gaah, midterms
Oct. 24th, 2007 05:11 pmCollege is starting to piss me off. Most specifically, my Medieval Britain professor who gives us a total of two days to study for the midterm. My two busiest days of the week, no less. The same was true for our first paper. In my other history class we have two and a half weeks for the paper.
Have been watching lots of NCIS, Criminal Minds, and South Park, and really, really enjoying this season of Atlantis. John's getting his share of the whumping and it's only been four episodes.
...and I just watched John Williams conduct the Boston Pops at the World Series. Spectacular.
Last weekend I went home, and it was good. My kitty was happy to see me.
Have been watching lots of NCIS, Criminal Minds, and South Park, and really, really enjoying this season of Atlantis. John's getting his share of the whumping and it's only been four episodes.
...and I just watched John Williams conduct the Boston Pops at the World Series. Spectacular.
Last weekend I went home, and it was good. My kitty was happy to see me.
It took two hours for us to move all our stuff in on Thursday, and then we bought curtains and had lunch at Chili's. Friday we bought DSL cords, textbooks, and later an attack cat sign at the absolute zoo that was Freebies at Freddies. Saturday I superglued myself when trying to fix a used book, and then found out I wasn't supposed to use the stuff on paper anyway. Jessica and I helped two people move in, met a few people in our hall, one of which is also a Medieval studies major (woot!!), and have not yet had the opportunity to play Apples to Apples.
Hilary from last year has a car now, and willing to drive us around so we don't have to take the bus.
Kersten at the end is from Alaska.
Kaleo is from Hawaii.
Emma is apparently Jewish, because her dad refused to move her to school on Friday because he didn't want to drive when fasting.
Our room was built as a triple and fucking ROCKS.
Classes started yesterday, but I don't remember much because the first one was at 8:30 and I didn't finish class/work related stuff until 5. I have the Germant teacher from last year who's awesome (and a little hot), plus some other familiar faces from first year. Work is about the same, except I have to make sure the new people know what they're doing. I haven't been unfortunate enough to have to actually train anybody or work at the desk yet. And I have to read Beowulf by tomorrow.
I can't wait until Thursday, when I have no class and can catch up on all the homework I'm sure to be behind on.
Hilary from last year has a car now, and willing to drive us around so we don't have to take the bus.
Kersten at the end is from Alaska.
Kaleo is from Hawaii.
Emma is apparently Jewish, because her dad refused to move her to school on Friday because he didn't want to drive when fasting.
Our room was built as a triple and fucking ROCKS.
Classes started yesterday, but I don't remember much because the first one was at 8:30 and I didn't finish class/work related stuff until 5. I have the Germant teacher from last year who's awesome (and a little hot), plus some other familiar faces from first year. Work is about the same, except I have to make sure the new people know what they're doing. I haven't been unfortunate enough to have to actually train anybody or work at the desk yet. And I have to read Beowulf by tomorrow.
I can't wait until Thursday, when I have no class and can catch up on all the homework I'm sure to be behind on.
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Sep. 19th, 2007 10:40 pmFarewell we call to hearth and hall!
Though wind may blow and rain may fall,
We must away ere break of day
Far over wood and mountain tall.
To Rivendell, where Elves yet dwell
In glades beneath the misty fell,
Through moor and waste we ride in haste,
And whither then we cannot tell.
With foes ahead, behind us dread,
Beneath the sky shall be our bed,
Until at last our toil be passed,
Our journey done, our errand sped.
We must away! We must away!
We ride before the break of day!
I was packing for three and a half hours today. I kind of wish I didn't like so much of my stuff.
It's all sunk in now that I'm leaving now that my room is a little less cluttered. I feel a little bit sad because I'll miss this place, and my cat, and all the time off, but I remember that I adjusted easily enough to life away from home last year, and that this year will be even easier because I have friends where I'm going. And I should have a little bit of free time: I have almost four complete days in a row off every week, so I'm bringing books to read.
For some reason I really feel like writing Star Wars fic.
Though wind may blow and rain may fall,
We must away ere break of day
Far over wood and mountain tall.
To Rivendell, where Elves yet dwell
In glades beneath the misty fell,
Through moor and waste we ride in haste,
And whither then we cannot tell.
With foes ahead, behind us dread,
Beneath the sky shall be our bed,
Until at last our toil be passed,
Our journey done, our errand sped.
We must away! We must away!
We ride before the break of day!
I was packing for three and a half hours today. I kind of wish I didn't like so much of my stuff.
It's all sunk in now that I'm leaving now that my room is a little less cluttered. I feel a little bit sad because I'll miss this place, and my cat, and all the time off, but I remember that I adjusted easily enough to life away from home last year, and that this year will be even easier because I have friends where I'm going. And I should have a little bit of free time: I have almost four complete days in a row off every week, so I'm bringing books to read.
For some reason I really feel like writing Star Wars fic.
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Sep. 17th, 2007 11:44 am1. Last night I dreamed I was climbing a very tall mountain, throwing spears at boats from the water, and shooting cookies shaped like the gold pieces from Curse of the Black Pearl out of a hand cannon.
Apparently, this was for some sort of project. I really don't know any more than that.
2. I want to write something, godDAMMIT!
3. Why didn't I get a Week of Welcome packet this year? Am I supposed to just guess what the hell is going on? (They send me Welcome to the Residence Halls stuff like I'm a first year, but no WOW shit. I find this irksome.)
4. It's WINDY today and I LIKE it.
Apparently, this was for some sort of project. I really don't know any more than that.
2. I want to write something, godDAMMIT!
3. Why didn't I get a Week of Welcome packet this year? Am I supposed to just guess what the hell is going on? (They send me Welcome to the Residence Halls stuff like I'm a first year, but no WOW shit. I find this irksome.)
4. It's WINDY today and I LIKE it.
Now Leaving Stressville
Jun. 12th, 2007 12:35 amIt's my very last night in this room EVER. Most of my stuff is packed up and the room looks so different and bare with the shelves empty. Most of the posters are still on the walls, because I hate posterless walls (especially white ones) and I'll need something to do when I wait for Sam to come get me tomorrow. I still have so much to do before I go home: I have one more final tomorrow morning, for which I'm getting up early to study. I have work for two hours in the afternoon, papers to turn in, and books to get back to the library. I won't be leaving until after 5:30. This year has gone by so fast it's hard to get my head around it. I swear September wasn't that long ago, and I was just moving in, and when I first walked into this room it seemed so small. But here I am in June, almost nine months later, and I have one more night left and the room doesn't seem so small anymore. This has been the fastest year of school ever. Mayhaps time is slow where I'm from. It will be strange to be in a place where everybody's white and speaks the same language, because I've gotten used to hearing half a dozen languages when I walk down the street, or even down the hallway. I'm looking forward to being in a place where there are cats, and where I can sleep in the morning, and where it's quiet at night. Although it seems like I've only just gotten used to the noise of other people. Figures.
I finished my papers about a half an hour ago, FINALLY. I'm proud of myself. I wrote a five-page paper in two hours, and I don't think it's all that bad. It could probably use a bit of organization and a runthrough, but I'm low on ink and I hate correcting papers on the computer. I've pre-loaded my favorite episode of Doctor Who as a treat for finishing. OH YES BY THE WAY I'm a huge Doctor Who fan as of about two weeks ago. It's the main reason I didn't get the paper written a lot sooner. I'm getting the DVDs as soon as I can. It's just so damn freaking awesome. Not to mention David Tennant is absolutely gorgeous. And Torchwood, while very different as spinoffs go, has awesomeness too. Like every main cast member snogging a member of the same sex at least once, and that's only the first season. For some of them it was each other. God, I love the English.
I may have screwed myself on my German final. But that's what I thought last time, and I came away with 95%. So who knows.
I must now watch the Doctor be awesome.
I finished my papers about a half an hour ago, FINALLY. I'm proud of myself. I wrote a five-page paper in two hours, and I don't think it's all that bad. It could probably use a bit of organization and a runthrough, but I'm low on ink and I hate correcting papers on the computer. I've pre-loaded my favorite episode of Doctor Who as a treat for finishing. OH YES BY THE WAY I'm a huge Doctor Who fan as of about two weeks ago. It's the main reason I didn't get the paper written a lot sooner. I'm getting the DVDs as soon as I can. It's just so damn freaking awesome. Not to mention David Tennant is absolutely gorgeous. And Torchwood, while very different as spinoffs go, has awesomeness too. Like every main cast member snogging a member of the same sex at least once, and that's only the first season. For some of them it was each other. God, I love the English.
I may have screwed myself on my German final. But that's what I thought last time, and I came away with 95%. So who knows.
I must now watch the Doctor be awesome.
Warning! panic imminent
May. 22nd, 2007 05:02 pmIt's almost the end of the school year and things are hectic. German group projects are coming up, I have three papers to write, and sending in my financial aid and housing papers to worry about, which is especially stressful since my dad isn't here to help me out. There's a preliminary bibliograpy for one paper due on Thursday and I first heard about a few hours ago. This morning I was up early to sign up for finals week work hours and pick up the sheet for next fall's work hours, and this afternoon I signed up for fall classes. I'm also seriously behind on all my homework. Thank GOD there's a three-day weekend coming up fast.
However, there are some uplifting signs: I've had two assignments handed back this week with As on them, one of which was a three-pager I wrote in a couple of hours the night before it was due on a lot of caffeine. Nothing was written on it about the actual content, although the teacher did have the gall to correct some of MY grammar. Who dares! Anyway, that's at least got my confidence up for the next paper due for that class. The source report for Dante, which I was so worried about and thought I did horrible on, also did well. Sam was lording it over me that he graduated magna cum laudi, and that I had "work to do." Of course, his school has less than a tenth of the number of students and he spent a year at Waseda where they didn't teach him anything. And he took one class at a time. Jerk.
Next fall classes are German 201, Medieval Britain (at 8:30!), and History of Modern Europe. I have no class on Thursdays, and only at 1:00 on Tuesays and Fridays. The 8:30 is twice a week, and I may have convinced Jessica to take it with me. I'm kind of freaking out about everything I have to do in the next couple of weeks. I'm sooo glad I dropped Old English or I'd have a breakdown. Fortunately, it looks like I'll be able to go home on Tuesday again.
However, there are some uplifting signs: I've had two assignments handed back this week with As on them, one of which was a three-pager I wrote in a couple of hours the night before it was due on a lot of caffeine. Nothing was written on it about the actual content, although the teacher did have the gall to correct some of MY grammar. Who dares! Anyway, that's at least got my confidence up for the next paper due for that class. The source report for Dante, which I was so worried about and thought I did horrible on, also did well. Sam was lording it over me that he graduated magna cum laudi, and that I had "work to do." Of course, his school has less than a tenth of the number of students and he spent a year at Waseda where they didn't teach him anything. And he took one class at a time. Jerk.
Next fall classes are German 201, Medieval Britain (at 8:30!), and History of Modern Europe. I have no class on Thursdays, and only at 1:00 on Tuesays and Fridays. The 8:30 is twice a week, and I may have convinced Jessica to take it with me. I'm kind of freaking out about everything I have to do in the next couple of weeks. I'm sooo glad I dropped Old English or I'd have a breakdown. Fortunately, it looks like I'll be able to go home on Tuesday again.
big damn homework
Apr. 8th, 2007 10:45 amAll my friends left me and went to an anime con in Seattle this weekend. And while I've gotten quite a bit of homework done, I'm just a bit lonely. I've more or less locked myself in my room and stayed the hell away from the dining halls. I hate eating there alone. For the last three days I've been living on peanut butter sandwiches, goldfish, and microwave maccaroni. And reading. A lot. They come back today, but I have no idea how late.
Even with the whole weekend I don't know if I'll be able to get all my homework done (partly because I get bored stiff after four or five hours and need to do something else), and this will be my best chance to do much at all. Jess and I are going to be cramming Stargate the rest of the week, and we may have to skip a few episodes for the time being because we have over two seasons to get through and new episodes start on Friday (that's right, bitch! FRIDAY!). After that we can take our liesurely time with Atlantis and Firefly.
Apparently it's not a problem with my shoe, it's a problem with my heel, because it's happened with two different shoes. I hope it gets better soon, because walking five miles in sandals is not fun.
Even with the whole weekend I don't know if I'll be able to get all my homework done (partly because I get bored stiff after four or five hours and need to do something else), and this will be my best chance to do much at all. Jess and I are going to be cramming Stargate the rest of the week, and we may have to skip a few episodes for the time being because we have over two seasons to get through and new episodes start on Friday (that's right, bitch! FRIDAY!). After that we can take our liesurely time with Atlantis and Firefly.
Apparently it's not a problem with my shoe, it's a problem with my heel, because it's happened with two different shoes. I hope it gets better soon, because walking five miles in sandals is not fun.
the deep breath before the plunge
Apr. 4th, 2007 03:36 pmI consider it a bit on the side of fortune that I have made it through three days of this term with no panic attacks. I have twelve textbooks and a reading packet. TWELVE. My knees are complaining, and one of my new shoes is digging into the back of my Achilles heel. Three of my teachers tried to keep us late today, which is not good because it takes me so much time to go between classes, and my bike needs new tires. Inability of professors to read clocks really seems to be an issue at this school. Yesterday I was behind already because I don't get much time for homework on Mondays, and I have doubts that Jessica and I will be able to finish two and a half seasons of Stargate by next Friday, since she'll be gone all weekend.
But so far, so good.
I'm loving Inferno. Beowulf is slow-going, because I have to translate it as I read it. We're only planning to do about a third of it in class. I really like my History class so far, even if it's at nine in the morning. It's in the most amazing building that makes it feel like I'm stepping back in time about a hundred years. We didn't get to practice today, but I love Longsword. I hope I can take it again next year, and use a steel sword instead of a wood one. I still don't really like German, partly because I have the same teacher as last term (and it only took her three days to start yelling at us this time), and I'm not as fond of the language and I thought I would be. I'd rather take Russian or Italian right now.
Most of my friends will be gone at Sakuracon this weekend, which will be lonely but will at least give me time to do some homework and, with any luck, get ahead a little.
But so far, so good.
I'm loving Inferno. Beowulf is slow-going, because I have to translate it as I read it. We're only planning to do about a third of it in class. I really like my History class so far, even if it's at nine in the morning. It's in the most amazing building that makes it feel like I'm stepping back in time about a hundred years. We didn't get to practice today, but I love Longsword. I hope I can take it again next year, and use a steel sword instead of a wood one. I still don't really like German, partly because I have the same teacher as last term (and it only took her three days to start yelling at us this time), and I'm not as fond of the language and I thought I would be. I'd rather take Russian or Italian right now.
Most of my friends will be gone at Sakuracon this weekend, which will be lonely but will at least give me time to do some homework and, with any luck, get ahead a little.
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Mar. 16th, 2007 02:02 pmClasses are finally OVER. I have three final exams and a paper due on Monday, and I work Tuesday morning and then I go home. I'm signed up for 18 credits next term and I might get to add Old Norse *squee!* and I really hope my brain doesn't cave in from the stress. In four days I get to see my parents, my cats, my dog, and hopefully some of my friends. I'll get to lay around at home and make fanvids and knit and watch movies with my mom. I only resent that spring break is so damn short. I'm bringing back my bike, my teapot, and probably even more movies. Waiting for me at home are Stargate Atlantis season 2 and Escape from Mars.
FOUR WEEKS UNTIL NEW STARGATE! THE FINAL TEN EPISODES OF SG-1!!!
Well, if I wasn't there for the beginning, at least I can be there for the end.
FOUR WEEKS UNTIL NEW STARGATE! THE FINAL TEN EPISODES OF SG-1!!!
Well, if I wasn't there for the beginning, at least I can be there for the end.
major late update
Mar. 8th, 2007 05:39 pmAs if being under a mountain of homework wasn't bad enough, now I've caught a nasty chest cold that's wiping me out. Usually I get head colds, but instead of constantly blowing my nose, I'm coughing up phlegm and my head spins when I move it too much.
I've got a ten-page paper due next week that I haven't really started yet on a thousand-year-old poem in a dead language. I figure I'll just analyze the hell out of it, and since nobody really knows what it means, I can say whatever I want as long as I can back it up with text. I'm not too worried about it. I'm staying home from classes tomorrow, partly because I need the time to do homework, and partly because I might pass out if I get any worse than I was today. I'll be spending Saturday morning filming our German rip-off of Iron Chef, so I'll need my strength for that.
Jessica and I are going to be roomates next year! Seriously, she's the one person I know here I could live with, and she needs to be in a double for cost reasons or else get an apartment. She'll be the only one of my friends still here next year, and I want to stay in the dorms. So we'll be roomies. We're going to try our damndest to get our own bathroom. We've been watching Stargate SG-1 for half the term, because she hasn't seen it. Last week we finished season 5. Woot! If only we had time to do six before the break. But homework came to bite us in the ass. She has the same ten-page that I do 'cause we're both in Old English.
It turns out that I'm astoundingly behind on my upper-division credts, moreso than I thought. I'll have to take two terms of 17 credits and two of 21 to graduate next year. Which means I'll be up to my ass in homework for more than a year and probably have to take some time off before grad school. I really don't want to spend another year getting my bachelor's degree, partly because living here costs so much. Next term I have lined up Old English III (Beowulf!), Dante in Translation, German 103, Late Middle Ages History, and Italian Longsword (which I'm really excited about). I also want to take an Ancient Maya class because 1) four upper-div credits 2) it's at a time that works for me 3) three of my friends are taking it. It might be full by the time I get to sign up, but I'll go the first day and wait for somebody to drop it. That class will put me at 22 credits. Let's hope my brian doesn't explode. That's nine credits more than what I'm barely surviving now, but most of that is due to the amount of time spent slacking off with friends and watching Stargate.
Speaking of Stargate, I saw the promos for the second half of the season of both shows last night, and I am excited to DEATH about them. Episodes return in five weeks!!!
I've got a ten-page paper due next week that I haven't really started yet on a thousand-year-old poem in a dead language. I figure I'll just analyze the hell out of it, and since nobody really knows what it means, I can say whatever I want as long as I can back it up with text. I'm not too worried about it. I'm staying home from classes tomorrow, partly because I need the time to do homework, and partly because I might pass out if I get any worse than I was today. I'll be spending Saturday morning filming our German rip-off of Iron Chef, so I'll need my strength for that.
Jessica and I are going to be roomates next year! Seriously, she's the one person I know here I could live with, and she needs to be in a double for cost reasons or else get an apartment. She'll be the only one of my friends still here next year, and I want to stay in the dorms. So we'll be roomies. We're going to try our damndest to get our own bathroom. We've been watching Stargate SG-1 for half the term, because she hasn't seen it. Last week we finished season 5. Woot! If only we had time to do six before the break. But homework came to bite us in the ass. She has the same ten-page that I do 'cause we're both in Old English.
It turns out that I'm astoundingly behind on my upper-division credts, moreso than I thought. I'll have to take two terms of 17 credits and two of 21 to graduate next year. Which means I'll be up to my ass in homework for more than a year and probably have to take some time off before grad school. I really don't want to spend another year getting my bachelor's degree, partly because living here costs so much. Next term I have lined up Old English III (Beowulf!), Dante in Translation, German 103, Late Middle Ages History, and Italian Longsword (which I'm really excited about). I also want to take an Ancient Maya class because 1) four upper-div credits 2) it's at a time that works for me 3) three of my friends are taking it. It might be full by the time I get to sign up, but I'll go the first day and wait for somebody to drop it. That class will put me at 22 credits. Let's hope my brian doesn't explode. That's nine credits more than what I'm barely surviving now, but most of that is due to the amount of time spent slacking off with friends and watching Stargate.
Speaking of Stargate, I saw the promos for the second half of the season of both shows last night, and I am excited to DEATH about them. Episodes return in five weeks!!!
Wow, it's been a week. Okay.
So I'm back at school. The night we got back we had a round of Apples to Apples with Joe's new expansion pack until about two in the morning, even though we were already exhausted, because we hadn't seen each other in a month and Apples to Apples is so much more fun on sleep deprivation anyway. The next day was the first day of classes. I dropped two, Chinese Religions and Japanese Anime, because I'm going to be busy enough this term and apparently the anime one is open to the public anyway. I don't know anybody in my German class because I had to change teachers due to a schedule conflict. The room we're in sucks, and there's barely enough space for the desks, but at least it's warm. My Humanies class is in a lecture hall and I love the class. We've only had two sessions because on Friday the teacher was iced in, and tomorrow there's no school, but the reading is interesting (for a change) and my discussion group is small and our GTF is wired on coffee that early. Old English is also fun, even though we don't have Professor Bayless anymore, and there are fewer people. We may get to go on a field trip to the Mt. Angel monastery and, if we're lucky like last year's class, might get to see the old manuscripts in the vault. I'm crossing my fingers.
On Monday it was 60+ degrees, and on Thursday it was snowing. Go figure. Jessica got snow for her birthday, but it looks like I'll get rain for mine. On Monday nights I work at the library from 3-8, so I miss dinner with my friends at Barnhart. Fortunately there's a microwave on my floor and food at Grab 'n' Go. I will not be eating Campbell's Chunky Chicken Noodle Soup again. This week it's either three-cheese rotini or Spaghetti-os. I've been practically living in a friend's room on the third floor this week, huddling under a blanket because her heat's been out and watching either whatever's on tv or her play Twilight Princess and Lufia II. I haven't worked on my scarf much lately, but I might be joining a weekly knitting circle in my hall on Wednesdays if I don't have too much homework. We're trying to corrupt Anne-Marie's new roommate Hilary with our evil ways.
Thursday was Pirate Night, which I was going to dress up and go to (they had pizza and watched POTC) but none of my friends were going so I watched Grey's Anatomy with them instead. I don't think I'd watch it by myself ever, but it's very fun with them, and it's how I met them in the first place. On Friday we started introducing Jessica to Harry Potter, and she's convinced that Dumbledore is a dirty old man. We'll finish the marathon tonight or tomorrow. Yesterday, in celebration of my and Jessica's birthdays, we ate at Sakura (ELEVEN of us), which has very yummy sushi. Areum gave me an adorable pink umbrella from Korea. Also, the heat was out for the whole building for most of the day. I was so pleased this morning when there was hot water. Today it's about 30 degrees outside.
I have a new PEBL phone, which is blue, and the number is 503 560-3352. Seriously, our family plan has more minutes than we can use in a month, and nights and weekends are apparently free. I absolutely love the thing and I take it everywhere because it's my newest toy and it's so adorable. It is my precious.
Jessica told me that she thought I looked "neat" when she first saw me and wanted to get to know me. How cool is that?! I swear the two of us share a brain or something, we're freakishly alike. Except I like bright colors and she's better at video games than me.
I've got a crapload of reading and translating homework to do, not to mention a couple of papers to start working on. I'm still reeling from the change of pace and lack of sleep, and I seem to be having trouble staying asleep after 7 am. I have no idea why.
So I'm back at school. The night we got back we had a round of Apples to Apples with Joe's new expansion pack until about two in the morning, even though we were already exhausted, because we hadn't seen each other in a month and Apples to Apples is so much more fun on sleep deprivation anyway. The next day was the first day of classes. I dropped two, Chinese Religions and Japanese Anime, because I'm going to be busy enough this term and apparently the anime one is open to the public anyway. I don't know anybody in my German class because I had to change teachers due to a schedule conflict. The room we're in sucks, and there's barely enough space for the desks, but at least it's warm. My Humanies class is in a lecture hall and I love the class. We've only had two sessions because on Friday the teacher was iced in, and tomorrow there's no school, but the reading is interesting (for a change) and my discussion group is small and our GTF is wired on coffee that early. Old English is also fun, even though we don't have Professor Bayless anymore, and there are fewer people. We may get to go on a field trip to the Mt. Angel monastery and, if we're lucky like last year's class, might get to see the old manuscripts in the vault. I'm crossing my fingers.
On Monday it was 60+ degrees, and on Thursday it was snowing. Go figure. Jessica got snow for her birthday, but it looks like I'll get rain for mine. On Monday nights I work at the library from 3-8, so I miss dinner with my friends at Barnhart. Fortunately there's a microwave on my floor and food at Grab 'n' Go. I will not be eating Campbell's Chunky Chicken Noodle Soup again. This week it's either three-cheese rotini or Spaghetti-os. I've been practically living in a friend's room on the third floor this week, huddling under a blanket because her heat's been out and watching either whatever's on tv or her play Twilight Princess and Lufia II. I haven't worked on my scarf much lately, but I might be joining a weekly knitting circle in my hall on Wednesdays if I don't have too much homework. We're trying to corrupt Anne-Marie's new roommate Hilary with our evil ways.
Thursday was Pirate Night, which I was going to dress up and go to (they had pizza and watched POTC) but none of my friends were going so I watched Grey's Anatomy with them instead. I don't think I'd watch it by myself ever, but it's very fun with them, and it's how I met them in the first place. On Friday we started introducing Jessica to Harry Potter, and she's convinced that Dumbledore is a dirty old man. We'll finish the marathon tonight or tomorrow. Yesterday, in celebration of my and Jessica's birthdays, we ate at Sakura (ELEVEN of us), which has very yummy sushi. Areum gave me an adorable pink umbrella from Korea. Also, the heat was out for the whole building for most of the day. I was so pleased this morning when there was hot water. Today it's about 30 degrees outside.
I have a new PEBL phone, which is blue, and the number is 503 560-3352. Seriously, our family plan has more minutes than we can use in a month, and nights and weekends are apparently free. I absolutely love the thing and I take it everywhere because it's my newest toy and it's so adorable. It is my precious.
Jessica told me that she thought I looked "neat" when she first saw me and wanted to get to know me. How cool is that?! I swear the two of us share a brain or something, we're freakishly alike. Except I like bright colors and she's better at video games than me.
I've got a crapload of reading and translating homework to do, not to mention a couple of papers to start working on. I'm still reeling from the change of pace and lack of sleep, and I seem to be having trouble staying asleep after 7 am. I have no idea why.
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My First UO Finals
Dec. 12th, 2006 07:58 pmFinal grades are in!!!
Two As and a P, which would have been a B if I hadn't changed the grading option. I guess I did better than I thought. And I may not have to take one of my classes next term because my degree audit says I've finished my social science group requirement. If it stays like that I'm dropping the class because at the moment I'm at 18 credits for next term.
I finished my first hat today also! Only five or so to go. I can't wait to start the fuzzy one.
Two As and a P, which would have been a B if I hadn't changed the grading option. I guess I did better than I thought. And I may not have to take one of my classes next term because my degree audit says I've finished my social science group requirement. If it stays like that I'm dropping the class because at the moment I'm at 18 credits for next term.
I finished my first hat today also! Only five or so to go. I can't wait to start the fuzzy one.
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Dec. 7th, 2006 11:55 amMy minimum sleep requirement to function normally is five hours. Last night I got four. The last two nights combined add up to nine and a half. But I only have one final left, and it's the easy one. Yes. Old English was the easiest class I had last term. I can't wait to go home tomorrow. I get a month at home, and I want to write and knit and watch movies the whole time.
My only remaining grandparent turns 90 today. Good job, Grandma. Keep up the good work.
I'm so tired.
My only remaining grandparent turns 90 today. Good job, Grandma. Keep up the good work.
I'm so tired.
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Dec. 3rd, 2006 10:04 pmI was on the verge of freaking out about my Geology exam when I thought I'd check my grade in the class so far. Apparently, if I got full points on the last lab (and it was an easy one), I have 84%. Assuming the final is 100 points like the midterm, I don't have to do very well to pass, and that's all I need to do. I've barely managed an A in German and now I'll try to study hard for that one to keep it high. German's easier to study for, and I'm better at it , so the freak-out factor is considerably lower. I am slightly panicky about getting a B, because I really want my GPA to stay at 4.0 for once. I hate myself for not sudying German more and getting better grades on the tests. I'm not really worried about Old English. It figures that my only upper-division class is the one I'm doing best in.
a pox on all rocks!
Oct. 27th, 2006 12:23 amThis morning was my Geology midterm and I think I completely blew it. I have never been so clueless on a test, and I studied for HOURS last night. One person cannot be expected to memorize so much information in five weeks about what continental collision caused which orogeny and shit like that. I changed my grading option for the course to Pass/No Pass as soon as I got back to my computer. If I do badly in the end, I don't want my GPA to go down my very first term here. I'm starting to really despise rocks. Only one midterm left.
Apparently, I am the only one in the building with the stomach for Drawn Together. Even the South Park fans left. And did I miss Xandir and Captain Hero becoming an item? I waited two years for that and missed it?! OH THE HUMANITY!
There's a cute guy in my German class who seems familiar. He's from Salem, so I might have actually gone to school with him. I'll have to ask him about that.
Apparently, I am the only one in the building with the stomach for Drawn Together. Even the South Park fans left. And did I miss Xandir and Captain Hero becoming an item? I waited two years for that and missed it?! OH THE HUMANITY!
There's a cute guy in my German class who seems familiar. He's from Salem, so I might have actually gone to school with him. I'll have to ask him about that.
I finally saw Linnet today! Apparently she lives only a couple of blocks from me.
Geology class: interesting, but I was half-asleep because some maintenance guys were running loud machinery on the street at 8:30 am. It doesn't help that I'm still not getting a decent amount of sleep, and I blame that largely on the bed. Mom and Dad offered to bring down a twin futon mattress to put on top of mine, so I can sleep on something more comfortable and familiar.
Mom sent me an e-mail today. Dad just taught her how to do it, but she hasn't quite got the hang of a keyboard. Half the letter was in caps, another bit in italics. It was a very amusing read.
My first day on the job was basically training. We shelved a few books, then made sure some more were in order. It will be a nice, quiet job. And I'll learn where absolutely everything is. Also, I learned some technical library terms like "range" and "section." I walked around on the ground floor before my shift started and found the language part of the reference area. I was in heaven.
After dinner I spent most of the evening downstaris in the rec room. One of the English guys brought over Animal House from Barnhart and we spent about ten minues figuring out how to hook up the VCR to the television. Some of the scenes in the movie were filmed here. After playing ping pong for a bit and watching others play pool (I tried last night, and I absolutely blow) I watched Nip/Tuck with another fan. I hope there are Lost fans around tomorrow, and CSI fans on Thursday. Looks like I might not need my own tv after all.
I don't think I'm eating enough for the amount of energy I'm expending, because I'm almost always hungry. Maybe I should use some of that huge chunk of meal points I have leftover from last week.
Wore my Boondocks Saints shirt and got LOTS of compliments.
There is a Canadian dictionary in reference. I shit you not.
Geology class: interesting, but I was half-asleep because some maintenance guys were running loud machinery on the street at 8:30 am. It doesn't help that I'm still not getting a decent amount of sleep, and I blame that largely on the bed. Mom and Dad offered to bring down a twin futon mattress to put on top of mine, so I can sleep on something more comfortable and familiar.
Mom sent me an e-mail today. Dad just taught her how to do it, but she hasn't quite got the hang of a keyboard. Half the letter was in caps, another bit in italics. It was a very amusing read.
My first day on the job was basically training. We shelved a few books, then made sure some more were in order. It will be a nice, quiet job. And I'll learn where absolutely everything is. Also, I learned some technical library terms like "range" and "section." I walked around on the ground floor before my shift started and found the language part of the reference area. I was in heaven.
After dinner I spent most of the evening downstaris in the rec room. One of the English guys brought over Animal House from Barnhart and we spent about ten minues figuring out how to hook up the VCR to the television. Some of the scenes in the movie were filmed here. After playing ping pong for a bit and watching others play pool (I tried last night, and I absolutely blow) I watched Nip/Tuck with another fan. I hope there are Lost fans around tomorrow, and CSI fans on Thursday. Looks like I might not need my own tv after all.
I don't think I'm eating enough for the amount of energy I'm expending, because I'm almost always hungry. Maybe I should use some of that huge chunk of meal points I have leftover from last week.
Wore my Boondocks Saints shirt and got LOTS of compliments.
There is a Canadian dictionary in reference. I shit you not.
Stehen Sie auf!
Sep. 25th, 2006 09:52 pmI have a job!!!
It had to be like the easiest interview I'll ever have again. There were five of us in the room and the supervisor guy went over a bunch of stuff, then showed us how the Library of Congress filing system worked. Then we had a practial test on it: he gave us a stack of cards and had us sort them according to the system we'd just learned. I was the first one done and I made no mistakes. The guy said I had a "natual aptitude" for being a librarian. I SO rock. It's five hours a week at minimum wage, which works out to less than $40 a week. But I don't have to spend any of it on gas. (Also I might be working with an Australian guy -- but not the one in my hall. There are Aussies everywhere!)
Campus this morning was something else. There were students everywhere. They were scattered all over the lawn and walking every which way and blocking the intersection by the bookstore. It was like something out of a movie. The weather was amazing, if a little warm. And I didn't have to drive!
So far I like my Old English class. The teacher is apparently a Tolkien addict, so it ought to be a fun course. German, however, is going to be quite strenuous. The class is going to be taught entirely in German. I can't cop out, because I NEED two years of the same foreign language to get my BA. It took me almost an hour to copy all the term's homework assignments into my planner. I also color code my homework by class, and the pages are greener than I've ever seen them. At the end of two years, I had better know German like a pro. Tomorrow I start Geology of National Parks.
I got a letter from my mom today. I like mail.
In the immortal words of Audrey Monroe: one down, two hundred to go.
It had to be like the easiest interview I'll ever have again. There were five of us in the room and the supervisor guy went over a bunch of stuff, then showed us how the Library of Congress filing system worked. Then we had a practial test on it: he gave us a stack of cards and had us sort them according to the system we'd just learned. I was the first one done and I made no mistakes. The guy said I had a "natual aptitude" for being a librarian. I SO rock. It's five hours a week at minimum wage, which works out to less than $40 a week. But I don't have to spend any of it on gas. (Also I might be working with an Australian guy -- but not the one in my hall. There are Aussies everywhere!)
Campus this morning was something else. There were students everywhere. They were scattered all over the lawn and walking every which way and blocking the intersection by the bookstore. It was like something out of a movie. The weather was amazing, if a little warm. And I didn't have to drive!
So far I like my Old English class. The teacher is apparently a Tolkien addict, so it ought to be a fun course. German, however, is going to be quite strenuous. The class is going to be taught entirely in German. I can't cop out, because I NEED two years of the same foreign language to get my BA. It took me almost an hour to copy all the term's homework assignments into my planner. I also color code my homework by class, and the pages are greener than I've ever seen them. At the end of two years, I had better know German like a pro. Tomorrow I start Geology of National Parks.
I got a letter from my mom today. I like mail.
In the immortal words of Audrey Monroe: one down, two hundred to go.
last day of summer vacation
Sep. 24th, 2006 10:50 pmThere's a HUGE television in the basement of my dorm, (also pool and ping pong tables) and after the hall meeting I watched Family Guy with a bunch of other people. It was sooo much fun. It looks like I might be able to watch some of my shows without having a TV in my room, because several people there seemed excited about new shows starting. Watching stuff in a group is so different. I like it. During the meeting everybody introdused him or herself. There are about a dozen Japanese kids, four or five Koreans, two or three from Taiwan, a couple from Singapore (including the RA on my floor, but his English is so good I wouldn't have known), two English boys (askls;fie;kj!!!), one Australian, one from China (I think) and a guy whose nationality I didn't catch but I think is something Slavic. Nobody else is majoring in Medieval Studies.
Today was the convocation thing, and our speaker was some famous poet. The dude was funny. He had a deadpan humor thing going really well. It was pretty enjoyable, even if the chairs in the stadium were built my munchkins. (Seriously, my knees were hitting the back of the next row and I am NOT tall.)
Tomorrow classes start. With the moving, and all the new stuff that goes with living in a dorm, I haven't had all that much time to think about the school part. I only have two classes tomorrow, but I have an interview like two hours earlier (which sucks, because I don't get to sleep in).
Last night I got some SLEEP! Finally! Only about seven hours at the most, but it was honest-to-god sleep. I was so happy just to wake up this morning. To put a cherry on top I woke up to the most musical train horn I have ever heard.
Today was the convocation thing, and our speaker was some famous poet. The dude was funny. He had a deadpan humor thing going really well. It was pretty enjoyable, even if the chairs in the stadium were built my munchkins. (Seriously, my knees were hitting the back of the next row and I am NOT tall.)
Tomorrow classes start. With the moving, and all the new stuff that goes with living in a dorm, I haven't had all that much time to think about the school part. I only have two classes tomorrow, but I have an interview like two hours earlier (which sucks, because I don't get to sleep in).
Last night I got some SLEEP! Finally! Only about seven hours at the most, but it was honest-to-god sleep. I was so happy just to wake up this morning. To put a cherry on top I woke up to the most musical train horn I have ever heard.
music to make you deaf
Sep. 24th, 2006 12:18 amOzomatli played at my school tonight. I think they're famous, or something. It wasn't really my kind of music, but I went anyway because I'd never been to a real concert and I figured that, no matter what the music, seeing it live is different. There was very loud music, lots of yelling, and absolutely no concept of personal space. I couldn't see the stage very well, but at the end they had students dancing on it. It was enjoyable, but I would have had more fun if they'd been Smashing Pumpkins or somebody I like. Hopefully the rest of my hearing will return by tomorrow. I would have gone to Freebies at Freddie's afterwards but I decided I had enough fun for one night. And my back was freaking sore.
At the concert I ran into a guy I used to work with who goes here. It was oh so nice to see a familiar face.
I tried to take a nap this afternoon but only managed a semi-meditative state. It did refresh a little. I got some sleep last night, but not enough. Slowly getting used to this.
There are like, thirty people in this dorm with iTunes. And I can never get on anybody's music.
At the concert I ran into a guy I used to work with who goes here. It was oh so nice to see a familiar face.
I tried to take a nap this afternoon but only managed a semi-meditative state. It did refresh a little. I got some sleep last night, but not enough. Slowly getting used to this.
There are like, thirty people in this dorm with iTunes. And I can never get on anybody's music.
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