It has been a few months since I last wrote anything in this blog but I may as well attempt to keep it alive. It is difficult for me to blog because I don't find my life particularly interesting and even when I do (such as when I was in China) I was very busy and exhausted by our long days that I never had time to write. And when I did, the Wi-Fi was too expensive so I couldn't post them anyway. To top it off, my friends from the ISLP program kept dragging me to the bar to drink so I'd get back to the room around midnight (the rest went out clubbing, but I was a good girl) so forget about blogging! But I never did get to tell my China stories so maybe I will...eventually.
What has been happening with me? Well this semester is progressing incredibly quickly that it is amazing to think I only have two more weeks of school. Then my undergraduate degree is finished and I am off to grad school. Yes I am aware that I did blog about not going to grad school but as it turned out I bit the bullet and applied. I was accepted to one of two schools I applied to, and am still waiting on McGill. For now I won't give any details about what I applied to as that is a huge change from what I was studying currently and deserves its own post. Apart from that, the second big issue in my life is the current student strike. I am not going to go into my opinion because I think most of the people who would read this know already, but basically, the CSU GA was corrupt and a total joke, the strikers are being childish and immature by playing violin and blowing bubbles to interrupt classes, and the soft picket lines are not soft picket at all. If I have to shoulder my way through a picket line there is a problem. I don't care if you guys are striking, they voted soft picket so you must let me through, and furthermore classes are progressing as normal whether you are there or not so it isn't right to manhandle me as I try to get to class.
...I have to write two huge research papers this term, both around 4000-5000 words. For my Canadian law class, I have finally settled to write about women's reformatories/prisons and how the shift from one big woman prison in Kingston to 5 regional prisons has affected the population and the inmates. Furthermore, I wish to examine how the punitive method of detaining women has shifted to rehabilitating and reforming women, even murderers are given a chance to go to school and live in 'house' cells where they have their own keys. It's a bit ridiculous. My second research paper is for my war and memory class and I will be examining the October Crisis in Quebec with the FLQ and the differences in the French and English media. I haven't done much research yet so stay tuned. My last paper is only 6 pages and it is on an undefined topic yet for my religion class so I honestly haven't a clue. All in all the semester ends the 25th April ... if the strike doesn't extend or cancel it. :(
Cheers ~ panda out.
