highlights from the last week:

-i learned his name.

-the boy from the train told me that he started sewing a pair of pants for himself, and that he drafted the pattern for himself using the 3D software at his work. (he's a mechanical engineer who builds trains.) so awesome.

-i finished knitting a sweater for myself. i don't love the neckline, though, so i might change it.

-i finished my editing course, which means from now on i will have real weekends, rather than saturdays taken up by class. yahoo!

-i learned in my editing class that it's totally legitimate for editors to charge $45-$80/hour for their work. helloooo, fallback plan.

-i got two new part-time jobs. one is through my own faculty, and the other is through the department of civil engineering and involves editing. i am not charging $45/hour. not even close. BUT both jobs can be done from home, or from cafés with wireless internet where handsome boys work...

-my mom brought me my duvet. now my nest on the dining room floor is considerably more cozy and warm.

-i started building a bike for myself, with a lot of help from my new-ish, wonderful-ish friend leila at the edmonton bicycle commuters' society.

-i had nice hang outs with nathan, natasha, becky, jessy-j, and leila. they looked like this: (nathan, natasha, & becky), (jessy-j & leila), (leila), & (jessy-j).

-i went to a round dance at the u of a and saw some neat peeps i was in native studies classes with last year. it was good to see them.

-a phone call from my longest-distance friend.

not so great things about the week:

-racial tensions within my faculty. quelle surprise.