More meeting and greeting and less seating

Well, I wanted to post yesterday...I was just so excited...big news...I cleaned my entire aparment! LOL. I dusted, swept, mopped, and otherwise removed gross things from my humble abode. It didn't take me that long to clean everything, which is good, but I am annoyed how things get dirty so fast. That, and I am finding my hair everywhere. I shed like a...like a...like an animal that sheds a lot! LOL. It wouldn't be so noticable, but I have hardwood floors and tile, and you can basically see every little bit of of anything that you've created in your place. Gross to the alpha major, I say.

I have also learnt, thanks to watching an American friend of mine put away garbage, that it makes much more sense for me to wash my disposable containters so that they do not smell up my kitchen grossly. (Re: the salmon filet package) Yes, I had salmon again. No, I didn't leave it out in the sun this time. Although I did manage to forget to wash the salmon packet off before I threw it in the garbage. Thus, every time I would walk into my kitchen, I would think...
"Why does it smell really strongly of salmon in here???" I looked everywhere but the garbage for the offending odour. And this is after I had been washing out everything ELSE to prevent strong smells. Yes, yes, a regular genius am I.

I also just joined the international acting troupe at Pangaea, and I had a really great time. I was a little concerned at first, because the brochure said it was supposed to be all improv, and I'm kinda sketchy at improv (no pun intended) and sometimes I get stage fright whilst doing improv. However, I had a blast. The people there are super nice, and it's funny, because all the actor stereotypes that you see on television movies of people who are very artsy...well, they were all definitely there last night. LOL. It was cool, but a little unorganized...somtimes when we were doing a skit/activity, I didn't know what was going on...and, uh, we sort of just, improvised, I guess. LOL. It was good, though. Even if you were doing something you maybe weren't supposed to, (Well, heck, half the time I didn't even know if I was doing what I was supposed to.) it didn't really matter, everyone was really just there for being into it. I enjoyed it, and we all went out for coffee to the cheapest cafe I have been to in town afterwards. (And easily one of the nicest...all the servers are super friendly. Even better, they give you as many blankets as you like if you're sitting outside and in front of the cafe. How cool...er, how HOT is that???) They also had hot chocolate, where they give you real flakes of chocolate to go with your hot milk. Very swanky. Because it was a special occasion (me joining my first real social group) I actually had a hot chocolate myself. It-was-amazing. Anyways, it was the nicest treat/drink I have had in a long time. This cafe was SO good. And so cheap. (most meal items were under 6€) AMAZING cafe. Anyways, it was really cool hanging out, meeting new people, and I will go back to that cafe to have lunch or something sometime, when I am feeling very in the money spending spirit.

I also went to a 'come see what all the activities are like at Pangaea' night tonight. It was PACKED. I thought it would be less crowded, but everyone came there to socialize. I saw a lot of people I have seen from my trip to Brugge, and also from the acting group. Very big exciting news...Pangaea is doing a trip to Ieper for 25€!!!!! WOHOO! There is also a trip to the Ardennes this month...but I think I would rather go earlier in the month/semester than later for a trip somewhere, and also I would rather go for a two day trip (which is what I get for 25€ to Ieper) compared to a one day trip (which is what I would get for 20€ to Ardennes) and besides, going to Ieper is, just by the nature of things, going to be cooler. Ieper rocks. ROXORS WITH L33T SKILZ! LOL. I would go to both, but finances are a little tight this month because of set-up costs in September that had some unforseen skips and bounces in the upward range, and I am also trying to figure out how much money I have to play with during the month once everything like electricity, groceries, and rent are paid for. I think I can afford one trip somewhere, but definitely not two. Besides, Oct 22 is WAY too close to when I need to be picking a thesis promoter, and I still have a LOT of work to do in that area. Er, yeah...I'm...uh...on it. LOL. I should get back to work. Like...now. Like two seconds ago.

Today was somewhere around15C, although the wind was cool enough to put people in fairly heavy coats. What am I wearing, you ask?

Shorts. And a t-shirt. And people stare.

Go Canada.