pleased.

what a pleasant day/evening i had.

i was not expected at work today due to a sudden influx of snow so i slept in a bit, ate a delicious orange and went to the gym. i like working out at 10am; the gym is far less crowded and the people there are far less likely to be whorey stripper wanna be's trying to pick up equally whorey boy stripper wanna be's. the overly tanned pheromones are enough to make a pasty girl puke all over her elliptical trainer.

after a hard workout i came home, had a nice shower and caught the bus to school. school afforded me the opportunity to say a farewell to my sartre paper. i assure you, there was no love lost between us when i said goodbye. yes, i'll get it back but then it will be only as a visitor and will have very little impact on my life. unless i do poorly on it, then i may have to burn it. i think i will also attempt to get a jump on my presentation and my long paper (7000 words! ack!)-both are due at the end of the month. yipes!

class was interesting today. oh, a little back story: since i finished my degree last june i have been feeling a little bit um...scholastically and intellectually diminished so i decided to go back to school and take one class that would be a challenge. being the theory nerd that i am i registered in comparative literature 448. the official title of the class was 'studies in critical theory' which left the topic of discussion to be determined by the prof.-he chose authorship. i'd be lying if i said it wasn't a challenge and that i wasn't overwhelmed by the abundance of grad students in my class. so yeah, today we talked about plato, medieval lit. theory and post-colonialism as it relates to salmon rushdie's 'the satanic verses'. all in all a very interesting day and the rushdie discussion was particularly interesting. i was pleased that one of my classmates was able to offer a muslim perspective. it made me realise how little i know about islam and the muslim faith.

following class i spent a little time with my mom and then met ashley and andy for dinner at cafe mosaics. i love making new friends. both those girls are fantastic people and i can't wait to spend more time with them and get to know them better. hopefully we will be able to see more of each other more often. ashley and i do see each other fairly regularly but rarely do we chat and spend any real time together. mostly we just bump into each other. i believe the phrase is 'concentric social circles' right? ;)

also, cafe mosaics is the height of yummy. vegan chocolate cake will change your life!

so here i am. feeling particularly enamored with jane austin. rachel and i have just returned from seeing 'pride and predjudice'. and while i can't say that i support the ideas of ms. austin's age i am impressed with her ability to take some step beyond what i imagine to be a severely patriarchal society and allow her female characters some semblance of personal agency. yes, they will end up married and referring to their husbands as mr. but they will take their time getting there and perhaps get there on their own terms. either way, the movie was fun and romantic and seeing those jane austin things always leaves me slightly girly and longing for a boy to love me having never even kissed me.

i hope you all had an equally wonderful day.
we should hang out more often, dear friends. for i miss you. even those of you far far away or that i have yet to meet.

xo michelle.