Tv Shows Post!!

Ok, so there were a couple things I left out of my last post. For one, I haven't talked about my tv shows for a long time. Mondays are Gotham, Scorpion and The Originals. Gotham is pretty good. The stories stay interesting and as an origins story it stays on track with what we expect to have been the life of a young Bruce Wayne and a younger Jim Gordon. I absolutely love how Ben McKenzie plays his part. The only baffling part is Barbara. We know she's Jim's future wife but she just left him in the last episode and isn't she supposed to be Batgirl? I'm not sure how all of this is going to work is Bruce Wayne aka Batman is barely a teenager if so yet. How long does she wait to be Batgirl and how old is she going to be??

On to Scorpion. E! Online gave this story that Katherine McPhee was going to be singing in an episode (last week's episode) and she barely sings like 2 lines of a song and it was nothing more than a whisper. We all know she can belt out songs like she did in Smash and this was just a let down. I was expecting so much more and then we got that. I guess I just got my hopes up and then got disappointed. I now see why some people don't watch trailers for movies. If there aren't any expectations then there's no let down. Scorpion is going strong. I still see it as a normalized and more realistic Alphas. I say more realistic because when Nick the genius watched it he still saw flaws and parts that aren't realistic. It was cool to see that Ralph's dad is the journalist guy from Scandal. There's something off about him which I guess keeps people watching to see what's going to happen.

The Originals is becoming a bit like the Vampire Diaries which is a bad thing seeing as I stopped watching The Vampire Diaries. For me it's going from episode to episode with a drawn out story. Just let their mother and father meet up and have the all out brawl that's bound to happen since the mother wants to save Klaus and the father wants to kill Klaus. And now with the added factor of Klaus' real father, there is bound to be a fight between the 3 of them. If there isn't then that would just suck. 

Tuesday is a quiet day for tv shows which means more library time. On Tuesday is only The Flash. I love how there is always an added factor in every episode. From Felicity visiting from The Arrow, the ulterior motives of Dr. Wells and Barry wanting to tell Iris everything. The previews for next week are interesting because it shows the guy that can turn to metal which I've only really seen in the X-Men series (tv series and movies). X-Men is Marvel but The Flash is DC so maybe there's a bit of a crossover there, I don't know. I'll have to do my research on that which means I'll just ask Nick :). 

Wednesday is another quiet day for tv. It's just The Arrow on Wednesdays. This is one show that really keeps me thinking about it for the whole week. Like who really killed Sara now that we know Roy didn't do it? When is Oliver going to find out about Thea and Malcolm Merlin? In what episode is Laruel going to become the new Black Canary? There's already a picture out of her in the full outfit so I know it's going to happen this season. I'm still bummed about Oliver and Felicity and I know if/when Felicity gets together with her boss Ray is going to stir up trouble with Oliver. All in all it's promising for the rest of the season. 

Thursdays have gone through a change. I don't watch How to Get Away with Murder anymore partially because I have an early class at 9 on Fridays so going to bed so late is not optimal. That and I also got a bit bored with the story. I know everyone is all hooked on it and the risks that they take but to me it focuses too much on maybe 1 or 2 people and the others are a bit forgettable. That's just me and I don't know if that's changed since I stopped watching it but I don't feel the need to watch it anymore. So that just leaves my Scandal. Let me just say once again that I LOVE JAKE! :) Fitz is starting to bug me a lot. He's acting like if he's entitled to have Olivia and that things can just go back to normal. She left for a reason and she chose someone else for a reason. That doesn't change just because she's back. Olivia also needs to learn to say no and to walk away from Fitz. If she keeps treating Jake so horribly he's going to leave her and she'll just go running back to Fitz. Uggghh. I find it hard to relate to weak willed female characters which makes me not want to watch the show anymore. This is why I couldn't bring myself to read 50 shades of Grey. Anyways, back to Scandal. I want to know how Olivia's dad knows everything going on. Well for one he obviously has another informant in the White House which should have been obvious to Olivia and Jake once the other guy was put in jail. We'll just have to wait and see how they deal with that. 

Thursdays also consist of White Collar now. I'm actually all caught up and this season seems interesting. We still don't know what Neal is up to but we know it has to be big because he went to the trouble of getting a contract. I'm excited to see that Elizabeth is pregnant which makes me wonder if she's pregnant in real life. There's only been 2 episodes so there isn't much to talk about.

My Fridays consist of Hawaii Five-0. I'm not so sure I need to watch this every week. I can just wait until the season finishes and binge watch it later. The story is a bit annoying in that it's so drawn out and they bring back old stuff. Like Wo Fat. When are they  just going to kill him and save themselves stress in the future. They finally did that in the last episode but that whole kidnapping thing could have been avoided if they killed him when they had the chance. There's still no sign of Grace this season and I've realized that since they added Grover to the team there is never an episode with all 5 of them in it. This happens whenever a 5th person is added. When Catherine was on the team Kono was having a bit of trouble or whatever. There is never an episode with all 5 of them because its just too many people. At least when Catherine was there she would stay behind and do the research part while the other 4 went out into the field which worked out great. With Grover, he's out in the field too and it throws off the dynamic between Danny and Steve. They both try to be his second which is weird.

Onto my Sundays. Revenge is so so good right now. Emily's dad is back somehow and is up to something and she won't just tell him. Well she did now but it took her forever and Victoria was just playing it up and enjoying herself. If i was Nolan I would have told him straight away but I guess since Emily said not to he couldn't. Daniel is still stupid so nothing has changed there. All I want to know is where David Clark was for all this time. I am so happy to see Brian Hallisay from Privileged on the show now. Claire and I have a running joke that he never says more than 4 words at a time but I say he's too good looking to talk that much lol. He doesn't need that stress in his life :). 

Heartland is still a staple for my Sunday viewing even though I end up watching it on Mondays. Nick hates to hear that I'm watching Heartland because I always try to find similarities to our relationship between Ty and Amy (I do it to bug him). This show also keeps my dream to own a horse alive which he also doesn't like. 

Soooo last night was the premier of the Lifetime Aaliyah movie. At first when I heard that Zendaya was going to be a part of it I was sort of looking forward to it, but they she pulled out. This was when information about the project started to come out like the fact that Aaliyah's parents weren't a part of it and her own friends like Timbaland and Missy Elliot weren't asked or weren't included in it. To me that's a bit disrespectful and it just shows you're making a movie just to make a movie. The point of it all is to showcase someone's life and show the world someone who was obviously loved and respected as a singer and actress. This is just a money making venture and it seemed like they didn't care about who they offended because they were given the green light to do it. To me, an entertainer of her stature should have a movie on a bigger platform. Not a Lifetime movie. For all the things that she accomplished in her life she shouldn't be showcased as a weekend movie special. To me she deserved more than that. But now it taints it for whoever wants to do the movie right. It's always going to be compared to this one. From what I've heard, the movie wasn't that great. The actress they got to play Aaliyah was Alexandra Shipp. She just starred in the new Drumline movie and for me her acting bugged me. She was trying too hard to speak a certain way and it fell in and out a lot. There were a lot of things wrong with that movie. Anyways, I feel the same way about Lifetime doing the Whitney Houston movie. I don't know if her family was included  but once again as a person of her stature she should get more than a Lifetime movie. 

From looking at this it sure looks like I watch a lot of tv but to me these are the only times I'm not thinking about work so its like a bit of a break for my brain which is needed to survive so its not so bad. 

Anyways, the library is about to close so it's time for me to get going :)

Where is November going so quickly??

I can't believe how fast November is going. It feels like yesterday it was now October. With this fast moving November means that finals are coming fast and I have projects to finish up along with homework, aaanndd trying to study on top of that. Basically I've been spending a lot of time in the library. I think I'm just getting tired from everything this semester. This always happens which is what makes finals so difficult. Everything from the semester is now weighing on  you and all you want to do is sleep and catch up on whatever Netlflix binge is next. I've been trying to counteract this and keep a relatively good schedule. I've even been doing my pilates more often. So far I only have time on the weekends to do a full workout but I've doing my squats, laterals, and wall push ups on mornings before I go in the shower. It's been working out pretty well. Yesterday I did my pilates in the morning which was a bad idea. I was sore and complaining for the rest of the day. I really don't know how people exercise in the morning and don't just go straight back to bed. I love that with a night time workout I can just take a shower and go back to bed. No pain felt. 

I have about 4 more weeks until Barbados and I have 6 Chefette rotis left :). That means I can probably eat one on the plane and then get moooore when I land. 4 more weeks also means that finals are in 3 weeks. I've realized that a lot of my group members rely on me to do most of the work. Sometimes its the other way around but right now I'm working on 2 group projects where I was doing most of the work. It's good because that means I know what to do and everything but its annoying because I'm doing everything and I can't study or do my homework. 

Anyways, I have now accepted the fact that winter is here. It's getting really cold and I've been holding out on wearing my heavy winter jacket purely out of being stubborn. I at least need to wear a hat to keep my head warm. This morning I thought I had a sore throat but thank God I didn't. Last week I stocked up on flu medicine and everything but I still don't want to get sick. 

Hair wise, I've been really lazy. For the past 2 weeks I've just been doing protective styles just to get my hair out of the way and away from the harsh sweater materials. It works out great because I leave it up for like 2 days, take it down for the night, and put it back up in the morning. When I take it down it gives the perfect twist out curls/waves.

You can't really see it but they're there. After I washed it I realized my hair is getting pretty long compared to how it was a couple months ago. I know I've been trimming it with every relaxer so I really didn't expect a great difference in the length this quickly. When I get it done in a couple weeks I'll make sure to take pictures. 

In other news, Nick had his review for his Phd stuff and his presentation went really well so he's now officially a second year Phd student at McGill. Of course I knew it would go well but with all his freaking out and stressing out it's just good to know it went well. 

It's about that time when I should be getting out of bed and start doing stuff. I have to go buy my breakfast stuff and then off to school. I want to get there when the library opens so I can maximize on study time but that never happens. My bed is too comfortable and warm for me to leave it that quickly. 

I need to talk to Greg and make a plan for when we're going to watch The Hunger Games movie that suits his work schedule. I'm waiting to watch Big Hero 6 when I get home to watch it with Nick and maybe Claire if she holds out and waits for me :) 

So yea, my week once again consisted of work and the library and will continue this for the next 4 weeks. The only thing keeping me going is the thought of going home to play halo. 6 weeks of doing nothing and playing halo, going to the beach and eating. 

KThnkBai!

Work, work, work; Story of My Life

This are getting crazy around here. I have so much work to do all the time. Sometimes I feel like I'm getting it done and then there are times when I feel like I'm so far behind. So far I'm caught up on 2 of my classes which makes me feel really good. I have a group project looming over my head right now and I feel like my group members aren't putting in enough work to get a good grade which is bugging me since I need an almost perfect grade in the project to make up for my abysmal midterm. So I've been doing the heavy lifting for that project but I sort of don't mind because then I can make sure it's done right. We have a girl in our group that isn't a finance major so she sort of has no idea what's going on. 

I just finished watching the first season of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

I had downloaded the season in the summer but didn't get around to watching it yet but Claire forced my hand by starting to watch it with my dad. Turns out I had watched about 5 episodes before but I still watched them over. It's a good show if you still want to get your Marvel fix in between the movies and I really like how it incorporates what happens in the Thor and Captain America movies. It's really integrated which is great and can allow for more crossovers. I really like Fitz and Simmons and how they interact with each other and with everyone else. I don't know why I like nerd-like characters so much but I can't help it. I still want to know what is so strange about Skye so I'll be watching season 2 in the vacation.

I read the most recent I Am Number Four book, The Revenge of Seven.

This book was really good. It's been so long since I read the previous book that I forgot some of the things that happened but it wasn't so much that I couldn't follow along. What was cool was that there was a scene set in New York and of course I tried to see if I had ever been there, but no. I couldn't picture it so I have more exploring to do. I really hope they do more of these movies. For one they have good stories and I think Alex Pettyfer needs work :). 

As usual there was something going on in Time Square when I was leaving my class. Since I wasn't meeting up with Robert (my cousin) for lunch I roamed around a little before heading back to campus downtown. 

The dressed up characters are always around but I was really excited about Big Hero 6. I want to watch this movie sooo much but with Nick because he would probably appreciate the corny jokes a lot :). As usual I spent Friday afternoon/night in the library until Hawaii Five-0 started. I actually get a lot of work out of the way like this so I'm gonna try to keep that up. 

Unfortunately my mum's cousin died this week. She had been sick for a while but its still sad. I hadn't seen her since January because I didn't want to go to the hospital. Everyone who went said she looked pretty bad and completely different so the only memory I have of her is a healthy one :). That makes 2 deaths in the family in a month. I'm not going home for this one because I have a lot of work to catch up on from the last time I went home so I'm just doing my best to get everything done. 

I'm about due for a study break and lunch. The library is pretty full today but I got my favourite spot still so its not that full. My world is back to revolving around school which sort of feels bad but Thanksgiving break is coming up so that will be a welcomed change.

KThnxBai!

Carla

Getting Back to Normal

So it's been about another 2 weeks since my last post. My birthday came and went and I did absolutely nothing. I wasn't in the mood to celebrate anything so I stayed in bed and watched Netflix and other movies. It was a really relaxing day of ignoring everything and staying in denial. I did do laundry though, 3 weeks worth of it. The rest of the week went by in a blur as I prepared to go home. I made sure to get a whole lot of work out the way so that I wouldn't be too far behind when I got back. 

Going home was surreal. That's the only way I can put it. I had been telling myself that I'll be home at Christmas. I had a whole countdown going on in my head and I had begun to picture everything for going home for Christmas from the drive home and who I would see when I got home. Family and friends of course but a big part was seeing my Granny. When I left home in January it was in such a rush and I didn't really get to say goodbyes properly to some people so this was the chance to do that. But I went home 7 weeks early and it felt weird. First of all, I didn't sleep the Thursday night so that threw me off once I got home. Robert and his fam jam were on my flight as well but I slept for most of the flight as usual. I didn't even make it through take off which was a relief seeing as I get super duper light headed during take off. By the time Saturday came I had no idea what day it was and my sleeping schedule was all messed up. 

Once I got home everything was starting to sink in. I tried to ignore it for most of the time there but on Saturday night I had a massive stress headache from ignoring everything. I don't even want to describe the next couple days. It's a funeral, what do you expect. So yea, that happened and there was lots of food and stories to be told afterwards. I did manage to get in some xbox on Monday night which was good. My cousin Brianna caught onto Blur pretty quickly so playing with her was fun. I started to fall asleep in the last race we played so I came in last. I don't even know how I was playing and falling asleep. Usually playing keeps me awake. 

By the time I had to leave it felt like I had been home forever. I didn't get to go to the beach since it rained for 2 days straight but it still felt like a full trip. One thing that bugs me is now that I'm back everyone keeps asking me how the trip was. Am I supposed to say "it was great burying my Grandmother, thank you" or do I say "it was horrible being back home and seeing all my family". At first I would completely ignore the question and just smile back and change the subject. Now I've resolved to just saying it was a good service. The end. In a way I would just like people to stop asking and just get on with it. Pretending things never happened is my specialty and I am so good at lying to myself so let's try to stick to that. Nick says its sad that I have to keep lying to myself to get through the day but it gets the job done. I'm functioning which is the goal of it all. 

Anyways, I have about 2 weeks of work to catch up on and a presentation to prepare for. On Friday I had a great revelation. I am a nerd. I enjoy spending all those hours in the library, especially on a Friday night when everyone is out doing stuff. It's quiet and empty and I like it that way. I got some work done and had a whole lot of coffee to stay awake and alert. Having a Starbucks in the cafeteria is a blessing and a curse. Oh, I started back doing pilates on Friday as well. I need to get in some cardio so I have to go register at the gym since I have free membership and find time to go. 

So there aren't any pictures in this post. I wasn't really in the mood for pictures when I went home. Now that I'm back I'm trying to get everything back to normal and take a lot of pictures :)

Later!
Carla :)