Today's debate!

Thank you to everyone who came to the debate today! I was very pleased to get to meet the other Member-at-Large candidates, and I can say with a lot of confidence that whoever gets elected is going to do a fantastic job. What’s more is that I think the candidates possess a similar vision for what needs to get done at SFU–so while it sounds a bit like we’re repeating each other,...
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welcome!

Hello everyone! Thanks for checking out my blog. This will be used for everything during the campaign period, to keep you up to date on everything that’s happening, and my role in it. Feel free to get ahold of me in any way you feel comfortable–email me at joni.emerald@gmail.com, Facebook me, or post below with questions or comments and I will get back to you as soon as possible....
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a walk in the park

Life’s just trucking along up on the mountain… school’s keeping me busy, as is job hunting and keeping up with friends. (And scrapbooking. But ssh, you didn’t hear that from me.) Making plans can be a difficult process sometimes. As I mentioned to Deanne last night, we’re not suffering from a lack of opportunity–but simply too many choices, too many options,...
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sheesh…

1. Thank goodness for sunshine. 2. Boo on Shakespeare. While it’s “easy” to churn out 1500 words on love in Twelfth Night, it’s somehow depressing to know that you ain’t saying a thing that hasn’t already been said, and that it’s virtually impossible to get something new from the play. The man’s a literary genius, I won’t deny it, but I just...
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rolicking and roadtripping

I think that getting home from a trip is almost as fun as being on the trip; for a couple hours, you get to sort through pictures and reminisce about all the cool things you were doing just yesterday, and don’t yet have to worry too much about “real life” things. It’s like that Dido, “Sand in My Shoes” song… Two weeks away it feels like the world...
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aussie in aussieland

Jeremy’s sister gave birth to a very healthy baby boy, now named Lukas Riley. Woohoo! Just a couple photos from earlier in the month when we went to a rower’s get together at Luke’s house… for once, we were hanging out with Australians! millionth and one photo like this… talking with one of Luke’s very good friends over Skype, as he’s currently in...
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