cheating.

today is a creativity day. after a most productive brainstorming session last night (thanks Ford!) and increasing worries about my paper topic (due tomorrow), i've decided that my oh-so-stressful work situation at the moment needs to be put aside in favor of more productive pursuits.

in short, i called in sick, so i could write and research.

i feel a little guilty - like i'm dodging a bullet through cowardice (all week, i've been waiting for the sit-down talk with the manager - the "we're so disappointed in you" one, even though the situation is only about 10% my fault), but i've been stressing out about work and school, and i need to get something actually DONE.

and i swear, i won't touch WoW until i've made significant headway. right...

:: edit ::

or i can spend the day watching in horror the developments at Dawson.

wtf?

....

shooting at Dawson college. i've been glued to CBC and RDI for the past 2 hours. i finally hit my limit of seeing the same footage and hearing the same speculation over and over, and decided that i really, really needed to disconnect for a while. i'll check up again once the news comes on.

at last count, there were 6 taken to hospital, 3 in very serious condition. 2 shooters are supposedly down: one killed by police, the other committed suicide. the shots were fired in the atrium/Conrads, for those who know the school.

neotrixan is fine. he wasn't at school today. thank the gods.

this is insane. that's about all i can say.