Our pumpkin...First one of the house!

More scenery...

Dear God, kids these days...

A kid in England got a pylon stuck on his head, when trying to impersonate Harry Potter.
I have no hope for the future....
Grrr...
description of upcoming assignment: "3-4 pages due, October 31 (10% of final grade)
During the first term, students will be required to write a brief (3-4 pages) critical reading summary on the course readings on approaches to understanding the International System. Papers over 4 pages will receive a mark of ZERO!"
My problem:
This paper essentially asks us to write about everything covered in the last 6 weeks of lecture, and all the readings. Throughout then, there's been about 8-9 theories...
Now, that's not going to fit on 3-4 pages, let alone is it something you can write a paper on, so what exactly are they asking? Choose a perspective, choose a few and contrast them? Choose like...constituative versus explanatory?
Anyway, yea, I hate IR theory class...

Another visitor...

Okay, I thought it was a little odd when they sent me the magazine, but I think this is taking it too far...

Man oh man, Trent...

Look at the water and weep...skeptics...

More City

Look! Sunlight! No, your eyes (nor I) deceive you. This is Canada, and it is without snow, nor darkness...
Just a cool shot...

Goodbye, for a little bit.

Off to Orangeville for three days.
I get to go Gold! for tonight, which I mentioned in my highly highly random previous post. I merely mean I get to see it in the Gold section. They're good seats.
Tomorrow my friend who's up in Guelph, studying, is going to be heading down, as well. So her and I shall be off to NewMarket for a road trip. I desperately need to go shopping, and she does too, apparently.
Then, Monday consists of two doctors appointments, and Tuesday: Peterborough.
It should be an alright time, though. Just, no rest.
But reading break shall be free of any of the usual annoyances (cough cough) so, it should be relaxing. Maybe even get a start on a few papers.
We'll see....muh hahhah.
Well, off to get ready to head out. Just wanted to post something normal, to reaffirm the Canadian had not lost all her marbles, just yet.
Tootles.

Mac, watchin' Mac!
Okay, Mac falling asleep to Mac...hmph.

He is too, cute!
Smile (And show those adoable teeth!)
Brats.
My squirrel. It's always the same one.

How ominous....
Alrighty, see ya.

Cat number four...

He's the cutest one, by the way...

Too many cats...

He has a growth in his belly:(

And then there were two...

Meet, Mac...

Okay, the old flea-bag didn't get the pretty pink collar. The male bob-tailed cat did, instead...

Now and then.

The Armenian Genocide...
As some may know, I am a politics/history double, and genocide studies is one of the main concentrations that I am focusing on. Last year, the I decided to do a paper on the Armenian Genocide, despite it not being an option on the syllabus, and resources being more than sparce at Trent. None the less, it was one of the more passionate essays I had written.
To this day, it is something that I still follow, and this involvement now with the United States battling between recognizing it, and not at first, seemed hopeful. However, the political mind in me sees that it is too coincidental.
The house can not get enough votes to defund the war in Iraq, withdraw, nor even force a time table. So they take a more covert, and emotionally charged route...piss off Turkey.
No one will want to say no to recognizing a genocide, unless they have no emotion, but in this case, not doing so, will jeopardize thousands living and fighting in Iraq now. The choice by Congress is a testy one, and an unfair tug at the heart strings of Americans, Armenian/Americans, Turkish/Americans, and others.
If I had more time, I would write more. I have no answer on this, this is just what it seems, and thus, to me, the democrats are assholes. If they had of proposed this years ago, or later, than it would be a godsend. There was no other purpose for my paper, than to try and stress the urgency to look at the Armenian genocide, and reaction to it, as conciquental, and that how countries still disregard it is wrong. But there are lives at stake at this point, too. So, it is an emotional coin toss. Turkey needs to realize that denial is not going to get them far.
Anyway, I have to get ready for class #2...political theory...Sorry it is so roughly written.
Tootles.

...and notice, not a bit of snow in any of them...

Thanksgiving at the Grandmother's

This has not been photoshopped at all, believe it or not. This was taken through a sunglass lense with my camera (I was bored, okay?)

Sticking a camera out the window shooting aimlessly produced that.
One hell of a bon fire, at least there was some solace knowing the fire house is literally next door to where this was taken.
A well... Clearly overgrown.

Home...hmph

New Form of Art...

I was sent these photos in an email, had to share.

This takes some serious talent and concentration...

Now that's art...