Well, this week I had my convocation. It was long, but not as long as I had imagined. Bob Rae is the new chanellor of Laurier, so basically he doesn't really do anything except acts as a figurehead and adds to his illustrious resume of things he's a part of... But i got to shake his hand! Woo hoo! :)

I have also decided to take this entrepreneurial opportunity to hold me over while I look for a job. It's basically a new web service designed for young teachers, admin, parents and students. It allows for a one stop web community for everyone to use. Anyway, basically am there to help develop and execute a big presentation infront of a committee, and if it works out, then i'll be a really happy man! We'll see how it goes...now about...

HalloeEEEeeeeeeeeeen
For halloween, I went to two completely different events, both of which were really fun to go to! I was dressed up as Kato from Green Hornet, which i put together at 4:00 p.m. that night. I must say it looked quite decent for the amount of time I had to get it going.

The first event was a smaller intimate gathering of old friends from high school (although i wasn't one of the ones who went to the same high school as them!). It was cool to see another set of tight friends back from University or wherever they're from for this event. You can feel the history between them, as well as their openness for others. I can spot out traits from people from my previous group of high school friends here, which was really funny too.. It's like the Seinfield where Elaine finds another group of friends, and she says "sorry. i've already got a George" when George wants to join her group of new friends too.

Now, the other event was completely different. It was HUGE! Basically it was one of those parties where you can just walk in and out of the place, and noone would be the wiser. Kinda like some of those mega 1st year keggers. It was downtown and in an old toronto 3-story house. Each floor had different cultures. The first floor was an "in-out" area where people are always in transit. There was a kitchen there as well, so ppl were continually roaming for candies as well as in search for the washroom. In the second floor, the common area was converted into a DJ room. This room was illuminated with red and black lighting, highlighting a large painting on a draped fabric created by one of the tenants. There was also a balcony where ppl kept going in and out to smoke.

Speaking of smoking, it was great to see that people where abiding by the requested house rules. There was a sign asking for smoking to be outside, and it was amazing, b/c i didn't see anyone smoking cigarettes ... in terms other smokable products, well, that was engaged on the 3rd floor. Heh. I spent the majority of the night moving from outside, 1st and 2nd floors. It was hard since there were so many ppl that I didn't know, and my relation to the party was a friend of a friend's girlfriend! I did get talking to a few people, and they all were really nice and friendly. It was also fun to get hit on by some witches and fairies (i mean the REAL kind this time), and i even got my picture taken by a paperbag princess!

3 doors down (no, not the band) there was a major kegger taking place. It was absolutely INSANE. Suprisingly no cops came over, b/c ppl were so packed that they were flooding onto the streets. They were suprisingly quiet though, so that's probably why.

Halloween was definitely a great night. I got to go to completely different parties, both of which i could express different parts of myself: a little personal intimate one-on-ones, a little shouting over 100 dB electronic music, a little bruchetta and bottled water, a little weed and twizzlers. I wish more of you could have made it!

Take care,

RE

"eat drink and be merry"