silva rerum

What is dark in me illumine

Before anything else, I want to note that my high school English teacher, Miss E, commented that there would never be a movie made of Paradise Lost, that it wouldn’t be very exciting to watch the climax as Eve partakes in the forbidden fruit. Miss E, I humbly submit for your evaluation, this article detailing how Hollywood may be tapping into Milton’s epic for their next blockbuster film. Shocking, eh?

I woke up early today for transition training from S. We breezily covered all the important topics (bookings, planning, finances, etc.) and I left a bit early to head off to buy a present. I’m really surprised that S is actually leaving, I think I took for granted that she’d always be around with her good attitude and encouraging manner. I hope I can be half the coordinator she was to me!

After work, I phoned P to meet her to go shopping so we met at the mall. Transit is sometimes unbearable. While I was sitting, a lady with a stroller came on and no one vacated the courtesy seats for her to put the stroller until the bus driver threatened not to move until she had a safe space. Then another woman came on with another stroller and the courtesy seats were left unvacated again. This time, the driver didn’t do anything. Then at the next stop, some old stubborn man came on and stood right between the two women with strollers at the front of the bus. The nerve! People literally had to turn sidelong to get by him and he refused to move. I was aghast at how he made the elderly and the young alike circumnavigate his body. Maybe he human contact? He was simply disruptive and annoying at any rate. It’s not as if there isn’t a back exit on the bus. Why can’t people be more logical.

Anyhow, I met P at the mall and the first order of business was coffee. We then shopped for a while and I bought Third Girl, yet another Agatha Christie for me to read. The new covers are quite charming – I really like the style they’re going for. They’re not exactly haute literature, but they’re quite gripping. V dropped by briefly while we were at Chapters and P bought a gift. V very graciously drove me home! Moreover, I bumped into J mere hours before her flight. I hope she has a safe and enjoyable journey. She promised she’ll be blogging so I’ll be reading it.

L left today which was rather sad but I hope she’s safe and comfortable! N has arrived in Florida from what I can discern. K just came online from Costa Rica. How wonderful that everyone gets to travel this year! I’ll be working and schooling for the next few summers but I want to have my own adventure as well.

I recently got hooked on Harper’s Island and I think it’s so cool! I wonder who did it? I don’t even know who to suspect…maybe it’s the groom’s alter ego just like in My Bloody Valentine 3D?

It all got me thinking though (I mean Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and Harper’s Island), I’d make an excellent suspect in a murder mystery. I’m calm, methodical and certainly capable. I don’t know how well I’d be able to hide it, but I’d surely come up with a great way to commit the crime. Alternatively, I could be the plucky young boy who helps the detective – I noticed blood on one of the tiles in my bathroom this morning, for example. As it turns out, it wasn’t anything serious (oh, doesn’t that make me similar to Catherine Morland? Don’t believe everything you read!) so all my worry was for naught.

I’m almost done downloading all the episodes of Card Captor Sakura and the two movies. Hurray for summer! Last summer I caught up on Grey’s Anatomy, Heroes and Ugly Betty. This year I’ll be reminiscing about grade 5/6 by watching one of my favourite anime series. Jolly good!