AUTHOR: NATHANIEL VOS
It really stinks that I have organic chemistry tomorrow morning. What a terrible way to start out the week, eh? An organic chemistry lab. Oh well, that's life in university, and tomorrow's lab is exceptionally easy. It is all about getting ready for the next lab where we have real stuff to do. I have no such luxury with inorganic. I hit it hard with that one right off the bat. I played squash on Saturday, which was a lot of fun. I never did make it to The Passion on Friday night. eventually I decided it looked like a longshot, and I didn't want to risk it. I guess I will be waiting til it comes out in February to see it. I will be there opening night. It just looks that excellent. I had a close call with my glasses tonight, which is scary, considering I am blind without them. I need to look into picking up an extra pair or something. If anything happens to this pair right now, I can kiss the semester goodbye. Well, maybe Special Services will take down my notes for me, but that would be a disaster. It is getting late though, and I do have a lab at 8 AM, so I had best hit the sack. Ĝis morgaŭ.
AUTHOR: NATHANIEL VOS
I have been reading extensively into information about The Passion and I am deeply interested at this point. It looks to be a phenomenal movie, and it is supposed to be totally literally accurate. Mel Gibson has hired some excellent actors in my opinion. Monica Belluci and Jim Caveziel are some big names in Hollywood. Even more incredible, I was reading an interview done earlier with Jim Caveziel in which he said, "but one of them missed and [the bullwhip] hit me, flush, right on the back. It ripped the skin right off my back, but I couldn't scream because the pain knocked the wind out of me". I think that gives a little hint at how realistic this movie is. If you have seen the trailer, located here , you will have some idea of the caliber of this movie. It is way above that of earlier Christian movies that I have I seen. I am sincerely hoping that I am able to attend the screener tomorrow that is in Edmonton. It is by invite only, but I have an ace up my sleeve and I will play it tomorrow. Otherwise I will be seeing it on its premier, February 25. I think I am going to try and promote it on campus. I don't think that anyone should miss it, so maybe I will put up some posters, etc. Mel Gibson has put $25 million into this movie, and I would like to see him get it all back for his leap of faith. I am seriously impressed with Mel Gibson for producing it and Jim Caveziel for acting in it, knowing it could be seriosuly detrimental to their careers. Otherwise, I have been busy pounding away at crap this week. I need to do some serious practice problems in organic and inorganic. Elsewhere, in the subjects I am good at it, it is rewarding to see all of my French coming back in a headrush. Economics is going quite well too. Tomorrow I have a squash game with Nikhil, and we won the first game of Dodgeball tonight -- always more fun when you win. Well, lots to do tomorrow, I had best hit the sack. Bien amicalement.
AUTHOR: NATHANIEL VOS
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AUTHOR: NATHANIEL VOS
Today was a day of much accomplishment, if you can count winning many Enemy Territory games as achievement. Even if it does not qualify, it sure was a heck of a lot of fun. I figure this early in the semester I can afford to blow a little time. Later on I will have plenty of time to fool around with homework. I am hoping to increase my grades a bit over what I am getting now. My current GPA isn't exactly -- impressive. I have much to figure out over the next few days, not least of which is figuring out where to get my next round of money. At some point, I have to get back to Michigan, and this will require substantial financial resources. These resources are somewhat absent at this stage in my life, so I need to figure out how to procure them in my stretched for time lifestyle. I have big hopes for this semester, and I am hoping I have the willpower to deliver the goods. I want to have fun, but I think I can do that within the parameters of my study. Oh well, enough for tonight I think. A French quiz is imminent, and I should see how much I can recall. Salut.
AUTHOR: NATHANIEL VOS
Well, I have to make this a quick post, as I have class tomorrow. I went ice skating today, which was great, and engaged in a lot of gaming. Back to the grind tomorrow, however. We got a huge ice storm in Edmonton on Saturday and that made things quite interesting for shopping and going to church. Kind of life as normal up here. I will update things more thoroughly tomorrow when I have the time. À bientôt.
AUTHOR: NATHANIEL VOS
Vos Family Photos If you haven't been to that site yet, they are a few neat pictures of me that you may feel free to check out. One is particularly pretty at the Athabasca glacier. I am just trying to recover after the french department tossed me a cold fish. Apparently, I cannot enroll in French 112, and I am being forced to enroll in 211 or higher, naturally, this has me quite frustrated, but I have little choice. Nothing else really eventful has happened today, with the exception that it is -18° C in Edmonton today, which is pretty darn cold. Needless to say, my 180°'s are getting excessive use. I am excited about my little holiday in Vancouver coming up in a few months. I have not been there yet, and it should be a lot of fun. I really want to track down Carlos and go see him. It has been many years, but hopefully he will not have forgotten me. Best get back to straightening my room. Toodle-loo.
AUTHOR: NATHANIEL VOS
I am quite ecstatic about recent findings today. Other than the fact that my room remains a small landfill, things seem to be on the up and up. I received all of my grades back was jubilant upon learning that I did not fail any of my classes. I didn't do so hot in Statistics, but I still passed, and theat is all that matters for now. I found an awesome sale on Westjet for flights up to March 3, so I think I will be flying out to Vancouver to see my Dad for Reading Recess at the end of February. I am really genuinely looking forward to it. I have not yet seen Vancouver, and I have not seen my Dad for ages. It is always fun to do something with him. It should be pretty fun to see the ocean in the winter too. Credit will be offered for anything I do with the Summer Language Bursary Program, making it more attractive than it already was. All in all, a surprising number of things to look forward to. Adios
AUTHOR: NATHANIEL VOS
I realize that I have not posted for quite a while. I got out of the habit since my main reader base is where I was vacationing, killing the need to maintain this page. I am now back in Edmonton for the fist time in a couple weeks, and things should be getting back to normal. I was somewhat reticent to return to the U of A since I have not a clue as to what I am doing. I desperately need a serious sitdown with a counselor. My flights were quite uneventful. I met my uncle and aunt out in Minneapolis and had coffee and chatted with them for quite a while before they went to church. I tried to get on the internet once I had gotten past airport security again, but my wireless card was disconnecting every 20 seconds. I cleared customs fine, and got new drivers for the wireless card, and since then, I have had no problems. Weirdness. I got up at 3 AM MST this morning, which has left me absolutely exhuasted. I have a crap load of stuff to take care of in the morning because I am not going to accomplish anything further tonight. I am quite discouraged, but I think that things will get better once I get some sleep, clean up my room, get my fridge stocked, and figure out what classes I am going to be taking. On top of that, someone very near and dear to me has cancer, and a classmate of mine from High School passed a way a few days ago in a auto accident; she was only 18... Hopefully by Tuesday you will be able to access this website at http://nathaniel.vos.net/ That is if eveything goes according to plan, of course. I need to thank Marc Vos in the Netherlands fo rthis favor. I am going to bed. Adieu.
AUTHOR: NATHANIEL VOS
Back in the United States. Wow, this day has been a long time in coming. I got back last night absolutely exhausted, having slept only 3 and a half hours that night. I wound up going from Edmonton to Minneapolis, Minneapolis to Detroit, and then home. They overbooked my flight, so I figured I would let them pay me for my inconvenience. I got a free trip anywhere in North America except Mexico. Merry Christmas to me... I finally got back to Michigan, and had a dip in the hot tub? Few things are that surprising to someone, and this really caught me off guard. I do remember Dan mentioning it, vaguely, but I had totally forgotten about it. Pleasant surprise. I am happy to be home, and I think I will spend the better part of tomorrow visiting people. I am looking forward to it. That and figuring out what virus I have installed in Windows. I had to use Knoppix because the internet is totally useless in Windows right now. Hmmmm.... The nice thing about this computer though was that a friend of mine installed a blacklight into it. Fun stuff. He also put a tux penguin into it. Which reminds me -- I am compiling the 2.6.0 kernel at my soonest opportunity. This entry couldn't be more random, so I think I'll cut it off and come back at it tomorrow. Salut.
AUTHOR: NATHANIEL VOS
Since I will not be Alberto for quite a while, I figured it was fitting for him to make a post like the one I gave Eddie on the roommate page. It was a blast having him around, and his presence will be missed. Anyway, here goes.... "...Hi everyone, my name is Alberto Sansores Cambranis. I am from Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz. MEXICO. This place is located on the southeast of my country, on the gulf of Mexico. It is a warm place with an average temperature of around 30 celcius degrees (pretty hot, right?). It's been a pleasure to have come to Canada, have studied at UofA and have met many people up here. I am really going to miss being here!!! :( On the other hand I am happy too because I will see my family again. You know it's hard to be far away from them but I guess it was worth every single second I didn't see them. On my plans there is the idea to come back to Canada to get my Master degree and of course see again all this awesome people I am just leaving behind. Ok, well... it was a pleasure to have written to you. And I just want to thank Nate for all the things he did for me. You may know that we actually spent really good time together... sometimes having "breakfast" in the middle of the night, other days just chilling out and some others just talking about different topics. For sure we will stay in touch by MSN Messenger and if someday he decides to go to Mexico we could have good time again. See you everyone, it was a pleasure..."