In sum: Life on Mars is AWESOME.

Despite last night's fun, today I was just a little late (juuuuuuust a wee bit) for the fluffy do-gooding* of the day.

* what I'd call "volunteer work" on a resume

But. Even though I was moderately hung over and still a little high I made the Master of the College laugh, had the College's Academic Advisor (a professor) Entrust me with Responsibility and helped enact a practical demonstration of uni-level lecture note-taking. THEN I met with a professor, tawdled over to the Dean's Office to get briefed on and help direct guidelines for a mentorship discussion forum and THEN found philthe25th to watch the first 3 episodes of s2 Life on Mars (during which both of us said at least twice "Gawd, I love this show."

It really is a good show, and I'm quite interested to see how the first series had one reason why Sam couldn't just pop himself back to reality and how this second series is providing its own reason. It's also quite lovely to see how Sam is growing closer and closer to the 1973 crowd. If/when he does get out of this, he's going to mourn for these new friends of his.

I've been helping with my College's Academic Orientation, but managed to get a lot of other stuff done while I was on campus. I grabbed my student loan (win!), got my Metropass, stopped in to see ppl at the Dean's office yesterday and ended up agreeing to introduce that discussion forum thing to a group of 90 mentors next Tuesday (and OH - neither the FFA nor I have any clue about how this thing is going to run); next Tuesday I'm also helping to facilitate a photo shoot at the York Day Information Fair for my job-that-I-get-paid-for, something I ironed out when I stopped in at my job on my three weeks off (just to say hi!)... which is where I met up with a coworker and we ended up getting pleasantly blitzed and incredibly drunk while watching the sun go down and the storm roll in.

*re-reads that sentence* Oh, yeah. Char: 1. Grammar: 0.

So, what have I been up to, other than that? Watching Doctor Who with psychomax and then with eyesmiling, puzzling over what the heck I'll be doing for that homework that's been assigned for the first day of class (but vulgus is in the class with me! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! We can mock third-years together!), freaking out about how to apply to grad school (I get the process, it's getting off my arse to find the courage to do so) and... what else, what else? ...reading a biography of Phil Ochs and something called The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia. That's been it since Monday.

I think I just realized why I feel so knackered. (Note to self: stop watching BBC cop dramas set in the 1970s). (Note to self: Yes, Northern accents are amusing, but you have a Canadian one. Attempts at mimicry is an experiment that will end in tears.) (Note to self: grab screencaps from that scene in Breakfast on Pluto with the Dalek, the bomb and the IRA to prove to Phil that it actually does exist and that referencing it during that episode of Life on Mars was perfectly understandable.) ...I am quite sleepy, though. SIGH.

Also, when I met with Professor!Scott today, he told me he's teaching FILM 1400. When I told philthe25th, we both laughed 'cause this means that shady_lane is in his class. Tee hee. It's enough to make me want to drop in on some lectures. I think they'll get along famously.