Updates on my life at the moment

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  1. Hally

    Hally Level IV

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    Okay so I've sit down to write this like 8 times, I'm hoping to get all the way through this time :)

    My life's been SUPER busy since I started school. I'm about 7 weeks in, studying Engineering (General first year) at a school (hrrm) in Ontario, Canada.

    I already did about a month of the program last year, but I had to drop out because of my knee. It got really really really bad, and I had to have surgery. This time around, it's holding up a bit better :)

    What am I learning?

    BALANCE!

    Screw school. I already know most of the calculus, physics and chemistry we're learning, I took AP courses in highschool (which they don't give me credits for here. Golly jeepers yay!), so I know everything, I just don't remember most of it. I'm not really learning anything new though.

    However... I'm getting super involved. I ran for a spot as a first year representative for our school's engineering society (first year eng is 900+ people), and I won. So I'm doing that. I'm planning events and stuff like that. I have to book a club for some time in the next month, to do an event. And I have to find a projector for our movie night that's coming up. Fun stuff.

    I was also elected to my school's student union government, as one of 31 members representing the 20k or so population of our school. I work closely with the Student union prez and VPs. I knew them all already though. The assembly meetings are sometimes 6+ hours, so I have that to look forward to.

    I'm super connected. I was a leader at this leadership conference in the summer, and I met tons and tons of high-up people in the school. Now I'm with them again, in another student group that promotes school spirit. We had a pancake kegger during homecoming. It was pretty sick.

    So there's that crap.

    And schoolwork
    Midterms (that I'm in the middle of right now)

    And socializing.

    And my wonderful girlfriend who I love spending e-time with. And real-time when we can :).

    So balance is key. I've started using google calendar, and today, I bought the google android phone, HTC dream, so I can keep myself organized that way.



    My main point in writing all of this is to say that I won't really have much time for NF any more, and I'm really really sorry guys. As soon as I find SOME WAY to balance what I've already got going on, I'll add in some NF time :) I won't really be doing my job as moderator any more, so if you could make me "secret mod" (red :) ) that'd be awesome. Thanks all!

    Mikey
     
  2. Zer0

    Zer0 Level IV

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    Glad to see you're still alive and well! Looks like you're having a blast with all that stuff going on :D
    Good luck!!

    (its not much of a secret if you post it out loud now is it? XD)
     
  3. SoC

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    Sounds amazing :) keep up the good work! <3

    And as for secret mods, do they exist? o_O
     
  4. ricky92

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    of couse not
     
  5. Ak*

    Ak* Level IV

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    wow.. sounds exciting Hally. Its great that you are taking on allot of extra curricular responsibilities.

    your life is like over 9000 times more busy than my life. lol..
     
  6. munster_poo

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    Nice, engineering seems like a fun thing to major in. I majored in music education. Not really as much use for calculus and physics in my degree :p
     
  7. WildSnorlax

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    Oh nice, you're turning into a SoC :)
    Miss talking to ya Hally!
    Glad things are still good with Rachie {Whom I also haven't seen for soo sooo long}
     
  8. Coldness

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    Just 5 minutes away where you live (:
    That's a really busy life.
    Good to hear you find your balance between all the things you do.

    Good luck :)
    And perhaps we might catch you here when there is more time in a day ^^