on love

Robbie knows.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww8JgDPp9sU

s

Rent

rent opened last night. ali and i haven't really had time to sleep or eat or do homework in a while (ali while longer than i - life of a stage manager). it's great. if you are in sackville or the near vicinity i definitely suggest you come see the show, it is really fantastic.

s

the break that was not a break

it turns out march is going to be a pretty busy month for me. theatre-wise i am assistant stage managing for Rent (which ali is stage managing, whatta girl), and doing costume design for another show called Abel. life-wise applications for both summer jobs and programs for next year are due, i need to work on the yearbook, i am going to see the sam roberts band and hey rosetta, and visiting my dear friend julia in fredericton. and then there's just a whole heck of a lot of school work to do.

julia! o we are pretty.

in light of this insanity to come i decided it would be smart and necessary to buckle down for reading week and use it for, well, reading for once. i have been super productive and knocked quite a lot of things off of my massive to-do list, which feels really good. knowing that i will be a lot less stressed this coming month is a big relief. this being said i am super jealous of all those jerks that headed south for the break. you turds.

where i was last spring break - jamaica. (ali was there too!)

i worked on a whole bunch of things, everything from renewing my passport to reading about archaeology in the media, applying for teaching in france to going to the gym, writing a paper on canadian history to doing a major room clean & purge. SO MUCH PRODUCTIVITY HAPPENED.

i did let myself have some fun between all the work - mary and i built that crazy 3d puzzle of the cathedral, the girls and i had a movie night and watched crazy stupid love, gushing over the emma stone and ryan gosling scene. if you are female and have not seen it you most definitely need to, i'll even attach it right here and everything, that's how much you should see it. if you're a guy you should probably watch it so you know how to properly woo a lady.

i spent another day with a different pack o friendsies having a lord of the rings extended version marathon, with all the appropriate meals included. so. much. food. so. many. orcs.

still waiting for them to make out.

so, while i did not get a typically awesome spring break with bikinis and beaches and mojitos, i had an excellent reading week in the snowy lands of sackville in the company of good friends who were just as swamped with work as i.

as a reward for accomplishing so much this week i will be making myself this deliciousness.

rainbow white sangria! except my class will have a sugared rim.

s

ps. i have had childish gambino on repeat all week.

3d magic

oh what a find. a 3d puzzle of a church. so yeah, we built it! we built it real goods!

built from the ground up.

one piece at a time...

we have a roof!

done like dinner!

those who visit our church.

its creators.

hehe.

- s&m

ps. we're also good cooks... see!

mary's stew!

sarah's fresh pasta!

love.love.love

happy valentine's day!

we even wore pink for you.

we hope this makes you feel loved or smile. it is a pretty song
- s.a.m.

a jaunt around europe with s & a

we have big plans for september. they look roughly like this:

holy crap it's europe.

the wonderful, cookie-bearing julie is also included in these plans. we are hoping she brings cookies in her backpack, lots and lots of cookies. they will fuel us as we make our way around europe on trains n planes n bikes n stuff. we are hoping to ride a blimp. this seems unlikely.

we quickly came to the realization that this is a whole lot of places to go in a month, and we will have to use our time wisely and plan smart. in light of this we have decided to go for a 'divide and conquer' strategy, each of us taking a couple countries and researching the bejesus out of it so we don't miss any of the fun times. after much though we have concluded that the best approach to compiling our plans and map out the exact train and road ways we will need to take, as well as the locations of all the hot spots would be to create a large map of europe on the living room floor with various breakfast cereals (chex = czech republic, french toast crunch = france, puffed wheat = netherlands, etc). mary doesn't know yet. now she will.

now, the tricky part is that our knowledge of europe and all its hidden gems is limited. this is why we would like to extend to you, dear ________ (insert name here), an invitation to influence our plans! drank awesome wine in france? shredded the gnar gnar in switzerland? had coffee at a quaint cafe in italy? done german stuff? LET US KNOW! we would welcome travel advice and will send you a hug in the mail or give you one in person.

shenanigans will be had by all.

s. & a.

ps. this here is a song we like. we listened to it last night while doing this:

studying.

sex.

MASSIE. wtf??

if you weren't already aware of it, i have a part-time job with mta... i'm the MASSIE program assistant 
(wait, wtf is MASSIE??)
MASSIE - mount allison semester studies in english.
so japanese students from kg university come to mta for a semester. take special classes, where they focus to improve their english listening, speaking, writing, and thinking skills.


i consider myself very fortunate to have this job. i have met some incredible people (massies and canadians) i started out by being a conversation partner (saw they needed people on facebook...) then continued. after having four different massies, in the span of a year, i applied to be program assistant, starting this past fall... and obvi i got it.

yu - my first massie

i've learned this past fall, and during our new winter program, that i love getting to know the whole group of massie students who come. i enjoy talking with each, watching them improve in their skills and confidence!!


i can definitely say that being involved in the program has allowed me to see that i am interested in japan and japanese culture. it pushed me to apply to the JET programme... japanese english teaching. i have an interview next week, so hopefully by the end of this summer, i'll be in japan! wow! talk about culture shock... i'll stick out like a sore thumb...

fall '11 massies

this past week we got a new group of massie students, they are the first winter group, they are only here for 6 weeks. but i'm super-duper pumped for them to be here. i'm actually pretty impressed with them... well, i mean they are actually dressed appropriately for winter, don't want the lil massies to freeze... that'd be awkward...

winter '12 massies

-M.

ps. i found out today that i am going to be the summer program assistant! points!