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Thursday, December 3, 2015

Free Writing

In the last few weeks I鈥檝e been listening to the Mortified podcast, which features adults reading their adolescent diaries in front of a live audience, with no exaggeration, no embellishment, 鈥渏ust god-given awkwardness鈥. Every episode is guaranteed to produce cringing smiles.

I kept a diary of my own for six years, running from grade nine through my first year of university.

Child roaring like a dinosaur
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

What's Under Your Bed?

Long, long ago when I was young and dependent, my parents would nag about the state of my bedroom: it rarely met their standards of tidy. I would challenge their unrealistic ideals by questioning them. When this failed to help my cause I would shove everything under the bed.

Why do my clothes need to be put away? I鈥檓 going to wear them eventually; why must the bed be made? I鈥檒l be sleeping in it again, tonight; who am I hurting? Why does this 鈥渨ho鈥 care?

Friday, October 16, 2015

In summary

I was standing next to someone at the crosswalk out in front of South Campus Hall and I noticed the word 鈥淔orward鈥 tattooed across her ankle. Single words inked on skin are a huge trend right now, and a quick search shows that the words people choose represent 补听summary of life goals, belief systems,聽or ideals. 聽

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Doodle of The Week

I ate too much turkey and fell asleep聽this weekend聽instead of coming up with a blog post,聽so here is a drawing of me at 3 years old. And maybe聽again at 20.

Unleash your superpower, Warriors!

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

What I Do When You Don't Come To Drop-Ins

Drop-in hours at the libraries are best spent helping students with their assignments. What I like most about being a tutor is that I am constantly reminded that I have an entire work term of no homework. I鈥檓 living in the world of education鈥檚 liminal space: sitting on the sidelines not being affected!

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Writing Centre Open House - Writing Mural

Did you miss attending our Open House on September 16? You missed some great food, excellent information, and having some fun with words. We asked our visitors to tell us about their writing habits on our Writing Centre mural. Below are some samples of what was written.