Not in Kansas anymore

 I was told that it might be a cool idea if I kept a blog on this adventure of mine. Never blogged before, but I thought I could give it a shot.  Not sure if anyone would be interested but here I go...

So I've been in Canada for about two weeks now.  To get you guys up to speed, so far Canada has been quite cold, and quite lonely.  I spent most of the first week by myself since my roommate didn't have a bed so he spent it with some friends that go to college up here.  So all alone in my apt, no furniture and no internet.  My days were mostly spent running around the greater Vancouver area looking for the cheapest place to buy food and furniture.  At first all I had to eat was cheerios and ham and cheese or jelly sandwiches.... I have since then added spaghetti to the mix .. and lettuce for my sammiches.  For the first week I ate my cereal out of a plastic Starbucks cup, and spread my jelly on my bread with a plastic fork I got from a Costco sample.

The weather here has been a crap load colder than I am used to in LA.  It has been raining on and off since I got here. Last week it started snowing for a bit. Then more rain. Then a lot more snow.  Never really been out while it was snowing so that was pretty cool (crappy pun semi-intended). It snowed for a couple days and I really wanted to build a snowman but I didn't want to build one by myself. The idea seemed really sad to me because I had no one here to help.  Then it rained a bit more, and the snow turned to slushy snow or ice. I hated walking outside that day. Every step I took was a terrifying endeavor. I was so sure I would slip and fall. Luckily, I didn't.

Then my roommate finally moved in (around Saturday) and we went out to buy all the stuff we'd need in the kitchen, like pots/pans and silverware.  He's a pretty cool guy. He's from Colombia.

I have been in school for a week now. First day and half the second was mostly orientation/introduction stuff. But then we started actually having class. They are really cool.  I have a Design , History of Animation, Storyboard, Animation, Modeling, and Lighting class.  These will be my main classes throughout Term 1 (the year is divided into 6 terms).  We are getting into some really interesting and fun stuff. But I know it's going to pick up really soon and a lot. The instructors all tell us that soon we won't be sleeping very much or not at all. Let's see how that goes. I have class 5 days a week 9am- 4 or 7pm (some days later). The other two days are lab. This is my first weekend since I started school and it seems like it will be the last one I will enjoy without having to be in school.  It's going to be intense, but I am looking forward to it.

Um... I think that's all for today. I hope this wasn't too long or uninteresting.  I expect most days I will write way less than this. I'm going to try to write a little something everyday, but I know I'll forget. Also, I may not have time once this program gets going full steam. We'll see. Peace out.