BOO SCHOOL

Luckily, life ain't nothin' that hugs and cuddles, ranting about shitty profs, and a batch of antidepressant brownies can't fix.

Oh, and looking at these adorable little creations (which I created):

IT IS TOO A REAL WORD!!

I've been writing a few stories about a certain set of characters that have made themselves comfortably at home in my imagination. Too comfortable, if you ask me.

As I was re-reading one of these such stories I came across the word "plunked"which I generally only use to describe the act of unceremoniously placing a small child on a counter, table etc. I read it out loud and laughed because it sounds funny to my ears and then realized I was laughing because I thought there was no way this was a real word.

But Microsoft Office 2007 was not red-squiggling "plunked". It liked it. It even offered me other handy synonyms should I find myself unceremoniously placing fictitious children on precarious surfaces so often that I need another word for it.

But my Oxford paperback begs to differ on the "plunk" situation.

My Canadian Oxford Paperback says it is a word, but they mention nothing of children.

Okay literary world, what is it? Is it a word or not?

--Siobhan, why are you concerning yourself with the legitimacy of this word?-- you may be wondering.

I'm waiting for my Wonderbread to thaw so that I can make a satisfactory grilled-cheese and time needed to be killed. I might as well quander about words.

NOBODY thinks quander is a real word. Nobody. Except me. And I love it. Like pondering a quandary= to quander.

I mean, it's good, right?

I'm going to make it happen.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

This year, for the first time, Cameron and I didn't go home to our respective parents' houses for Thanksgiving. Instead we opted out of the 4 hour busrides there and back and decided to cook a turkey and mashed potatoes and broccoli and stuffing ourselves.

Ideally, dinner would have been delicious and I would have a hilarious story to tell you about something that went awry while dinner prep happened.

Dinner was delicious.

Nothing went awry.

Sooo... success and disappointment. But more success.

Happy Thanksgiving Canada.

CONGRATULATIONS GLEE

You've earned one more week to retain redemption.

... AND THIS IS HOW I FEEL ABOUT ARCHAEOLOGY

Thanks Jessica. Wonderfully put.

ANNE, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?

So my mum's awesome and sent me a muffin-tin, cupcake liners and The 125 Best Cupcake Recipes.

This is madness!

1: Now I have to CHOOSE between making cupcakes and doing class readings
2: I will ALWAYS choose cupcakes
3: I should NEVER eat 12 cupcakes a day
4: But I TOTALLY WILL