, June 28th, 2009
9:52 pm	Cool Things For You To Watch: (2 works of fiction | give me something to read)
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
12:11 am	Mmmmm, Books (A Series) So, when the heart is stricken, and the head is humbled in the dust, civilization fails us utterly. Back, back, we creep, and lay us like little children on the great breast of Nature, she that perchance may soothe us and make us forget, or at least rid remembrance of its sting. Who has not in his great grief felt a longing to look upon the outward features of the universal Mother; to lie on the mountains and watch the clouds drive across the sky and hear the rollers break in thunder on the shore, to let his poor struggling life mingle for a while in her life; to feel the slow beat of her eternal heart, and to forget his woes, and let his identity be swallowed in the vast imperceptibly moving energy of her of whom we are, from whom we came, and with whom we shall again be mingled, who gave us birth, and will in a day to come give us our burial also. Allan Quatermain, by H. Rider Haggard Current Mood: elated (give me something to read)
Friday, June 12th, 2009
4:50 pm	A pre-emptive apology: I haven't been able to find stable employment - full or part time - so I'm basically calling four temp agencies everyday in the hopes that they'll need someone to cover individual shifts somewhere in Brampton. As a result, any kind of plans I make are tentative at best and might have to be cancelled last minute if I get called in to work. I'm sorry if it happens to you. Hopefully I'll manage to find something stable, and then it'll be back to business as usual. Until then, apologies in advance... (5 works of fiction | give me something to read)
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
11:28 pm	Making Finches (slang) A reference to Darwin's seminal work The Origin of the Species, in particular his observations about the incredible variety of finches found on his voyage among the Galapagos. Any activity which debunks or presents a challenge to the claims put forth by the supporters of Intelligent Design. i.e. Jen: What are you doing? Me: Playing with this phrase mutator on an Intelligent Design website. The idea is they let you punch in any kind of phrase, and then change ten characters at a time, randomly, and since you don't get a working phrase as a result, evolution can't occur. Jen: I see. Me: But I did evolve the words pub and... bit. Right there. Jen: Haha creationists, we are in ur website, making finches. Current Mood: geeky (give me something to read)
9:47 am	I <3 Cat and Girl: Brilliant commentary on authenticity and alienation! Current Mood: impressed (1 work of fiction | give me something to read)
Monday, June 8th, 2009
9:43 pm	Booya: Business in the Canadian Context: C Intro to Law: A Finance: A+ Science and Pseudoscience: A+ Current Mood: pleased (19 works of fiction | give me something to read)
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
8:55 pm	I Dig Music: Current Music: Puscifer - Momma Sed (5 works of fiction | give me something to read)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
10:58 pm	So How'd I Do? Finance Midterm: 102% Science and Pseudoscience Exam: 92% Law Midterm: 76% ...which maybe become an 80% down the line Business in the Canadian Context Paper: 60% Targets achieved/exceeded! Mostly! (6 works of fiction | give me something to read)
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
3:00 pm	Midterm Predictions: Intro to Law: 60 to 80% Science and Pseudoscience: 90 to 100% Business in the Canadian Context: 50 to 70%. Finance: 90 to 100% (1 work of fiction | give me something to read)
Monday, April 13th, 2009
12:25 pm	Cooler Than Any Post I Would Make: ( In this issue, memetic warfare and human spectroscopes ) Current Mood: fascinated (3 works of fiction | give me something to read)
Friday, April 10th, 2009
12:20 am	Six Awesome Things That You Should See: ( TEDtalks about cheating, bacterial democracy and designer legs ) Current Mood: amazed (2 works of fiction | give me something to read)
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
10:27 pm	Marks be all up in my grill: Intro to Managerial Accounting A+ Intro to Human Resources B Management Information Systems C+ Pretty pleased with that. The less said about MIS the better. That prof couldn't teach himself how to find his own ass with the assistance of an ass-finding expert system. So far this semester is shaping up nicely. Intro to Law looks good, as does Business in the Canadian Context, a little surprisingly. I'm crossing my fingers that Finance will complete the good-prof pyramid I've got going. (1 work of fiction | give me something to read)
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
8:09 pm	These Days, I Prefer To Let My Youtubes Do The Talking: ( Don't Eat the Mushroom. ) (1 work of fiction | give me something to read)
Sunday, March 1st, 2009
11:59 pm	Why LJ: I would spend hours watching and listening to people talk enthusiastically about their semi-secret pleasures, and just what about them they relish. Especially if they refer to things as gamesome. That's essentially what I like about livejournal, and why I find facebook so pointless. There, I can read your political label and what bands you like, but I'm never going to get more than a collection of facts. I like being told, and telling, stories. In putting together a narrative, I find out about myself: what I value, what my prejudices and assumptions are. And more importantly, I have to practice communicating all of these subjective things. It always surprises me how hard it is to explain a thought or feeling, and it's something I'd like to be better at. ( So, here's Stephen Fry talking about some of the things that he loves, as a personal reminder to do more of the same myself. ) Current Mood: cheerful (7 works of fiction | give me something to read)
11:53 am	Aaaaaaand, three of you will find this relevant (maybe): Apparently the guy who wrote and drew RPGworld is now working on the Venture Bros as an animation director! Current Mood: amused (7 works of fiction | give me something to read)
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
12:05 am	I Listen To It Before Bed Every Night, And So Should You: Current Mood: content Current Music: Lonely Island feat. T-Pain - I'm On A Boat (13 works of fiction | give me something to read)
Monday, February 9th, 2009
3:57 pm	Cat and Girl The nice thing about having to format your computer and losing your favourited web sites is when you stumble on them later on. There's all the thrill of discovering something without any uncertainty about its quality. It's a surprise with the nasty parts about surprises cut off. Great stuff. Current Mood: happy (give me something to read)
Monday, December 1st, 2008
9:26 pm	So filled with love and joy: Jen: *sighs* I've got a new hairdresser tomorrow, so I have to make small talk with a stranger. In the morning. Me: Blerg. See, guys are lucky like that, we can pretty much ignore the hairdresser. Jen: Not all guys fall asleep while getting their hair cut. Me: No, I mean, it doesn't matter if we chat with them or not. Jen: Well, yeah, you can ignore them if you're a jerk. Me: But- Jen: No dude. Name one person who's giving you a service you don't talk to. Me: Waiters. Jen: You chat with waiters all the time! You chat with all the waiters! Me: Well there's... Crap! Jen: See? You only ignore hairdressers. Jerk. Me: No. Noo! That's not true! That's impossible! Jen: Search your feelings, you know it to be true! Current Mood: geeky Current Music: the Imperial March (7 works of fiction | give me something to read)
Friday, November 7th, 2008
3:45 pm	Blech: Information Systems midterm: 60% Human Resources midterm: 70% (3 works of fiction | give me something to read)