Random Babble

This entry is purely for shameless pimping of an awesome event: the Gateway Music Festival in Bengough, Saskatchewan. From July 25-27, the tiny town of Bengough will play host to more than 20 performers, covering a variety of genres including country, blues, folk, rock, pop, ska, and many more.  ----->Festival Homepage<----- Headline acts: Doc Walker and Shane Yellowbird

Yes, both the main headline acts are country, albeit new country. But hey, there's lots of other groups to see. 

And come on, the town's population is under 400 people at last count. The fact this with be the fourth year the town has put this event on, with it getting bigger and better every year is amazing. The total attendence for the weekend last year was more than SIX TIMES the town's population!

Oh, and for anyone curious, here are links to both parts of the video montage I made of last year's Festival (sorry, crappy vid quality at some points, but the video was taken on small digital cameras. Linkage: part one     part two

*sigh* I have so much shit to do. And haven't started any of it.

I think I've hit the point where I've gotten so overwhelmed that I've shut down. Crap. Potentially problematic, that, especially considering I've spun myself a new web of little white lies that could utterly bugger things up for me if I don't get my stuff done. You'd think barely avoiding failing out of uni would have been enough of a kick in the ass to make me smarten up. And yet, here I am, messing around online while the time ticks by. Guess I'd better get going.


Time left to get done what I need to: 5.

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Fuck.

You know you've gotten comfortable in a relationship when you can make poo jokes.

Phobias are a pain.

I suppose I can't really say that, as I don't know if it would actually count as a phobia, but ah well, to the point:

I'm afraid of doctors. A few bad experiences in the past have led to my avoiding going to one at all costs. I will only go if there is absolutely no choice otherwise. Oddly enough, I'm fine when it comes to going to the dentist, despite having teeth that constantly needed work done(spacers, teeth pulled, etc. I refused braces though). Or at least I used to be fine with dentists.

At my last checkup they noticed that my two upper wisdom teeth had come in, and the lower two were working on it. However, the problem was with the lower pair. They're coming in at a pretty extreme angle, so they have to come out. Ok, that's not so horrible, as I said, I've had teeth pulled before, no problem. But then, they took an x-ray, just to check things out, and lo and behold, I'm an anomoly. It would seem there are another pair of teeth forming at the back of my upper jaw. 

So I have 6 wisdom teeth. I know I can be a bit of a wise-ass at times, but this is going a bit to the extreme to prove it, I think.

But back to the point. So, even though my upper pair of wisdom teeth had come in fine, no problems at all, because of these extra ones, I'm going to have to go to an oral surgeon and get stuff done. Now, as soon as the word "surgeon" got put out there, I started having a bit of an inward panic attack. But then upon hearing that before anything, I need to make an appointment with the oral surgeon for a consultation, and only then will I get an appointment for the actual procedure. And the date set for my consultation was June 14th. Now, this was in February, so the thought of it being so far away calmed me down. In fact, I'd completely forgotten the date, until my mom reminded me that the 14th is next Thursday. 

Considering that my reaction to that news was to get an upset stomach and stop talking for an hour doesn't bode well for how I'm going to handle this whole thing. The fact that someone I on my deviantART watchlist just had her wisdom teeth removed and is now hopped up on painkillers and other medication, and has now gotten herself a nice little infection really is not helping me. 

In the end I'm sure I'll be able to suck it up and deal with it, if for no other reason than my odd trait of not allowing people to see how much I'm mentally freaking out. 

To finish off, I'm curious, if anyone happens to read this: Is there anything that completely freaks you out like that? Doesn't have to be a big thing, could be something like fear of spiders or the dark or whatever. Like I said, I'm just curious.

Have a good one, all!

Alright, first post time. First things first, I'm likely not going to do a whole lot in the way of posting here, since I have other sites (devART, RoosterTeeth) that I mess around on, and the main reason behind my joining LJ is because I just like looking at stuff on here. I'm a pretty shy person, generally, so I don't post a lot on any site, really. Anyway, on to the actual entry:

I'm currently in university, studying to become I don't know what. I'm in my second year, and having scrapped my original idea of veterinary medicine due to an extreme aversion to maths and chemistry, I'm now trying to figure out exactly what I want to do. For now, I'm debating between history or archaeology majors. 

Interest-wise, I'm very into music. My main genre is rock, all kinds, and also country, but I listen to a variety of other things as well, and am willing to give anything a listen to try it out. My all-time favourite band is Crash Test Dummies. Other bands high on my list are Billy Talent, A Perfect Circle, Eve 6, Nickelback, Our Lady Peace, Red Hot Chili Peppers, to name a few. I'm an avid reader, with my favourite authors including Terry Pratchett, Diana Gabaldon, Anne Bishop, W.Michael and Kathleen O'Neal Gear, Jane Austen, and J.K. Rowling. A few favourite titles are: Outlander, Pride and Prejudice, Reaper Man, Thief of Time, Lord John and the Private Matter, Heir to the Shadows, People of the Lakes. I play a few computer games, mostly strategy stuff like Civilization, Heroes of Might and Magic, that sort of thing. 

Well, I can't really think of anything else to add at the moment, other than that when I do update with new entries, they likely won't be too profound, just me babbling on about one thing or another. 

Have a good one, all!