Cream of the crop.

Top student in the class.

There, I said it. I've never really been the top of any of my classes that I ever took in my schooling career. I'd definitely been... almost at the very bottom a number of times, but never the last, and definitely never the first.

So here I am - I have the highest grade in a class of 40 people, at the time that I write this.

Am I going to say I don't feel good? Do you expect some anti-climax?

Well, no, naturally, I feel pretty good about myself right now. I always used to envy all the people who somehow managed to be the best in the class. You always judge them, well, I do anyway.

They must have no lives.

Well, I never really thought that, I think that's a stupid thing to say, you have no life. It doesn't mean anything. Don't say it to people, it's not cool.

I feel part of this elite club now. Suddenly the type of people who used to not associate with me because I wasn't as good as them are the ones I find having the most in common with right now, in a classroom setting. It's so funny the way things work out.

Of course, in a class where a majority of the people either don't care much or just really struggle with the concepts, it's not saying a whole lot. I don't understand it - I find the class really easy. Do I think differently than the rest? Well, obviously, but I mean, for some reason, some people just can't grasp the notion, for example, of why

Q -> P
P

-

Q

isn't a valid argumentative form (for those who haven't learnt that philosophy mumbo-jumbo, it states that if Q, then P. P, therefore Q).

And they ask questions (actually most people in the class don't even bother to, and this exasperates the teacher even more), simple questions really, that I figured were understood.

I'm glad I took this course.

Edit 2011/10/04: Edited for grammar. Also, I should say that I wrote this post as a sort of ego-booster, but I hardly consider myself superior to anyone else.

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Zombies walk, racing thoughts.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhh.

Pirate costume put together two hours before the Toronto Zombiewalk. The scar/wound is pretty cool no? It's oatmeal, liquid latex and spirit gum (?) is how you make it.

Anyway, Zombiewalk was coooooool, lots and lots of zombies. Some compliments, a lot of photographers.

Uhhhh I think I'm borderline with an existential crisis, it's going to hit me real soon in Philosophy I can feel it.

Help me find meaning, someone? Anyone? :(

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Philosophy.

I'm actually really enjoying this Philosophy course I'm taking.

I had my first class yesterday, and there were a lot of students (about 45), but most of them seemed actually interested by the course, and the teacher is really passionate about what she's teaching.

Of course, in a class that lasts 3 hours a shot with no breaks, my brain hurts when I walk out of the classroom to get to my bike and ride home. But at least I walk out feeling satisfied that those were 3 really productive hours. I haven't felt this productive since Katimavik ended, which is a welcome change.

My homework consists of asking people what they think Philosophy is. Some people really have no clue, and others I ask ask me to define the word "Philosophy", which at this moment in time, I can only really provide a dictionary definition which obviously does it no justice.

I'm finally heading to an employment centre to find a job, as I've been doing nothing since I completed my Greenpeace stint. I'm hoping to find something that I'll enjoy doing. If I could get a job like I had in Vancouver, except with pay, that would be so totally fantastic, but that's a slim chance.

Routine update.

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Angel on the sidewalk.

There's an angel on the sidewalk, all sparkly and white but she won't talk/

She'll blow you a kiss on the lips, but in return she'll expect your tips

Some of the passerbys stop to say hi, others turn their heads and go awry/

If you happen to lock eyes, you've forever fallen under her guise

Sickening.

It really is sickening - first a stomach ulcer, well, second, a cold, which isn't nearly as bad. I took drugzzz and the ulcer is gone, but I guess it lowered my immune system 'cause I caught this cold. I rarely get colds.

Anywayy.

Here, why not liven this blog up with a reallly good youtube video? Filmed in one take at the UQAM, it's getting pretty popular on Youtube!