so its been a fun week, and now im on to the serious stuff about university. my first midterm is on friday, and its worth 20% of my econ mark. oh joy. but it shouldnt be too hard, as long as i study enough for it. meh! this wknd was nice. went home, got to see some people again, got some good homecooked food, etc. its always good to be home. i dunno, but laurier just isnt 'home' yet.. takes some time i spose. i got back up last night, with james driving. today i just had my first meeting with my business lab group... we have to do a case study for next monday. i feel kinda bad cuz i missed the first meeting, and im gonna miss the last one, just cuz i gotta go home both weekends. but they seem like okay people. some of them are rather obnoxious, not the kinda people i would be friends with, but thats alright, cuz all i gotta do is work with them. this afternoon i had my sociology tutorial. i went in and i didnt recognize anyone except my prof. so i thought i was in the wrong class. and then i think i found out that tutorials are every other week. but im not sure. i still havent found out yet. oh goodness. so we'll see if i missed anything or not, cuz i just got up and left :) mooahha. uhmm what else? hmm sharon bought me french fries today. mmm. cuz i said i missed mickyD's (cuz theres like ONE up here. and its not close) and this wknd we didnt go eat there cuz instead we ate at memories of japan. so today after her class she walked all the way to get it. its like an hour walk. and she bought me french fries and surprised me when she got back. shes the greatest. too nice to me. and yeah. thats about it for now. i have to do a LOT of studying and reading and work and all this stuff. things are going well though. i will be back to blog later. or WILL I?!?!? *bum bum bummmm*

i posted this on tuesday. i have NO idea why it didnt come up. crazy ol blog :)

so its tuesday morning, i have class in about 45 mins, but i thought id post a bit anyways :) yesterday my internet went retarded cuz my ethernet card decided to uninstall it's own drivers for some reason, and then didnt want to reinstall when i tried to fix it. but miraculously enough, this morning it happened to fix itself and all is well again :) so yesterday we went to this thing called embassy, which is like a church for youth kinda thing, and they had this rockin service. it was dirty. like DIRTY. like the worship was sickly good. i was gonna fall over and die. so good. oh man. leo if you're reading this, you hafta come sometime. its just THAT good. but yeah, after the worship, the speaker was alright. i dunno. he said some good stuff, but i didnt really like the way in which he presented his points. like he would use a lot of quotes from famous people. like a LOT of them. dont get me wrong, i dont mind SOME. but there were so many. and a lot of his 'biblical' content was quotes from the message. i dont know if thats okay or not, cuz its not REALLY a bible, but maybe im just being picky again :) anyways, afterwards we went to go visit alli and hung out with her. we played jitz and pool at her res, and i guess i got a little carried away with the jitz cuz we were losing quite badly. and so i wanted to keep playing until we won a game. and afterwards sharon told me that i was actually being quite a jerk and was acting quite prideful.. and i kinda saw it. so that really made me rethink my motives and my actions, and just where i am with God. i guess im not as strong as i'd like to think, or as i'd like to be. im really trying to get deeper with God, but lately i haven't been going anywhere.. so if you'relooking for prayer requests, my spiritual life is a big one.
the other thing i want to blog about is this girl anita. she goes to laurier in like.. 4th year business, and she goes to all the ccf stuff with us. now lemme tell you, she is one of the nicest ppl ive ever met. shes totally one of my new favourite ppl. she was really nice to us and invited us over to her place for some good ol fashioned chinese food, and shes so funny. and the best thing is shes got a n64 with mario tennis and nobody plays with her. :) so we're gonna go and play with her everyday now :) haah but yeah, shes just helping us fit in really well, and its cool that God puts people like her into our lives to help us out. same with jon and adrienne. without the three of them the transition would definitely be a lot harder. but anyways, thats eenough for now, hope everyone is doing great! see you all soon.

so wow, its saturday already. 2 weeks done of school. mmm just a quick update, schools okay. im starting to make friends!!! kinda anyways :) haha the guys on my floor are still kinda intimidating. but thats okay. im meeting other people... and starting to talk to them more. which is good. ccf at laurier is good. and waterloo's is nice too. there are a lot of interesting people there. some i like, some i dont :) haha but nonetheless, its good cuz i think im starting to feel like i fit in more, which is important. hmmm what else? we just got internet back. its SO SLOW!! but no complainning, cuz i have it :) hehe and uhmm our school staff ppl are striking. so theres a lot of problems, but we'll manage. oh and yeah. im stealing files from other ppls' computers on my network. hahaha :) im so sneaky :) shhh! :) but besides that, school is okay, like work-wise i mean. im trying really hard to study and stay ahead, but its quite difficult, and i find im already starting to slip behind. so hopefully i can do enough readings to stay ahead. so thats pretty much all thats new with me. oh and yeah, i have a new *friend* :) haha you can ask me about that on your own later. other than that, things are going well. i dont have anything extremely profound or earth-shattering to blog about.. actually i rarely do. so peace y'all, take care of yourselves! missin you all!! well.. some of you :)

so wow!! its now two weeks into the schoolyear. here i am at laurier. sorry but i would have blogged earlier if i had INTERNET!!! GRRRR. stupid school. we just got internet yesterday. and its so incredibly slow right now. im d/l at 1kb per sec. the most its gone up to so far is 2.86. goodness. oh well. anyways, i have lots to blog about, but i forgot a lot of it. first week was fun. i didnt participate in orientation week so we hung around and did other stuff. meh. and then classes started, which werent too bad at all. my times are pretty early on some days, but i'll survive. im not really making too many new friends.. but i dont really mind. is that bad? im trying to get out of my comfort zone and talk to ppl, but it takes time. so we'll see. dont pressure me!! :) hehe but thats okay. the guys on my floor think im a loser. so now im like their 'pity friend'. cuz they all say hi to me in the halls and stuff now even though they dont know me. i DID meet this one girl whos a nice one in my business program. she even signed up for a firday morning 8:30 lab just so i wouldnt be alone. shes cool. and the other day i started talking to this guy outta the blue. it was SO not me. we were eating breakfast and then sharon and her friend amy had to go to some music thing so i was gonna head back to my room but then i saw him sitting there eating alone so i went up and sat down and started talking to him. kinda cool. turns out hes in my building as well. so that was kinda cool. anyways, for those of you that dont know about laurier, its ENTIRELY WHITE. hahaha :) not that thats a bad thing. but im just not used to it yet. they all party while i try to study :) eeeps! but i'll survive. dont i always? spose so. anyways, i'll blog more later during the week. im getting hungry and i have a whole chicken to eat by myself. mmmm :)

the end of a chapter, but also the beginning of a new one.
thoughts right now? only one:

Nothing in my hand I bring,
simply to the cross I cling;
naked, come to thee for dress;
helpless, look to thee for grace;
foul, I to the fountain fly;
wash me, Savior, or I die.