4 weeks? 4 weeks! I cannot believe I have not updated in 4 weeks. Where the hell did the time go? I feel so out of the loop. What’s new and exciting?

Nothing but school and work on my end – with the exception of a few good parties that is. :) Exams went alright, not as great as I had hoped, but there is still the other half of the semester to pull my grades up. :)

As if I needed to get involved anymore – I am now a part of the Sexuality research lab at my university. At the moment we are looking at “sexting” (the act of sexual texting) among university students. It’s quite fascinating so far and I can’t wait to start crunching some numbers and getting results.

I was also offered another job in the sleep lab – this time for overnight studies with the head of the sleep/arousal/perception professor. Nothing is confirmed yet, but I have high hopes! Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Finally, last month I was able to shadow my Dr. in the ER for the day. I can’t even describe how incredible it was to be in that atmosphere! It solidified that this truly is the direction I want to take in life and gave me a little extra motivation to continue on this neverending educational highway to doctorhood.

So other than that, nothing really exciting. I hope to pop by more often and catch up with everyone soon! For now though, I am required to go stare at naked women. That’s right – I am going to go loose my stripper virginity with Robin. Would you believe me if I told you I was going to the strippers for a school project? Cause it’s true. For the last project I had to watch porn. Good ol’ human sexuality!

Omg, it has been forever since I updated! How is everyone? Please fill me in on what's new and exciting. I miss you all. (:

Tomorrow is the day! :D I am shadowing my Dr. in the ER tomorrow afternoon. I really hope it goes well so I can make it a regular occurrence. This is an opportunity usually not given until one is in medical school, so this is an experience of a lifetime! I'M SO EXCTIED! and nervous!

Today I spent over 6 hours shopping with Angelique and Robin and trying to find a white dress for my Halloween costume. I swear, white dresses no longer exist. Then, by fluke, I stopped by “Forbidden Pleasures” (a sex shop) and found the PERFECT one, but it was $73.00. *sigh* I’m not sure I can justify spending that much on a Halloween costume (especially one with such little fabric).

So my weekend off consists of shadowing, studying my ass off and probably picking up an extra shift at work. Oh yeah, I'm living the craaaaazy life.

On a bit of a person note, I really wish I would get my period. I am almost a week late and really would prefer not to be pregnant. K? Thnx.

I have not had a holiday off since Easter 2007. Two and a half years. And this weekend (Canadian Thanksgiving) is no different. I work 14 hours each day. :( All I want is one turkey dinner with my family. Is that so much to ask for?

Oh well, again I will spend it with my second family - my coworkers and the lovely residents (whom I do love with all my heart).

On the plus side, after two not so good quizes in histology, I got 95% today! On facebook I'd mentioned that I was locking myself in my rooom until I knew the material better than I knew the X-Files. 5% better on the quiz and I would have acheived that goal. ;) Also, I am counting down the seconds until Nolan comes home! :D His bus arrives in exactly 12 hours. I won't be able to see him all weekend, so he came home a day early (and skipped a class, shhh) to spend Friday with me. What a sweetheart. <3

Now I must SEE NOLAN study for my midterm, SEE NOLAN go to work and then SEE NOLAN!! :D

So the advice I got from you girls for my hair was:




red √
shorter √
bangs √
straight √

I took each and every piece of advice. You girls are awesome! At first I wasn't sure if I like it, but I think I'm starting to like it. For those of you on my Facebook you may have already seen a slightly altered version of this picture, lol.

Today is the day!

It's Ali's birthday! We are in Toronto and going to CIRCA (the best club in the city) and her parents put us up in THE HILTON for the night! The only problem is you have to be 21 to get into CIRCA which is stupid considering our drinking age is 19. Oh well, we will just have to work hard to "charm" our way in. ;)

Thank you to all who gave me advice about my hair. I'll have to post pictures later ... I hated it at first, but I'm growing to love it.

Have a good weekend!

Attention Everyone,

It should be illegal to have a pornbattle at this time of year when school is so busy.

That is all.

Sincerely,

Jessica's GPA

I NEED HELP! I need to do something with my hair on Wednesday. I have no ideas though. All I know is I want it to be drastic (okay, well at least noticeable)! My hair is getting very long, it's a darkish brown and very curly. As you can see in the picture below, it kind of has a mind of its own. Any ideas? Styles/colours you think are nice but would like to experiment on someone else first? I'll be your guinea pig! :D

Since I've been avoiding homework as much as possible, I've come across a couple more DD/GA quotes to add to my favourites. :)

Fan: "When you shot the Rolling Stone Magazine what was it like being with David Duchovny?"

Gillian: "She means "what was it like to have my naked breast against his chest?" Umm ... it was fun! I mean David's got very soft skin and he's very gentle and umm, we had a lot of fun that day. A lot of ...you know ...just, it was work."



The next comes from a TV Guide interview for the X-Files: I Want To Believe.

Interviewer: "Is Gillian a good kisser?"

David: "Yes she is. And we've kissed before over the years. It's been many years of kissing and it's not been a chore at all, at least not for Mulder. I guess you should ask Scully."

It's pretty obvious it wasn't a chore for either of them. Especially considering they have kissed (more than once) when it wasn't even written in the script. Can you blame them?

This video (which stands as one example) is a sort of countdown, I guess, to one two of these unwritten kisses:



Shit! I better role or I'm going to be late for work! I don't see "I was watching David and Gillian videos on youtube" going over as the best excuse. :)

Not a good day. I feel like shit, bombed my quiz, got harassed by some new asshole at work, bit a chunk off the inside of my cheek, and Nolan and I are fighting ... again.

The plan tonight was to get lots of homework done. Instead of have been watching David/Gillian/Scully/Mulder/X-Files videos for hours.

This clip makes my life. Who in their right mind decided to take this out of the episode?

Word of advice for the day: Never try to pluck eyebrows while drunk. You will end up with half your eyebrow gone. *sobs slightly then laughs uncontrollably*

I have my first quiz this year in 5 hours. Not thje greatest way to start it off.

While I was out, Nolan sent me a message saying this song reminded him of me:



I'm touched, really.

Goodnight, love you all. <3

Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind. omg ♥

Go get it. Now.

p.s. Does anyone else see striking resemblances between Gillian and Kate Winslet?

I'M SORRY! I promise, after this week, I will be around more. Just getting things organized for school has been intense. Classes are going GREAT so far! They are all very interesting. I'm even doing my readings for the first time in 3 years. :D

Teacher's on the other hand ...

Molecular Biology: She is satan. Last year she started out with 120 people in the class. By the drop date 50 people remained. Out of those 50, 32 passed. :S Now she is on academic probation, by her OWN HUSBAND might I add (he is the head of the chemistry department).

Principles of the Nervous System: Great prof, but she is known to be one the toughest professors in the entire university! I am really going to have to keep on top of this class!

Neuropsychology: Again, good as far as teacher's are concerned, but her voice drives me up the wall! She's always so happy but not in a preppy upbeat way ... in more of a "I'm sickly sweet and going to put you to sleep with my lulaby voice" way. If that makes any sense whatsoever, lol.

Histology: Interesting thing ... she is not actually a professor. She is a graduate student. :S As much as this worries me, I like her teaching style. Because she has not been out of university long herself, she is able to relate with us students more than most professors.

Human Sexuality: BEST CLASS IN THE WORLD AND THE TEACHER'S AWESOME! NO COMPLAINTS! :D
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I watched Marg on The Late, Late Show last night. I forget how much I love her until I see her again. :) She looked wonderful! Now if only I could get back into CSI again ...

I am rediscovering the love that is Facebook. I think I have most of you, but for those I don't: http://www.facebook.com/jessicamariebernard Add me! :D

For those familiar with Catholicism, that heading may or may not be funny. ;) I have a million things to do so this is just a drive-by update.

~These last few weeks on my own have been memorable to say the least. New roommates moved in. John is an extremely talented musician who works with disabled children, and Christine is an Asian bisexual who might just end up being one of my best friends ever. She is awesome!

~One of our first nights out we got into a massive bar fight. I'm not talking any bitch-slapping, this was face bashing against the pavement. :S Got a pretty awesome battle wound on my neck - hope that never happens again.

~Started classes yesterday! My sexuality class is AMAZING! I honestly think I'm going into the wrong field. Sex just fascinates me so much (as it does most people) but this is on a completely different level!

~Interesting tid-bit. It was my sister’s first day of school last week and one of her classmates last names is “Scully” and another is “Skinner” and everyone in the class calls them by their last names. All they need is a Mulder now. Too bad it wasn’t a more common name. :)

~The other day at work we were talking about the strangest dreams we had ever had. There were some pretty weird ones, but it was an X-Files related one that took the cake interestingly enough. James, a man I work with, once dreams that 100 naked Dana Scully’s (so at this point I’m thinking, “oooo, yeah, I may have dreamt the same thing once or twice) were throwing baby dill pickles at him (here’s where the WTF face came in). LOL. I wonder what a dream guru would think about that. Any ideas?

Miss you all. <3

I think I've finally worked out my courses for this year. :) It's going to be an intense load trying to combine 3rd and 4th year into one - however, I'm so excited! I find all of these area's extremely interesting. Especially my sexuality classes ... yeah, I bet you never would have guessed, right? ;)

Fall Term:
( BIOL 3080H – Molecular biology )

( BIOL 3040H – Histology )

( PSYC – BIOL 3210H – Principles of the nervous system )

( PSYC – BIOL 3220H – Neuropsychology )

( PSYC – WMST 3760H – Human sexuality )

Winter Term:
(  BIOL 4620H – Biotechnology, genetic engineering and public policy )

( PSYC 3230H – Sleep and arousal )

( PSYC 3750H – Health psychology )

( BIOL – PSYC 4840H – Neuroendocrinology )

( PSYC 4760H – Advanced Topic in personality, social, abnormal and developmental psychology )

p.s. cable guy stood us up for the third time on Friday ... @&$*!

The fucking cable guy didn’t show up ... AGAIN! So I am still without tv, cable and internet (I’m currently stealing internet from across the road, which kicks out every 5 minutes, lol). I’m going stir crazy! Dexter is the only thing keeping me sane. I finished the first season and just started the second. It’s quite addicting.

I’m going to the cottage with the family and Nolan this weekend. The weather is supposed to be lovely. :) I hope everyone enjoys their weekend (or long-weekend for some). When I get back I should be around more because we will have internet - and if we don’t, someone is going to die. Okay, maybe that was a little dramatic ... I blame Dexter.

I’m all moved in! However, I will be so relieved when tomorrow night comes. I have been at my new place for weeks now with no phone, internet, cable or people. Also, to make things worse, I put my cell phone through the washing machine by accident yesterday. Ooops. There goes all 173 contacts I had in there. :S

It’s that time of year again. Time to crack down, time to hit the books and worst of all – time to say goodbye to Nolan. One week today he’ll return to London and we will begin another 8 months of long distance relations. I just hope it goes better than last year did ...

The first time he left, he told me that although many things would change in our lives, our love never would. It reminds me of one of my favourite songs of all time – Love Remains the Same by Gavin Rossdale.

...
I never thought that I had any more to give,
You’re pushing me so far, here I am without you.
Drink to all that we have lost, mistakes we have made,
Everything will change, but love remains the same.
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So much more to say, so much to be done,
Don’t you trick me out, we shall overcome,
‘Cause our love stays ablaze.

This video is a must see for all, btw.

(:

I love you all.

OOOOOOOOOHHH MY GOD!!!!

Remember this reference letter my prof did for me? Well it was for a $1000.00 scholarship through my work that I knew I would never ever in a million years get! Why, you say? Because only 6 people in ALL OF CANADA were being awarded.

I was just informed that I AM ONE OF THOSE 6 PEOPLE!!! *dies* I seriously think I'm going to faint! I NEVER thought I would actually get it when I applied!

BwahahahaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!

OMG, octoberaine! Do you remember me being all "I don't even know why I'm bothering, there is no way I'll get it." ?? Well am I ever glad I didn't listen to myself! *SQUEEE!*

Today is my first day off work in 9 days. If feels wonderful to just sit.

Nolan and I spent last night together and it was possibly one of the best nights of my life. Nothing extra ordinary happened – it was just wonderful. We had only not seen each other for a week, but the way we were around each other, you would think it had been months. We had a wonderful conversation with my parents, spent time with my sister, went for ice cream and talked about everything under the sun.

However, the entire night, no matter what we were doing, consisted of trying to out tease each other. It was so much fun, not to mention unbelievably hot. We have always had a very intense sexual chemistry, but this was at its peak. By the time we got to bed, we couldn’t have each other quick enough. I swear it was the best sex of my life. I’m glad we left early this morning because I didn’t want to have to see his family after what I’m pretty sure they heard last night. *blushes*

So needless to say, Nolan and I are doing great. Probably the best we have ever been in 5 ½ years. I’m just sad I have to say goodbye to him yet again in only 2 weeks.

Amber miscarried. I feel terrible for her. Even though I don’t like her, no one deserves that. At the same time though, I’m relieved for Mark. It’s so sad to say, but he has his life back. Talk about karma in it's harshest form.

I never updated about this, but a few weeks back, my friend David came to visit. Long story short (I’ll elaborate later), things did not go well – not at all. To the point that I never ever want to see him again.

Wednesday night, Liz’s boyfriend told me something about that night with Dave that made me want to be sick. I don’t know if it’s true. All I can do is pray that it is not. The only way to find out though is to talk to him again – which I don’t think I can do. I feel so disgusting and used. *shudders*

Sorry I’ve been such a terrible LJ friend lately. Between work, school wrapping up/starting up at the same time and moving, it’s been really busy. I hope everyone is doing well. What’s new?