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Aloha! It's winter!! : D

We're getting a big snowstorm tonight. 3nodding I'm so happy. I love winter, and I especially love winter when there's piles of snow everywhere.

I can't believe it's almost Christmas. @_@ Whenever I look at a calendar, it's like 4 days later into the month than I expect. Man, I remember in early October, it was the 12th for about two weeks. Then, suddenly, it was Halloween... and then the next day it was halfway through November.. and by the end of the day, it was today. Madness.

I saw Rent today, and it was wonderful. I've always wanted to see Rent; I remember seeing commercials on TV when it first came out, and I thought it looked so interesting. I'm so glad I finally got to see it, if only in movie form. There were a few changes, but overall, it was very good. I love musicals. If I could sing, I would do nothing but audition for musicals. <33333

I'm halfway done exams!! My first three were the hardest, and they seemed to go better than I expected. My only problem is that I studied like mad for those three, and now I'm totally burned out, and I'm having a hard time staying focused while studying for the final ones. Luckily, the subject matter is generally easier for the final three.. but even still. I haven't touched any of these classes all semester, so there's a fair amount of material to cram into my head.

Work is going fairly well. I'ma do my honours project in the lab where I'm working now, if the project gets approved. I'm a little worried that it won't, though, since it really doesn't have much to do with my program. >_> My prof can't remember what program I'm in, so he keeps assuring me that there's nothing wrong with the project.. but, really, I'm essentially in chemistry. I'm not sure if they're going to let me keep working on my molecular bio project. D: Oh well. There's no point in worrying about it now, and I suppose that if I plead my case well enough, I should be able to sneak it past the faculty. ninja

I'm a bit worried that if I do my honours project in molecular bio, I may end up sort of locked into that for my masters' work as well.. and because, on paper, I'm not qualified to do that sort of work, I'm worried that I may have a hard time finding a lab. I just have this sneaking suspicion that I'll get talked into staying in my current lab to do my honours' and then my PhD, and I'll end up with this degree that I don't even really want. As soon as I'm done my undergrad, though, my parents have made it pretty clear that they are getting the s**t out of here, so I guess that'll be motivation for me to pick up and try something new. surprised

I'll figure it out when I get there, I guess. I need to start looking around at different schools. I'm prolly visiting my good friend at Waterloo in a few weeks, so if I find a really thrilling prof, I guess I could always try for a quick interview. cool

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