It's been a busy week so I thought an update was in order.  Tonight was spent painting the cannon. It's a u-of-g tradition that people paint the cannon (only during the night). And since a couple of us enviro sci's had yet to do it our time had come. Turned out the colours of the free paint I had were pretty gross and pastel-y but it still turned out ok. Going to have to check it out tomorrow during the day. So that was today.

Last weekend was a nice step away from reality. Went to Hillside on Saturday and saw Pilate (and a few others - there was this something Unicorn band that was good too). And the lead singer of Pilate was grreat. What a good voice. I looked him up and it turns out he trained voice classically. So that explains a lot. But it was great. His voice makes me want to melt. Then Sunday was spend hiking in the good ole' Boyne. It was sad and fun at the same time. To see everything just grown up and falling apart pulls at my heart. Some of my favourite times ever have been there.  And I grew a lot there too.  Added a bit to the Shmem you all know and love.

The rest of the week has been mixed with school and doing nothing/sleeping. And some damn good chocolate cake and good conversation. Today's strange hit to my site from a google search  is "dream i'm having a seizure".  Hmmm.

And my last ever astronomy class was tonight. The last weeks of classes is always so exciting. During the lecture my prof was talking about the milky way galaxy in a bit of a wrap-up lecture, and he was talking about the theories scientists have about how the Big Bang and how fast the different galaxies are traveling away. And it's just so overwhelming. I love it. It's a crazy feeling sometimes to try to get your head around things that are impossible to imagine. It's a rush to realize how small and insignificant we are and how there are HUGE things out there. I enjoy it.

* song of the moment : Pilate - Alright *