Busy beaver

I'm getting a late start this morning, for some reason. I generally try to be ready to do work (or, in this case, job hunting) by 9 am. It's currently 9:45, and I haven't even showered yet. Ah well. An hour of non-productivity isn't going to kill me.

Meanwhile, I've been going over my schedule for the next few months. My weekends are surprisingly busy. To whit:

Sept. 15-16: Flames of the Equinox (local SCA event in the Eastern Townships)
Sept. 23-24: free weekend, which also happens to be Rosh Hashana (Jewish new year)
Sept. 30: Dancing Cock Brothers show
Oct. 6-8: Cooks and Bards (SCA event in Toronto)
Oct. 14: Fall Harvest (local SCA event)
Oct. 21: Ian's birthday party
Oct. 28: Shadowcourt (long-running Halloween party)
Nov. 4-5: free weekend (whew!)
Nov. 11: EKU (SCA event in Boston, which I may or may not attend)
Nov. 17/18: either Feast of the Hare (SCA event in Ottawa) or Toronto for the CMS convocation

So that's the next two months of weekends planned out. And, despite all the events, it looks like I'll still be able to make all but one of the biweekly games I've got Sunday afternoons. This gets us as far as December, with all the craziness attached to that month.

I suppose I should find some money somewhere to finance all this, eh? Back on the job-hunt for me!

Shootings at Dawson

For those who haven't heard, there were shootings at Dawson College about two hours ago. (Around 12:45) Dawson is one of my prospective employers, but I was not at the school today. My brother attends Dawson, but he was also not at the school, as his classes were to start later this aftenroon. We're both home and safe.

People attending Dawson who read this LJ: are you okay? Are your friends okay? Please check in with me and let me know!

Edited to add:

People I have heard / read are okay:
- Sarah,
- Anime Jeff
- Cowboy
- Tony
- Christina
- Ian's sister and father
- Emma

People I still have not heard about:
- all my friends are safe, thank goodness. Still haven't heard from some of the professors I keep in contact with, but all the students I know are okay.

Edited to add, 4:48 pm: It's almost 5 pm, and I'm heading offline. I've been on my computer since about 1 pm, going over peoples' lj posts, reading the news, and listening to the online feed of 940 news. It seems the situation has calmed down, press conferences are in progress, and reports are very confused about specific details. If anyone needs to talk, feel free to call me on my cell. Otherwise, I probably won't be on my computer for at least an hour or two. I'm going for a walk.

Go read this

My friend Scott works at the Montreal General Hospital, where many of the injured were taken today after the shootings. He wrote about his experiences on his LJ. You can read it here. It's personal, powerful, and frankly overwhelming for me.

This will likely be my last post tonight. More reflections tomorrow morning.