I've gotten a few grades today, which has made me a little happy. My clickers have increased to 29/100 points for the semester, so I only need to answer 67 clickers correctly for the rest of the semester, and I get a 100 on that section. My first skip day in Chem is coming up on Monday, since we have an exam review session then (aka, Ray goes home after work). I also got a 96% on my last quiz (I put a stupid Deuterium on the wrong carbon for stupidity's sake) and a 100% for the homework on Chapter 16. Little pleasantries. Not to mention that I got a 100% on my latest pre-lab (YAY).
Suffice it to say, Ray has been incredibly productive today, finishing pretty much all of his homework for the rest of the week. Seriously, doods. Yay. All I have left to do this week is read Egyptian history, and like attend classes. That's obvious.
I am getting seriously tired though. Perhaps it is due to the overwhelming staleness of the Engineering building, in which I have been for the last 3 hours.
I am stunned by my very sudden getting ahead thing. This is probably the only opportunity I will have this entire semester to do this. This is actually totally thrilling to me.
I might actually get to see Notes on a Scandal too this weekend (major fun times).
Anyways, I felt the need to brag about my life.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
So far, I am pleasantly surprised with my progress with homework for the next week. This will give me ample time to do assignments which are massively hugenormous.
Today will definitely provide opportunities to get ahead, as I only have three classes today, one of which I have already attended. My goals for today are:
Do Ancient Egyptian History reading for tomorrow and next Tuesday (about 100 pages)
Do Pre-Lab II for Chemistry Lab
Do Homework III for Chemistry Lecture
Once I finish all of that, I can get a head start on my case study for physiology, or I can make a map of civil war battles West of the Mississippi for this Tuesday's presentation. I have a lot of confidence in this presentation, because the group last week did NOT set the bar high at all (they basically made it up looking out of the book), and I'll get all kinds of primary sources, maps, and pictures that will basically kick ass.
Right now, this is my homework this weekend:
Civil War Presentation/Paper
Physiology Case Study and Read CH 7 (Endocrine system, YAY!)
I seriously will have some opportunities to get ahead for next week too then, as I can do all of my late week homework and maybe get a start on the homework a week after that. Or I can get started on some research for my first Ancient Egyptian History paper. I finally decided what I wanted to write about, namely, how the Egyptian search for order was essentailly the founding element of their society. The second one will probably have something to do with the transition from the Old Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom, and the final one will look at the decline of their society to the Greek, Persian, and Roman empires.
I think that I can be a little confident right now in my school getting ahead-ness. At the end of this week, I can post my first guaranteed grades in a few classes (ecology and ancient Egypt have no grades yet).
I looked online and Celtic Woman is coming to Denver this year! At first their tour didn't include Denver, but they decided that they're going to round out their US tour in Denver for the second straight year (sweetness) on like May 23. I'm totally going. I should have enough money in my paychecks to pay for it, not to mention most of my summer semester bill. Right now, I think I'll probably take my Humanities requirement, a history class, my second physics class, and biochemistry.
As I get ahead, I'll eventually consider getting another job.
If I were to learn another langauge, these are the options I would select: Latin (because I already took one semester), Gaelic (due to listening to Celtic Woman), Italian (because it's the same thing as Spanish basically, I took a placement test based on my Spanish knowledge and placed into a 211 level class), German, and something in East Asia.
Sometimes being a Renaissance man is a good thing, sometimes it sucks.
Time to work. Excelsior in progress.
Today will definitely provide opportunities to get ahead, as I only have three classes today, one of which I have already attended. My goals for today are:
Do Ancient Egyptian History reading for tomorrow and next Tuesday (about 100 pages)
Do Pre-Lab II for Chemistry Lab
Do Homework III for Chemistry Lecture
Once I finish all of that, I can get a head start on my case study for physiology, or I can make a map of civil war battles West of the Mississippi for this Tuesday's presentation. I have a lot of confidence in this presentation, because the group last week did NOT set the bar high at all (they basically made it up looking out of the book), and I'll get all kinds of primary sources, maps, and pictures that will basically kick ass.
Right now, this is my homework this weekend:
Civil War Presentation/Paper
Physiology Case Study and Read CH 7 (Endocrine system, YAY!)
I seriously will have some opportunities to get ahead for next week too then, as I can do all of my late week homework and maybe get a start on the homework a week after that. Or I can get started on some research for my first Ancient Egyptian History paper. I finally decided what I wanted to write about, namely, how the Egyptian search for order was essentailly the founding element of their society. The second one will probably have something to do with the transition from the Old Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom, and the final one will look at the decline of their society to the Greek, Persian, and Roman empires.
I think that I can be a little confident right now in my school getting ahead-ness. At the end of this week, I can post my first guaranteed grades in a few classes (ecology and ancient Egypt have no grades yet).
I looked online and Celtic Woman is coming to Denver this year! At first their tour didn't include Denver, but they decided that they're going to round out their US tour in Denver for the second straight year (sweetness) on like May 23. I'm totally going. I should have enough money in my paychecks to pay for it, not to mention most of my summer semester bill. Right now, I think I'll probably take my Humanities requirement, a history class, my second physics class, and biochemistry.
As I get ahead, I'll eventually consider getting another job.
If I were to learn another langauge, these are the options I would select: Latin (because I already took one semester), Gaelic (due to listening to Celtic Woman), Italian (because it's the same thing as Spanish basically, I took a placement test based on my Spanish knowledge and placed into a 211 level class), German, and something in East Asia.
Sometimes being a Renaissance man is a good thing, sometimes it sucks.
Time to work. Excelsior in progress.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
I got the new Celtic Woman CD today :-D
I finished all ecology homework, all anthropology homework, and all physics homework for this weekend :-D
I finished my civil war reading for next week :-D
I really want to learn another language. I wish I had time. I wish I had money to go to school for like, ever.
I might be getting ahead over the next couple of days. Hopefully, I can finish all of my assignments for next week (except my Civil War presentation) by Friday. Fortunately, there are fewer assignments next week because of the 1,000,000 exams that I have next week. I have: Cell Bio on Tuesday, Chemistry on Wednesday, Ecology on Thursday, and Human Physiology on Friday. Plus my presentation on Tuesday, yields about 360 points total for next week, just for right now. The end of next week will actually see me close to passing Chemistry, as I will be somewhere near 25%, and passing is only a 40%.
February is in two days. WHAT?
I find it impossible to believe.
It was 9 degrees at school, and some people still considered it warm enough to wear sandals.
I hope that after my Civil War presentation next week, my professor realizes that I have a brain. That's my dream, basically, for all of my teachers to realize I have a brain and that I'm good at something.
Some times, I really wish for rogue freedom. No obligations.
Celtic Woman is getting to my head. I'm being filled with delusions of romanticism and medievalism.
I finished all ecology homework, all anthropology homework, and all physics homework for this weekend :-D
I finished my civil war reading for next week :-D
I really want to learn another language. I wish I had time. I wish I had money to go to school for like, ever.
I might be getting ahead over the next couple of days. Hopefully, I can finish all of my assignments for next week (except my Civil War presentation) by Friday. Fortunately, there are fewer assignments next week because of the 1,000,000 exams that I have next week. I have: Cell Bio on Tuesday, Chemistry on Wednesday, Ecology on Thursday, and Human Physiology on Friday. Plus my presentation on Tuesday, yields about 360 points total for next week, just for right now. The end of next week will actually see me close to passing Chemistry, as I will be somewhere near 25%, and passing is only a 40%.
February is in two days. WHAT?
I find it impossible to believe.
It was 9 degrees at school, and some people still considered it warm enough to wear sandals.
I hope that after my Civil War presentation next week, my professor realizes that I have a brain. That's my dream, basically, for all of my teachers to realize I have a brain and that I'm good at something.
Some times, I really wish for rogue freedom. No obligations.
Celtic Woman is getting to my head. I'm being filled with delusions of romanticism and medievalism.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Monday Monday
I am seriously encountering a major hunger urge right now, despite the fact that I have managed to fill my gut with a huge bowl of cheerios and several cups of coffee.
Anyways, my weekend was pretty good, occupied with homework, and a little bit of recreation (namely, two Age of Empires battles). However, despite my recreation, I did manage to get like all the homework that I wanted to get done finished.
Yesterday was kind of a weird day. First, Fr. Brad did not have a long sermon because of the stewardship video that it seems like we see once every season now, and I actually got out of Church at a reasonable time. Suffice it to say, during the "give us money" campaign, I managed to bust my Organic Chemistry reactions in my head. Grignard is embedded in my brain as a normal process of existence (it's really not).
Then, Q messed his leg up pretty badly, because he was chasing a squirrel in the backyard. He's been limping really heavily since like 12 yesterday. Erin managed to split her face open ice-skating [so glad that I did not go].
This morning has been ok. Nothing majorly productive. 8 AM is admittedly far too early in the morning for my happy-go-lucky physiology teacher. I have no idea how someone can be so happy. It's mind boggling. I despise happiness the longer I am in that class. Afterwards, I went to the lab to get my melting point and mass for my lab and I got kick-ass results. Yay. I mean, seriously, it's like actual results that I can do something with for once.
Now I'm here, discussing the boringness of my life. I am getting a head start on homework for this coming week, as I have already finished over half of the Civil War reading for next week. Once I finish that, I'll probably try to do my lab write-up for Chemistry, and review my Anthropology reading, because I get the feeling that we're going to have a quiz today (blah).
I might go to physics today. Ok, I am going to physics today. Barley stuff for lunch (YAY.) and life continues. Only like 106 days left until I can take a breath, long enough to study for the MCAT on May 31.
Anyways, my weekend was pretty good, occupied with homework, and a little bit of recreation (namely, two Age of Empires battles). However, despite my recreation, I did manage to get like all the homework that I wanted to get done finished.
Yesterday was kind of a weird day. First, Fr. Brad did not have a long sermon because of the stewardship video that it seems like we see once every season now, and I actually got out of Church at a reasonable time. Suffice it to say, during the "give us money" campaign, I managed to bust my Organic Chemistry reactions in my head. Grignard is embedded in my brain as a normal process of existence (it's really not).
Then, Q messed his leg up pretty badly, because he was chasing a squirrel in the backyard. He's been limping really heavily since like 12 yesterday. Erin managed to split her face open ice-skating [so glad that I did not go].
This morning has been ok. Nothing majorly productive. 8 AM is admittedly far too early in the morning for my happy-go-lucky physiology teacher. I have no idea how someone can be so happy. It's mind boggling. I despise happiness the longer I am in that class. Afterwards, I went to the lab to get my melting point and mass for my lab and I got kick-ass results. Yay. I mean, seriously, it's like actual results that I can do something with for once.
Now I'm here, discussing the boringness of my life. I am getting a head start on homework for this coming week, as I have already finished over half of the Civil War reading for next week. Once I finish that, I'll probably try to do my lab write-up for Chemistry, and review my Anthropology reading, because I get the feeling that we're going to have a quiz today (blah).
I might go to physics today. Ok, I am going to physics today. Barley stuff for lunch (YAY.) and life continues. Only like 106 days left until I can take a breath, long enough to study for the MCAT on May 31.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Life Updates
The last couple of days have been pretty meh. My attendance in Ecology was definitely unnecessary, as was my attendance in Ancient Egyptian History. Cell Biology was kind of interesting, but I probably could have not gone and gottne the notes from someone else. I cannot stand the other people in that class who insist on asking pointless questions that are better asked outside of the classroom. It is an ineffective use of resources and of my time and money.
Friday was an absolute nightmare. First, I went to school WAYYYYY too early, and ended up not doing anything. Then in organic Chemistry lab, everything was going nicely, until I dissolved my crystals in methanol, THEN the crystals I managed to get out of the solution I went and sublimated (turned into a gas). I did the experiment again and got nothing. I ended up going again today, and it worked perfectly. Thank patience.
As a result of that lab, I did not get to see Notes on a Scandal, which I am absolutely dying to see. Judi Dench in that kind of role? Not something to be missed.
After that, I went to Organic all mopey, and after I basically checked Kristina and Cece's homework, I went home to do homework before work at the hospital, which was not fun (by the way, I didn't go to physics, he was teaching Integration, which I did in Cal II). I got yelled at by multiple patients/patient families and by the end of the night, I was physically drained. I dischard at least 30 people in around 4 hours, not to mention that I restocked the food and drinks, updated the surgery board for Monday, retrieved property from the fifth floor, delivered possessions on the sixth and seventh floors, and basically ran my ass off.
Today has been much better, as I have gotten my ecology reading done, my Chemistry lab was successful, and I am now almost done with all of my Civil War reading for this week as well as the Anthropology reading for Monday. Since the physics homework was not posted (again, grr), I cannot so that this weekend, and I cannot do the Chemistry Lab due on Friday, so basically, what I have to do tonight and tomorrow is the following:
ANTH 104: Reading+One Paragraph on the differences between Cult. Anth. and Sociology
BIOL 321: Lab 4, research on Diabetes for Case Study
CHEM 332: Study for quiz
CHEM 334: Start on Pre-Lab II
HIST 453: Read Civil War stuff
My goal is to finish all the reasding that I need to do, and the lab, and hopefully I can get going on that stupid paragraph which bears no significance on the existence of material things.
So basically, wipe out History and Anthropology homework.
Next weekend is going to be TERRIBLE, because that next week, I have a presentation in Civil War, a test in Physiology, a test in Chemistry, a test in Ecology, and a Cell Biology quiz in addition to all the normal homework that I have to do. Insert profanities now.
Remind me why I like pain so much again, please.
Friday was an absolute nightmare. First, I went to school WAYYYYY too early, and ended up not doing anything. Then in organic Chemistry lab, everything was going nicely, until I dissolved my crystals in methanol, THEN the crystals I managed to get out of the solution I went and sublimated (turned into a gas). I did the experiment again and got nothing. I ended up going again today, and it worked perfectly. Thank patience.
As a result of that lab, I did not get to see Notes on a Scandal, which I am absolutely dying to see. Judi Dench in that kind of role? Not something to be missed.
After that, I went to Organic all mopey, and after I basically checked Kristina and Cece's homework, I went home to do homework before work at the hospital, which was not fun (by the way, I didn't go to physics, he was teaching Integration, which I did in Cal II). I got yelled at by multiple patients/patient families and by the end of the night, I was physically drained. I dischard at least 30 people in around 4 hours, not to mention that I restocked the food and drinks, updated the surgery board for Monday, retrieved property from the fifth floor, delivered possessions on the sixth and seventh floors, and basically ran my ass off.
Today has been much better, as I have gotten my ecology reading done, my Chemistry lab was successful, and I am now almost done with all of my Civil War reading for this week as well as the Anthropology reading for Monday. Since the physics homework was not posted (again, grr), I cannot so that this weekend, and I cannot do the Chemistry Lab due on Friday, so basically, what I have to do tonight and tomorrow is the following:
ANTH 104: Reading+One Paragraph on the differences between Cult. Anth. and Sociology
BIOL 321: Lab 4, research on Diabetes for Case Study
CHEM 332: Study for quiz
CHEM 334: Start on Pre-Lab II
HIST 453: Read Civil War stuff
My goal is to finish all the reasding that I need to do, and the lab, and hopefully I can get going on that stupid paragraph which bears no significance on the existence of material things.
So basically, wipe out History and Anthropology homework.
Next weekend is going to be TERRIBLE, because that next week, I have a presentation in Civil War, a test in Physiology, a test in Chemistry, a test in Ecology, and a Cell Biology quiz in addition to all the normal homework that I have to do. Insert profanities now.
Remind me why I like pain so much again, please.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Twenty minutes until it's time to go home (YAY). I figured I should update now, since there's basically a snowball's chance in hell that I would get the computer tonight.
I just had two cups of coffee, and I'm still tired. It's ironic that the Engineering building is not better engineered to have more windows and better air ventilation. I think they spend too much money on the little student lounge and not enough money on air ducts. It's nasty in a lot of those rooms. Advice to anyone taking a class at UCCS, don't take a class with the prefix of ENGR.
I need some natural light, really badly. That's probably my big gripe about UCCS. Very few classes have windows. The ones that do are all shut up with screens and stuff like that. Regis at least had some natural light in at least 50% of the rooms. In actuality, it's probably more like 75%.
Anyways. I was somewhat productive today, as I did all of my reading for school for this week, and started on the stuff for next week. I finished pretty much all of my anthropology reading, and I'll go back and write down important terms and definitions. I also did my ancient Egyptian reading for tomorrow and most of my organic chemistry homework for this week.
I have a lot of homework this weekend already, including a Lab for Chemistry, studying for a quiz, about 120 pages of Civil War reading, about 50 pages of Ancient Egyptian History reading (will do tonight or tomorrow), about 30 pages of ecology, about 30 pages of physiology (on cellular communication), I'll probably have reading in Cell Biology, my paragraph assignment on the differences between cultural anthropology and sociology in Anthropology, my next lab assignment for physiology, it's all blah, really. I'm going to be working my ass off another weekend. Fortunately, I have some time tomorrow to get a little ahead (probably in physiology and ecology) in between Egyptian history and Cell Bio.
I'm tired. I'm still a little sick, but not overwhelmingly blah. This probably means that I'll actually go to Church this weekend (which I have not done for the last two weekends). It also means I might actually get a haircut, for the first time in four and a half months.
Surprising.
I think college is a reversal from high school in some ways. In high school, girls generally dressed less for the weather with flip-flops, low cut shirts, and skirts/etc.
Now, in college, all the guys when it's 30 degrees outside wear shorts/flip flops/ shirt sleeves/no jacket.
Natural selection. We need natural selection. People who dress like that should have body parts frozen off. No, nature doesn't work that well on humans. BLAH.
Well, I think I've done enough complaining for tonight.
I just had two cups of coffee, and I'm still tired. It's ironic that the Engineering building is not better engineered to have more windows and better air ventilation. I think they spend too much money on the little student lounge and not enough money on air ducts. It's nasty in a lot of those rooms. Advice to anyone taking a class at UCCS, don't take a class with the prefix of ENGR.
I need some natural light, really badly. That's probably my big gripe about UCCS. Very few classes have windows. The ones that do are all shut up with screens and stuff like that. Regis at least had some natural light in at least 50% of the rooms. In actuality, it's probably more like 75%.
Anyways. I was somewhat productive today, as I did all of my reading for school for this week, and started on the stuff for next week. I finished pretty much all of my anthropology reading, and I'll go back and write down important terms and definitions. I also did my ancient Egyptian reading for tomorrow and most of my organic chemistry homework for this week.
I have a lot of homework this weekend already, including a Lab for Chemistry, studying for a quiz, about 120 pages of Civil War reading, about 50 pages of Ancient Egyptian History reading (will do tonight or tomorrow), about 30 pages of ecology, about 30 pages of physiology (on cellular communication), I'll probably have reading in Cell Biology, my paragraph assignment on the differences between cultural anthropology and sociology in Anthropology, my next lab assignment for physiology, it's all blah, really. I'm going to be working my ass off another weekend. Fortunately, I have some time tomorrow to get a little ahead (probably in physiology and ecology) in between Egyptian history and Cell Bio.
I'm tired. I'm still a little sick, but not overwhelmingly blah. This probably means that I'll actually go to Church this weekend (which I have not done for the last two weekends). It also means I might actually get a haircut, for the first time in four and a half months.
Surprising.
I think college is a reversal from high school in some ways. In high school, girls generally dressed less for the weather with flip-flops, low cut shirts, and skirts/etc.
Now, in college, all the guys when it's 30 degrees outside wear shorts/flip flops/ shirt sleeves/no jacket.
Natural selection. We need natural selection. People who dress like that should have body parts frozen off. No, nature doesn't work that well on humans. BLAH.
Well, I think I've done enough complaining for tonight.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Waiting an hour for class to start
Anyways, I'm sitting here in the library, biding my time until my civil war class starts. I am feeling MUCH better today than I was yesterday. Partially because I did not take any NyQuil last night, and partially because my body is going "ha ha ha, stupid virus, you cannot beat me".
I'm still coughing a bit and my throat is a little sore (probably from all of the coughing), but besides that, nothing much.
I figured that I should discuss my last couple of days, which have essentially been doing school and some homework here and there. I've been driving myself insane on my chemistry so far (yay for me, only not). The Scavenger hunt this semester is MUCH harder than the one we did last semester. However, I have most of it done, so HOPEFULLY, I can get a good grade on it.
Of course, then I have pre-labs to do before Friday, and all kinds of other fun things. I am going to work a little on it after I finish here, however, I won't be spending too much time on it, because I need some coffee or tea to make it through tonight, and class starts in an hour.
I need grades. I thrive on grades, and right now, all I have is a trickle of stuff coming in from Organic Chemistry, and the dinky grades we get from things like attendance and other small inclass assignments. Nothing substantial to save my life.
I keep thinking about what I'm going to write for this first history paper in Ancient Egypt, and I am totally drawing up a blank. BLAH.
Anyways, classes for the last couple of days have been pretty blah. All of my rooms are grossly overheated and have next to no circulation. A lot of my classes run along the outside of the building, but none of them have any natural light, so my eyes have been overwhelmingly accustomed to fluorescent light. Right now, if I had to poll my classes according to personal interest, here's how things would be:
1. Cell Biology--I actually REALLY enjoy this stuff. This is like my #1 section of biology, with A&P, but just knowing how something so small does so much is REALLY cool. The teacher doesn't go into the depth I would like to (we went into more depth on some of this stuff in IB than we are now) go into, however, he does a good job with it and some really annoying people's questions.
2. Organic Chemistry Lecture--I think that reactions are awesome stuff, and giving how quickly I seem to memorize these things, I really like this stuff too. It doesn't have all kinds of math, where I make all of my stupid mistakes, and it explains a lot about what happens in general reactions. Ochem is definitely not as bad as people say it is.
3. Organic Chemistry Lab--This would be #2, if I did not get so frustrated looking up chemicals. I happen to like having something concrete to go along with the material that I'm reading.
4. Human Physiology--This is kind of low because we're doing things like diffusion and osmosis, which I already know. Once we get into things like Action Potential, Heart function, and kidney function, this will probably spurt up to #2.
5. Civil War and Reconstruction--This is my favorite part of American History (from American Revolution to Civil War/Reconstruction), but this teacher is somewhat cryptic and he wants too much group stuff/participation. Plus, he mocked me for having 4 majors. If he couldn't pull it off when he was an undergrad, he should not make fun of me for it.
6. Ancient Egypt--This one would be much higher if the teacher were a little more organized. I like Egyptian stuff, but he gets on all these side notes with Latin phrases , Mesopotamian history, and Greek stuff. If he stayed on task, this class would really be a lot better.
7. General Ecology--Doom and gloom meets biology.
8. Physics--BLAH. We know I don't like physics.
9. Anthropology--Why do people study this stuff?
Anthropology does not have many promises, frankly.
Ok, sun burning eyes. Will write later. Time for Chemistry.
I'm still coughing a bit and my throat is a little sore (probably from all of the coughing), but besides that, nothing much.
I figured that I should discuss my last couple of days, which have essentially been doing school and some homework here and there. I've been driving myself insane on my chemistry so far (yay for me, only not). The Scavenger hunt this semester is MUCH harder than the one we did last semester. However, I have most of it done, so HOPEFULLY, I can get a good grade on it.
Of course, then I have pre-labs to do before Friday, and all kinds of other fun things. I am going to work a little on it after I finish here, however, I won't be spending too much time on it, because I need some coffee or tea to make it through tonight, and class starts in an hour.
I need grades. I thrive on grades, and right now, all I have is a trickle of stuff coming in from Organic Chemistry, and the dinky grades we get from things like attendance and other small inclass assignments. Nothing substantial to save my life.
I keep thinking about what I'm going to write for this first history paper in Ancient Egypt, and I am totally drawing up a blank. BLAH.
Anyways, classes for the last couple of days have been pretty blah. All of my rooms are grossly overheated and have next to no circulation. A lot of my classes run along the outside of the building, but none of them have any natural light, so my eyes have been overwhelmingly accustomed to fluorescent light. Right now, if I had to poll my classes according to personal interest, here's how things would be:
1. Cell Biology--I actually REALLY enjoy this stuff. This is like my #1 section of biology, with A&P, but just knowing how something so small does so much is REALLY cool. The teacher doesn't go into the depth I would like to (we went into more depth on some of this stuff in IB than we are now) go into, however, he does a good job with it and some really annoying people's questions.
2. Organic Chemistry Lecture--I think that reactions are awesome stuff, and giving how quickly I seem to memorize these things, I really like this stuff too. It doesn't have all kinds of math, where I make all of my stupid mistakes, and it explains a lot about what happens in general reactions. Ochem is definitely not as bad as people say it is.
3. Organic Chemistry Lab--This would be #2, if I did not get so frustrated looking up chemicals. I happen to like having something concrete to go along with the material that I'm reading.
4. Human Physiology--This is kind of low because we're doing things like diffusion and osmosis, which I already know. Once we get into things like Action Potential, Heart function, and kidney function, this will probably spurt up to #2.
5. Civil War and Reconstruction--This is my favorite part of American History (from American Revolution to Civil War/Reconstruction), but this teacher is somewhat cryptic and he wants too much group stuff/participation. Plus, he mocked me for having 4 majors. If he couldn't pull it off when he was an undergrad, he should not make fun of me for it.
6. Ancient Egypt--This one would be much higher if the teacher were a little more organized. I like Egyptian stuff, but he gets on all these side notes with Latin phrases , Mesopotamian history, and Greek stuff. If he stayed on task, this class would really be a lot better.
7. General Ecology--Doom and gloom meets biology.
8. Physics--BLAH. We know I don't like physics.
9. Anthropology--Why do people study this stuff?
Anthropology does not have many promises, frankly.
Ok, sun burning eyes. Will write later. Time for Chemistry.
Monday, January 22, 2007
Still tired.
Still sick.
Still blah.
I hate hate hate hate hate being sick. I hate hate hate hate hate snow, and I hate hate hate hate hate having long breaks in between classes.
I have like five minutes to post. Basically, I've caught up, after having to spend next to every last second doing homework, and now, it's starting to load for the next week. I am not in the mood to fall behind.
I would love to do some scientific research. I would love to have something of mine published. Unfortuantely, I'm no good.
Still sick.
Still blah.
I hate hate hate hate hate being sick. I hate hate hate hate hate snow, and I hate hate hate hate hate having long breaks in between classes.
I have like five minutes to post. Basically, I've caught up, after having to spend next to every last second doing homework, and now, it's starting to load for the next week. I am not in the mood to fall behind.
I would love to do some scientific research. I would love to have something of mine published. Unfortuantely, I'm no good.
Saturday, January 20, 2007
I am so freaking tired, it's not even funny. Partly sleepy tired, as a result of my being sick, and partyl because I spent all day today, basically, doing homework, namely, reading about 100 pages of physiology, 20 pages of rather dry cell biology, my lab for physiology, which took a hell of a long time, and my physics homework, which hardly took time at all. I have not even started on the other homework that I wanted to get done today. So tomorrow, I bascially have to work on my organic chemistry lab homework, which is the scavenger hunt and the first pre-lab. THis semester, we don't actually write reports any longer, we just fill in these data sheet things, and so the lab notebook is worth a lot more. Plus, I have a hell of a lot of history to read. Like 20 pages of really blah civil war history. Plus an additional 80 pages of ancient egyptian history, mainly stuff about the geogrpahy of egypt and how people decided to civilize. Fun times.
I would love to not be sick. That's high on my list of things to accomplish this week. That, however seems, impossible.
This early semester surge should not last too long, as readings slowly grow more fragmented, espeically for cell biology and for ecology (aka, the end of the world is coming because of global warming).
I think that I might go to bed soon, due to my overwhelming sensations of tiredness. And it's 8:20 at night. It feels like 10 PM.
I have several things to do, first though.
I would love to not be sick. That's high on my list of things to accomplish this week. That, however seems, impossible.
This early semester surge should not last too long, as readings slowly grow more fragmented, espeically for cell biology and for ecology (aka, the end of the world is coming because of global warming).
I think that I might go to bed soon, due to my overwhelming sensations of tiredness. And it's 8:20 at night. It feels like 10 PM.
I have several things to do, first though.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Dawn
I think I'm beginning to realize some things. I probably should not be attempting to realize things, considering that I have so much homework to do, however, we will indulge my mind somewhat before I talk about the mundane aspects of my existence before I have to go to physics class and then work.
A lot of my friends have been having these emotional issues lately. Some have had them about boyfriends/friends in general, some about different attachments to inanimate objects, some about politcs (strange), and some about guilty consciouses (sp?).
I have not had any of these issues in years, and I'm realizing why. I don't form emotional attachments very well any longer. I used to be quite good at it, but since high school, I almost never form new emotional attachments. The relationships I have with other people are almost strictly professional (school or work related) now, except for people with whom I bonded before I went through my emotional destruction phase. I don't know if I had some kind of fear of abandonment or something like that, but several events prompted me, in high school, to override my emotional side and assert a more rational approach. There are several events in particular which come to mind. My dad getting MS was a big one, because I was figuring that he wasn't going to make it long (we thought for a while that it was cancer), and my mom and sisters took it quite hard. I realized that having excessive emotional attachment would cause me to have the same problem, and so, on a certain level, I detached. Not so much detaching as subverting. I realized that rational control and logic have to supercede these kinds of things, and that having this is necessary. Someone in every family, basically, has to be the planner, who prepares for any set of circumstances and has a rational course of action ready in case of catastrophe. I designated that role for myself. While any catastrophe will be painful, I have to contain that immediately, or else I would not be an effective agent of reason.
Also, my high school crushes were vast disappointments, and that was quite painful for me as well. Attempting to express those kinds of emotions has always been nearly impossible for me, and I know that I do not have the ability to commit to another person because I have other priorities. I have things that are far more important to me, namely, school and the plans I have for myself. So, in the process of conflicting emotions and priorities, I decided that eliminating biological attraction is impossible, and it must be supressed, but I could annihilate emotional attraction. Since then, I cannot understand why other people simply won't do the same thing. I don't have the ability to empathize with their situation, because I found something that works for me and I think that if it works for me, it should work for everyone else too. I think that it would, if they were not so heavily connected to their emotions. I have such a holier-than-thou attitude about this. It's bad on one level, I recognize that much. Presuming that I have a solution for other people's lives. Not a good thing, especially when they don't ask me about it.
Anyways. I don't form attachments to other people. Objectivity is key to me, and anything permeating that objectivity is bad.
So, about the rest of my life. School has not been too bad. A lot of my professors give the impression that my attendance to their class is this big important thing, however, I don't consider it so. Maybe because we're working on stuff that I did in highschool or previously (like Physics and Cell Bio), or maybe because I have an over-estimation of my capabilities. Whatever the case.
I have been keeping up with some of my reading. I read through chapter four of my ecology text book, and over the next several weeks, I will need to read two more chapters, before the first test. So I'm right on track with ecology.
I'm a little behind in Human Physiology, but after this weekend, I should be caught up. Cell Bio, I'm on track, and in my history classes, I'm a little behind where I would like to be. After this, I will return to my Civil War reading, and this weekend, I'll be working on Ancient Egyptian History reading and coming up with ideas for my first essay. I would like to do something having to do with the development of civilization, and the things necessary for them to do that. That sounds like Anthropology though.
Chemistry lecture I'm a little ahead in, as I finished my homework for this chapter. Chem Lab, I'm kind of meh about, and I need to work on it this weekend, and maybe Monday as well, though I go pretty much non stop on Mondays.
Anyways. I'm going to do homework now. Hopefully, I can start working towards getting ahead, eventually.
A lot of my friends have been having these emotional issues lately. Some have had them about boyfriends/friends in general, some about different attachments to inanimate objects, some about politcs (strange), and some about guilty consciouses (sp?).
I have not had any of these issues in years, and I'm realizing why. I don't form emotional attachments very well any longer. I used to be quite good at it, but since high school, I almost never form new emotional attachments. The relationships I have with other people are almost strictly professional (school or work related) now, except for people with whom I bonded before I went through my emotional destruction phase. I don't know if I had some kind of fear of abandonment or something like that, but several events prompted me, in high school, to override my emotional side and assert a more rational approach. There are several events in particular which come to mind. My dad getting MS was a big one, because I was figuring that he wasn't going to make it long (we thought for a while that it was cancer), and my mom and sisters took it quite hard. I realized that having excessive emotional attachment would cause me to have the same problem, and so, on a certain level, I detached. Not so much detaching as subverting. I realized that rational control and logic have to supercede these kinds of things, and that having this is necessary. Someone in every family, basically, has to be the planner, who prepares for any set of circumstances and has a rational course of action ready in case of catastrophe. I designated that role for myself. While any catastrophe will be painful, I have to contain that immediately, or else I would not be an effective agent of reason.
Also, my high school crushes were vast disappointments, and that was quite painful for me as well. Attempting to express those kinds of emotions has always been nearly impossible for me, and I know that I do not have the ability to commit to another person because I have other priorities. I have things that are far more important to me, namely, school and the plans I have for myself. So, in the process of conflicting emotions and priorities, I decided that eliminating biological attraction is impossible, and it must be supressed, but I could annihilate emotional attraction. Since then, I cannot understand why other people simply won't do the same thing. I don't have the ability to empathize with their situation, because I found something that works for me and I think that if it works for me, it should work for everyone else too. I think that it would, if they were not so heavily connected to their emotions. I have such a holier-than-thou attitude about this. It's bad on one level, I recognize that much. Presuming that I have a solution for other people's lives. Not a good thing, especially when they don't ask me about it.
Anyways. I don't form attachments to other people. Objectivity is key to me, and anything permeating that objectivity is bad.
So, about the rest of my life. School has not been too bad. A lot of my professors give the impression that my attendance to their class is this big important thing, however, I don't consider it so. Maybe because we're working on stuff that I did in highschool or previously (like Physics and Cell Bio), or maybe because I have an over-estimation of my capabilities. Whatever the case.
I have been keeping up with some of my reading. I read through chapter four of my ecology text book, and over the next several weeks, I will need to read two more chapters, before the first test. So I'm right on track with ecology.
I'm a little behind in Human Physiology, but after this weekend, I should be caught up. Cell Bio, I'm on track, and in my history classes, I'm a little behind where I would like to be. After this, I will return to my Civil War reading, and this weekend, I'll be working on Ancient Egyptian History reading and coming up with ideas for my first essay. I would like to do something having to do with the development of civilization, and the things necessary for them to do that. That sounds like Anthropology though.
Chemistry lecture I'm a little ahead in, as I finished my homework for this chapter. Chem Lab, I'm kind of meh about, and I need to work on it this weekend, and maybe Monday as well, though I go pretty much non stop on Mondays.
Anyways. I'm going to do homework now. Hopefully, I can start working towards getting ahead, eventually.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Already Procrastinating
It's three days into the semester, and I already am procrastinating. This is not a good sign for the next sixteen weeks. I should be reading my Civil War stuff, since I have like 50 pages to read for Tuesday, or I should be reading the next chapter in ecology, or something for Egyptian History, or doing my Organic Chemistry homework, or any multitude of things.
Basically, all I have accomplished this week is all of the reading for metabolism in Cell Biology and the first three chapters of my ecology reading. I have to read the first five by the end of next week, and then we don't do much, except Chapter 6, until the third week in February or something like that.
I am obviously wasting my time until my next class at 1:40, which is cell bio. I absolutely hate the room we're in, and wish that he would try to get another.
Apparently, there are over 500 biology majors at this school, out of like 8000 people. That's frankly an astonishing percent.
Anyways. Reading other people's blogs, I keep wondering what many of them are doing. A lot of people, frankly, need to get jobs or take more classes, because they have too much time to worry about whether other people like them, or are accepting of whatever they are doing, and so on. Having 28 credit hours, this is basically my only forum for complaint, and throughout this semester, it will predominantly be about school.
Unfortunately, this semester will be one in which it will be incredibly difficult to skip classes, except for Physics. That one, I will probably skip several times. Oddly, the material is not that different from the last physics class that I took, except that they integrate some calculus into the material. Not that bad, really, considering that I have managed to survive both Calculus I and II so far.
I keep wondering how the next year or so will turn out. I still have not registered for the MCAT exam, because I don't really know that I want to go into medical school. I've been thinking about doing the Peace Corps for a year, going to graduate school to get some research in something like Astrobiology (which is utterly fascinating. I would be looking at what life on Mars is like [there is life on Mars, we've managed to kill it several times] that is not salt-water based. (Just in case you did not know, cells on earth are vastly dependent on salt-water environments for survival, but these environments are very limited.) Life on Mars is vased on some other material (I don't remember off the top of my head), and one of the NASA probes attempted to collect some of it, and inadvertently killed it, because it put the cell in a salt-water environment.
Utterly fascinating. Unfortuantely, we only have a few places in the solar system which could support life, namely, Earth, Mars, Europa (one of Saturn's moons), and the Asteroids. I think some kind of expedition to one of the larger asteroids that would collect soil samples and look for possible clues to the nature of life would be a worthwhile expedition.
So, back to my original thinking. I keep wanting to finish my African cross stitch. I am working on outlining everything right now, and am noting a lot of mistakes. Perhaps this weekend, I will have the opportunity to do something about it.
As for now, I probably should get to my Civil War reading/Chemistry homework.
Basically, all I have accomplished this week is all of the reading for metabolism in Cell Biology and the first three chapters of my ecology reading. I have to read the first five by the end of next week, and then we don't do much, except Chapter 6, until the third week in February or something like that.
I am obviously wasting my time until my next class at 1:40, which is cell bio. I absolutely hate the room we're in, and wish that he would try to get another.
Apparently, there are over 500 biology majors at this school, out of like 8000 people. That's frankly an astonishing percent.
Anyways. Reading other people's blogs, I keep wondering what many of them are doing. A lot of people, frankly, need to get jobs or take more classes, because they have too much time to worry about whether other people like them, or are accepting of whatever they are doing, and so on. Having 28 credit hours, this is basically my only forum for complaint, and throughout this semester, it will predominantly be about school.
Unfortunately, this semester will be one in which it will be incredibly difficult to skip classes, except for Physics. That one, I will probably skip several times. Oddly, the material is not that different from the last physics class that I took, except that they integrate some calculus into the material. Not that bad, really, considering that I have managed to survive both Calculus I and II so far.
I keep wondering how the next year or so will turn out. I still have not registered for the MCAT exam, because I don't really know that I want to go into medical school. I've been thinking about doing the Peace Corps for a year, going to graduate school to get some research in something like Astrobiology (which is utterly fascinating. I would be looking at what life on Mars is like [there is life on Mars, we've managed to kill it several times] that is not salt-water based. (Just in case you did not know, cells on earth are vastly dependent on salt-water environments for survival, but these environments are very limited.) Life on Mars is vased on some other material (I don't remember off the top of my head), and one of the NASA probes attempted to collect some of it, and inadvertently killed it, because it put the cell in a salt-water environment.
Utterly fascinating. Unfortuantely, we only have a few places in the solar system which could support life, namely, Earth, Mars, Europa (one of Saturn's moons), and the Asteroids. I think some kind of expedition to one of the larger asteroids that would collect soil samples and look for possible clues to the nature of life would be a worthwhile expedition.
So, back to my original thinking. I keep wanting to finish my African cross stitch. I am working on outlining everything right now, and am noting a lot of mistakes. Perhaps this weekend, I will have the opportunity to do something about it.
As for now, I probably should get to my Civil War reading/Chemistry homework.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Continued Observations
Well, the second full day of school is come and gone, and I can now make observations about all of my classes, except my anthropology one, and the organic chemistry lab itself. I expect that the lab instructor I had last semester will be the same as the one that I have this semester, however, I cannot be so sure of that.
It's hard to believe that only half of the first week of the semester is done. With my sickness, it feels like two or three weeks have gone by.
I had a scare earlier, and my boss sent out the revised schedule and neglected to put me on for Wednesdays from 5-7 PM. Fortunately, it was not a deliberate neglect.
So, back to my introduction to the semester observations. Human Physiology seems like it will not be overly difficult for me. Even though I have not had much physiology since high school, I am confident that the things I knew then will return to me relatively quickly. Of course, I could always borrow Erin's notes from her biology classes. I am personally, quite excited for nephrology (study of the kidneys) as I have a special fondness for them from high school biology. The professor certainly seems capable, however, he has interest in knowing us personally, etc. etc., which I don't personally like. I prefer to have some distance between the professor and the student, and again, I am going to be forced to acquiesce to what he wants, as he is the professor, and I am the student. I certainly expect to get an A.
Organic Chemistry is the same as last semester, however, I despise the room we are in.
Expectd Grade: A.
Physics is Physics. Expected Grade: A.
I have quite a bit of homework already for this semester, which I expect. I have several chapters of reading to do in all of my biology classes, like 3 chapters for tomorrow, and several additional chapters for next Monday. I think that taking notes will certainly help, and I aim to do so this semester, sicne I do not have heavy interference from my humanities oriented majors. I have several chapters of reading in History for next Tuesday, and I am supposed to have additional reading for Ancient Egypt, which I will get shortly after this posting. Then, I have the first homework assignment for the semester to consider in chemistry and physics, and I will have a lab assignment to do this Friday. All in all, reasonable expectations for the beginning of this semester.
I missed my sciences.
It's hard to believe that only half of the first week of the semester is done. With my sickness, it feels like two or three weeks have gone by.
I had a scare earlier, and my boss sent out the revised schedule and neglected to put me on for Wednesdays from 5-7 PM. Fortunately, it was not a deliberate neglect.
So, back to my introduction to the semester observations. Human Physiology seems like it will not be overly difficult for me. Even though I have not had much physiology since high school, I am confident that the things I knew then will return to me relatively quickly. Of course, I could always borrow Erin's notes from her biology classes. I am personally, quite excited for nephrology (study of the kidneys) as I have a special fondness for them from high school biology. The professor certainly seems capable, however, he has interest in knowing us personally, etc. etc., which I don't personally like. I prefer to have some distance between the professor and the student, and again, I am going to be forced to acquiesce to what he wants, as he is the professor, and I am the student. I certainly expect to get an A.
Organic Chemistry is the same as last semester, however, I despise the room we are in.
Expectd Grade: A.
Physics is Physics. Expected Grade: A.
I have quite a bit of homework already for this semester, which I expect. I have several chapters of reading to do in all of my biology classes, like 3 chapters for tomorrow, and several additional chapters for next Monday. I think that taking notes will certainly help, and I aim to do so this semester, sicne I do not have heavy interference from my humanities oriented majors. I have several chapters of reading in History for next Tuesday, and I am supposed to have additional reading for Ancient Egypt, which I will get shortly after this posting. Then, I have the first homework assignment for the semester to consider in chemistry and physics, and I will have a lab assignment to do this Friday. All in all, reasonable expectations for the beginning of this semester.
I missed my sciences.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Well, the first day of school has come and gone. That means that there are only 118 days left until the end of the semester. Insert profanity here:
I'm still sick (bah!) with this incessant coughing that is driving me insane. Of course, if anyone asks, I'm saying that it is pneumonia.
Impressions from today's classes, and expectations for the semester:
First, I had General Ecology (BIOL 370, referred to henceforth as simply ecology). I am not thrilled with what this class is going to offer, for several reasons. #1: Probably multiple choice exams {BAD!}, which I absolutely abhor, because it lacks the certain art of description which people with majors in philosophy and history are apt to have. #2: Professor gets sidetracked easily, which I do not like very much, because I feel that it shows disorganization, which really messes me up because then I just stop paying attention. Expectation: With excessive incdependent study and notation, I can ace the material. I do not expect lectures to be productive, and may miss occassional days for mental health appreciation, however, I can miss class excessively, because I don't know his examination style yet. I will not miss days until after the first exam. Expected grade: A.
Second, I had Ancient Egyptian History (HIST 300). There are 53 people in the class, which I think is overly excessive for a history class. There are only three essays and one final, with two of those events occurring in the same week. This class was not very informative because we tried to define "history" and then we did a synopsis of Ancient Egyptian history. I think I am going to reserve judgment for several days. Expected Grade: Unknown.
Third, I had Organic Chemistry Lab Lecture, which is the same thing as last semester. The grading scale is easier this semester than last. Perhaps the material will be harder. There are clicker questions this semester, which means that I can rarely miss class, unlike last semester, where I missed like 4-6 of 14 classes. Expected Grade: A.
Then, I bought more books ($80 worth), and I still have to buy two more, a physics one tomorrow and then one more civil war book.
Next class was Cell Biology. The impression I get from the teacher is that he does not care too much about this subject (I hear he prefers genetics more than this), however, I noticed that he is only teaching three classes, so I don't know for sure. Cell Biology came to me easily in high school and in science olympiad. I expect that with a lot of individual study, I should do well on exams, which make up the whole grade. Expected Grade: A.
Finall,y I had Civil War. My teacher seems to know his material very well, and was the only one I had today who was interested in knowing us at all by our names, etc. However, I was insulted because part of our introductions (which other people gave for us, which I hate, if anyone is going to introduce someone, it should be the one being introduced), we disclosed our major. Well, I have four, so I said my four. He didn't say anything at the time, however, the next person had three majros (history, poli sci, and philosophy) and the teacher went "what, no biology or chemistry?" Absolutely insulting. He was mocking the efforts that I have done in the last, oh, 14 years I put into school to get ahead, and the efforts I continue to put into my work to get ahead continually. If he was on an equal field as I, (Bachelor's student), I certainly would have said something, however, it is disrespectful to say something like that to someone who is more educated than you are and who is in a position of control over you. I think that this class is going to be challenging, and he will not give much opportnity for getting ahead or much information as to his expectation on written work.
Expected Grade: A-.
Well, that leaves only a few more classes that I have not had. Human Physiology tomorrow morning (at 8 AM BLAH!), Physics I (the professor I already have had, so the only worry I have is whether calculus one can come back to my feeble brain. Ex. Gr.:A), Organic Chemistry Lecture II (same as last semester, Ex. Gr.: A), the actual Organic Chem Lab, and my Intro Anthropology class, which I am kind of meh about.
Anyways, my expectations:
BIOL 370: A
BIOL 302: A
CHEM 332: A
CHEM 334: A
HIST 300: ?
HIST 453: A-
BIOL 321: ?
PES 111: A
ANTH 104: ?
I'm still sick (bah!) with this incessant coughing that is driving me insane. Of course, if anyone asks, I'm saying that it is pneumonia.
Impressions from today's classes, and expectations for the semester:
First, I had General Ecology (BIOL 370, referred to henceforth as simply ecology). I am not thrilled with what this class is going to offer, for several reasons. #1: Probably multiple choice exams {BAD!}, which I absolutely abhor, because it lacks the certain art of description which people with majors in philosophy and history are apt to have. #2: Professor gets sidetracked easily, which I do not like very much, because I feel that it shows disorganization, which really messes me up because then I just stop paying attention. Expectation: With excessive incdependent study and notation, I can ace the material. I do not expect lectures to be productive, and may miss occassional days for mental health appreciation, however, I can miss class excessively, because I don't know his examination style yet. I will not miss days until after the first exam. Expected grade: A.
Second, I had Ancient Egyptian History (HIST 300). There are 53 people in the class, which I think is overly excessive for a history class. There are only three essays and one final, with two of those events occurring in the same week. This class was not very informative because we tried to define "history" and then we did a synopsis of Ancient Egyptian history. I think I am going to reserve judgment for several days. Expected Grade: Unknown.
Third, I had Organic Chemistry Lab Lecture, which is the same thing as last semester. The grading scale is easier this semester than last. Perhaps the material will be harder. There are clicker questions this semester, which means that I can rarely miss class, unlike last semester, where I missed like 4-6 of 14 classes. Expected Grade: A.
Then, I bought more books ($80 worth), and I still have to buy two more, a physics one tomorrow and then one more civil war book.
Next class was Cell Biology. The impression I get from the teacher is that he does not care too much about this subject (I hear he prefers genetics more than this), however, I noticed that he is only teaching three classes, so I don't know for sure. Cell Biology came to me easily in high school and in science olympiad. I expect that with a lot of individual study, I should do well on exams, which make up the whole grade. Expected Grade: A.
Finall,y I had Civil War. My teacher seems to know his material very well, and was the only one I had today who was interested in knowing us at all by our names, etc. However, I was insulted because part of our introductions (which other people gave for us, which I hate, if anyone is going to introduce someone, it should be the one being introduced), we disclosed our major. Well, I have four, so I said my four. He didn't say anything at the time, however, the next person had three majros (history, poli sci, and philosophy) and the teacher went "what, no biology or chemistry?" Absolutely insulting. He was mocking the efforts that I have done in the last, oh, 14 years I put into school to get ahead, and the efforts I continue to put into my work to get ahead continually. If he was on an equal field as I, (Bachelor's student), I certainly would have said something, however, it is disrespectful to say something like that to someone who is more educated than you are and who is in a position of control over you. I think that this class is going to be challenging, and he will not give much opportnity for getting ahead or much information as to his expectation on written work.
Expected Grade: A-.
Well, that leaves only a few more classes that I have not had. Human Physiology tomorrow morning (at 8 AM BLAH!), Physics I (the professor I already have had, so the only worry I have is whether calculus one can come back to my feeble brain. Ex. Gr.:A), Organic Chemistry Lecture II (same as last semester, Ex. Gr.: A), the actual Organic Chem Lab, and my Intro Anthropology class, which I am kind of meh about.
Anyways, my expectations:
BIOL 370: A
BIOL 302: A
CHEM 332: A
CHEM 334: A
HIST 300: ?
HIST 453: A-
BIOL 321: ?
PES 111: A
ANTH 104: ?
Friday, January 12, 2007
My African Cross-stitch is beginning to make my fingers hurt. I can feel the nerves screaming out in pain, but I only have 3 days until school starts (shit), and I have so much left to do that I'm quite frustrated and rushed.
I would have gotten much more done today, however, I had to go to work for a training session and a campus wide excel center training session. Afterwards, I had to sit in the LTC for about an hour and a half to administer a placement exam.
Fortunately, I worked about 6 1/2 hours, which gets me $60 in one day, not to mention that my next paycheck will be comparatively large to my other ones this semester. I did get an additional 2 hours added on Wednesdays from 5-7 PM, and while it's the third day in a row I have to be at school from 8 AM-7 PM, my paychecks essentially double. Plus, I brought up the possibility of working weekends, which I hope is a very concrete possiblity. I would love it if I could get like 3 hours in on Sat. or Sun. That would get me to 7 hours, which is a half-hour more than last year. Just one half hour increase would get me an additional $73 for this semester. I should encourage this.
Anyways, that was most of my day. I'm sick, so I didn't go to the hospital.
I hate being sick. In the last three years, I have been sick with a viral infection of some sort twice, right now, and about 10 months ago (which is the only time that I slept in at Regis past 9 AM, I took NyQuil [a divine concoction] at like 10 PM and did not wake up until 1 PM the next day). I had one bacterial infection in 2005, epididymitis, and one fungal infection in April where I got the equivalent of athlete's foot on my leg. Lower leg. It was nasty as hell.
Yesterday I had that strong viral feel where you just feel like you're a walking disease, and I was tired as hell, but I took this NyQuil-like substance and slept immaculately. Although Grey's Anatomy might have helped.
Tension is getting pretty high in this house. My mom and my sister fight about something at least twice a week and my dad nags her about something once every week. I think it's the near-graduation tension. I know I was pretty much an ass my whole senior year. I've had some tension myself, mainly from little things. Example: The closest thing to a regret I have is the whole priest thing, and there was something about it in the Catholic Herald, and I jokingly said that if someone who does not know about my rational restoration mentioned something about it, I would show them the scar on my forehead (which I got from a fall) and say that it was the place where they removed my brain tumor. She was not happy about that. I need to watch my irreligiousness around my family. Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to start taking communion again, but I am going to watch what I say about religion. Normally, I don't have a problem with it, but rather, with its practitioners. Everyone I went to school with at Corpus, with a few notable exceptions, thought they were better than everyone else because of social connections, money, whatever, and I busted their asses academically. Two outsiders got the top two GPA's. Two people who never set foot into a Catholic school for education until after high school, and one because he was delusional in thinking that other places were going to be different, and the other because he got free college. We know the second one is not me. I also mentioned, I think that I thought that God really doesn't care too much. Not that this bothers me. I would rather have my existence filled with pain, but at least an independent one (for the most part, barring physical obstacles inherent of nature [nothing of God's fault, he just made the thing, he didn't dictate that I ought to be male, random genetics did that] than one filled with God intervening all the time. I am far more comfortable with deism, acknowledging God's existence and his creation of the universe with some kind of order, but not admitting much else.
One thing that really bothered me, however, is that the council of bishops reviews these movies and gives these ratings that are A-I, A-II, A-III, L, and O, with O being morally offensive. So there was this review today for this movie, which includes adultery, male butt nudity, boob nudity, female butt nudity, self mutliation, and all these other things, and they gave it an L. They gave Chocolat, which is an excellent movie, without explicit adultery (it's implied at points), without explicit sex (it's implied too), without nudity, without violence, and with minimal bad language. It, however got an O because the main character is an atheist and undermines the message of Lent (no she doesn't) with chocolate. Seriously? Did they watch the same movie? It's one of Katie's favorite movies, and she's a 7 year old. I hardly see her morally offended by that movie. The next thing you know, Audrey Hepburn movies are morally offensive (they so are not).
Anyways, that's my upset for the day.
I would have gotten much more done today, however, I had to go to work for a training session and a campus wide excel center training session. Afterwards, I had to sit in the LTC for about an hour and a half to administer a placement exam.
Fortunately, I worked about 6 1/2 hours, which gets me $60 in one day, not to mention that my next paycheck will be comparatively large to my other ones this semester. I did get an additional 2 hours added on Wednesdays from 5-7 PM, and while it's the third day in a row I have to be at school from 8 AM-7 PM, my paychecks essentially double. Plus, I brought up the possibility of working weekends, which I hope is a very concrete possiblity. I would love it if I could get like 3 hours in on Sat. or Sun. That would get me to 7 hours, which is a half-hour more than last year. Just one half hour increase would get me an additional $73 for this semester. I should encourage this.
Anyways, that was most of my day. I'm sick, so I didn't go to the hospital.
I hate being sick. In the last three years, I have been sick with a viral infection of some sort twice, right now, and about 10 months ago (which is the only time that I slept in at Regis past 9 AM, I took NyQuil [a divine concoction] at like 10 PM and did not wake up until 1 PM the next day). I had one bacterial infection in 2005, epididymitis, and one fungal infection in April where I got the equivalent of athlete's foot on my leg. Lower leg. It was nasty as hell.
Yesterday I had that strong viral feel where you just feel like you're a walking disease, and I was tired as hell, but I took this NyQuil-like substance and slept immaculately. Although Grey's Anatomy might have helped.
Tension is getting pretty high in this house. My mom and my sister fight about something at least twice a week and my dad nags her about something once every week. I think it's the near-graduation tension. I know I was pretty much an ass my whole senior year. I've had some tension myself, mainly from little things. Example: The closest thing to a regret I have is the whole priest thing, and there was something about it in the Catholic Herald, and I jokingly said that if someone who does not know about my rational restoration mentioned something about it, I would show them the scar on my forehead (which I got from a fall) and say that it was the place where they removed my brain tumor. She was not happy about that. I need to watch my irreligiousness around my family. Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to start taking communion again, but I am going to watch what I say about religion. Normally, I don't have a problem with it, but rather, with its practitioners. Everyone I went to school with at Corpus, with a few notable exceptions, thought they were better than everyone else because of social connections, money, whatever, and I busted their asses academically. Two outsiders got the top two GPA's. Two people who never set foot into a Catholic school for education until after high school, and one because he was delusional in thinking that other places were going to be different, and the other because he got free college. We know the second one is not me. I also mentioned, I think that I thought that God really doesn't care too much. Not that this bothers me. I would rather have my existence filled with pain, but at least an independent one (for the most part, barring physical obstacles inherent of nature [nothing of God's fault, he just made the thing, he didn't dictate that I ought to be male, random genetics did that] than one filled with God intervening all the time. I am far more comfortable with deism, acknowledging God's existence and his creation of the universe with some kind of order, but not admitting much else.
One thing that really bothered me, however, is that the council of bishops reviews these movies and gives these ratings that are A-I, A-II, A-III, L, and O, with O being morally offensive. So there was this review today for this movie, which includes adultery, male butt nudity, boob nudity, female butt nudity, self mutliation, and all these other things, and they gave it an L. They gave Chocolat, which is an excellent movie, without explicit adultery (it's implied at points), without explicit sex (it's implied too), without nudity, without violence, and with minimal bad language. It, however got an O because the main character is an atheist and undermines the message of Lent (no she doesn't) with chocolate. Seriously? Did they watch the same movie? It's one of Katie's favorite movies, and she's a 7 year old. I hardly see her morally offended by that movie. The next thing you know, Audrey Hepburn movies are morally offensive (they so are not).
Anyways, that's my upset for the day.
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
I've only managed three posts this whole year? That makes me very lame. Because, I don't have any life, I know that I am lame. What have I done in all this time? Lame things as well.
First of all, I spent $560.47 on books today. I still have seven more to buy. Three for my ancient Egypt course, each costing $20, $15, and $12. I have two to buy for the Civil War class, costing $10 and $17, and I still have to buy my physics book, which is going to be about $90, and an Anthropology book, which should cost me about $11.
That means that my second semester book costs are going to be around $750. Seriously? Seriously. OMG.
I think that May It Be is pretty much the best song n the history of forever.
So what have I really been doing? Aside from shooting all my money out the window, I've been doing A LOT of cross-stitching. ALOT.
I did this little one of Mickey, a GUM one, and right now, I am working on this African one. After that, I have a wolf one and a Geisha one that I would like to complete this semester before I buy anything else.
That's my first goal of the week. My second is that tomorrow I am going to drop off the stuff I decided to get rid of at the Arc store and maybe get a haircut. I have not gotten my hair cut in 4 months, so it is rather long. Long enough where I can grab itin the back, but not put a ponytail in or anything, and long enough that it's starting to come down over my ears, which bugs the hell out of me. Since I'm taking 28 credit hours this semester, I do not expect to be getting another haircut in the next 4 months.
Third goal is to go to the dentist to get my sealant put in and to have my tooth filed. Fourth goal is to go to work et. al. on Friday (I have to be gone from 10 AM-7PM between UCCS and the hospital). Fifth is to continue to look for other jobs. Sixth is to look for scholarships, now that most of them should have applications available.
Blah.
Anyways, so my big thing that I was going to discuss the other night. Frankly, it's not that big, but I wanted to mention that recent events have proven to me that I am a keen observer of human behavior and that in order to maintain that ability, I must always have am objective approach to any situation. I'm in the midst of this struggle with myself between destroying most of my emotions and supressing them or to balance between my rational and emotional characteristics. Emotionally, I have this images that I want to embrace--the rebel, the fighter, the opposition, the arrogant, etc.--and rationally, I simply want to analyze situations based on objective evidence.
The question is, do I want to become a Vulcan? If I didn't have the friends and family that I do have, I would do everything I could to purge myself of my emotions. I know that if anything happened to them, I would. And there are some emotions that I do not allow myself to feel. Sadness is one which I have really done what I can to destroy. Between detatching myself from things that trigger that response and a rational approach to those things which do not detach myself from. Anger is one I would like to destroy, but there are things which I simply cannot control my anger towards, namely other people driving, knows while sewing, and religious people who think that they can stuff their beliefs down my throat or that they can mold me in any way.
Towards a lot of the people I went to school with, I would definitely undertake the rational approach. And on matters of grave seriousness, I have always been a very rational person. Part of that rationalism is knowing that I am the only one who can control a lot of circumstances and that in times of stress, I can provide an objective analysis, even to the most minute of details. For example, around this time last year, my uncle, after a long life of drug addiction and alcoholism died at only 55. I had not seen him in more than 11 years, save when he was in the hospital, and my rationalism was quite useful, and I managed to take care of a lot of the small things for my dad, like driving back to here to pick up his meds and trade places with mom and Katie, checking if we could get some in Arizona, packing, loading the car, etc. Had I been emotional, I would not have been able to do that.
I know that when my dad's condition eventually deterioriates (something which I will discuss shortly), I am again going to have to be rational and objective, including knowing that at some point, I am going to have to take his car keys away from him, and help my parents and younger sister move into a wheelchair accessible house.
Now, about his symptoms. Interestingly, he went to the doctor recently, and they told him for the first time in the three years that he has had MS his prognosis. Don't you love the AFA? Anyways, his doctor said that if in the next seven years he does not have another attack, the odds of him having another one in his lifetime are very small, and that given that he does not have one, should have a normal life span. Now, for my dad, this is strange. His brother died at 55, his mother died at 62, and his father died at like 71, the first two from consumed things (alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, etc.), and the third from weird crap. His grandparents on his father's side lived to be 94. So, where is his normal life span? I have no idea. But, this is a good prognosis. I may not have to worry about taking away his keys and house for another 30 years.
I figure that 2007 may not be the best of years. Both of my mom's parents are doing pretty badly with their Alzheimer's and my paternal stepgrandmother is really looking badly. She only weighs like 90 pounds. My aunt is going back to her old ways of borrowing money and not paying it back, and my cousins on my dad's side are probably going to have another round of pregnancies. Get this: I have five first cousins on my dad's side. I have 12 second cousins (which are the children of first cousins, I believe in one definiton). None of my cousins are married, mind you. I have 7 first cousins on my mom's side, and 0 second cousins.
Anyways, I am now rambling. Goodnight.
First of all, I spent $560.47 on books today. I still have seven more to buy. Three for my ancient Egypt course, each costing $20, $15, and $12. I have two to buy for the Civil War class, costing $10 and $17, and I still have to buy my physics book, which is going to be about $90, and an Anthropology book, which should cost me about $11.
That means that my second semester book costs are going to be around $750. Seriously? Seriously. OMG.
I think that May It Be is pretty much the best song n the history of forever.
So what have I really been doing? Aside from shooting all my money out the window, I've been doing A LOT of cross-stitching. ALOT.
I did this little one of Mickey, a GUM one, and right now, I am working on this African one. After that, I have a wolf one and a Geisha one that I would like to complete this semester before I buy anything else.
That's my first goal of the week. My second is that tomorrow I am going to drop off the stuff I decided to get rid of at the Arc store and maybe get a haircut. I have not gotten my hair cut in 4 months, so it is rather long. Long enough where I can grab itin the back, but not put a ponytail in or anything, and long enough that it's starting to come down over my ears, which bugs the hell out of me. Since I'm taking 28 credit hours this semester, I do not expect to be getting another haircut in the next 4 months.
Third goal is to go to the dentist to get my sealant put in and to have my tooth filed. Fourth goal is to go to work et. al. on Friday (I have to be gone from 10 AM-7PM between UCCS and the hospital). Fifth is to continue to look for other jobs. Sixth is to look for scholarships, now that most of them should have applications available.
Blah.
Anyways, so my big thing that I was going to discuss the other night. Frankly, it's not that big, but I wanted to mention that recent events have proven to me that I am a keen observer of human behavior and that in order to maintain that ability, I must always have am objective approach to any situation. I'm in the midst of this struggle with myself between destroying most of my emotions and supressing them or to balance between my rational and emotional characteristics. Emotionally, I have this images that I want to embrace--the rebel, the fighter, the opposition, the arrogant, etc.--and rationally, I simply want to analyze situations based on objective evidence.
The question is, do I want to become a Vulcan? If I didn't have the friends and family that I do have, I would do everything I could to purge myself of my emotions. I know that if anything happened to them, I would. And there are some emotions that I do not allow myself to feel. Sadness is one which I have really done what I can to destroy. Between detatching myself from things that trigger that response and a rational approach to those things which do not detach myself from. Anger is one I would like to destroy, but there are things which I simply cannot control my anger towards, namely other people driving, knows while sewing, and religious people who think that they can stuff their beliefs down my throat or that they can mold me in any way.
Towards a lot of the people I went to school with, I would definitely undertake the rational approach. And on matters of grave seriousness, I have always been a very rational person. Part of that rationalism is knowing that I am the only one who can control a lot of circumstances and that in times of stress, I can provide an objective analysis, even to the most minute of details. For example, around this time last year, my uncle, after a long life of drug addiction and alcoholism died at only 55. I had not seen him in more than 11 years, save when he was in the hospital, and my rationalism was quite useful, and I managed to take care of a lot of the small things for my dad, like driving back to here to pick up his meds and trade places with mom and Katie, checking if we could get some in Arizona, packing, loading the car, etc. Had I been emotional, I would not have been able to do that.
I know that when my dad's condition eventually deterioriates (something which I will discuss shortly), I am again going to have to be rational and objective, including knowing that at some point, I am going to have to take his car keys away from him, and help my parents and younger sister move into a wheelchair accessible house.
Now, about his symptoms. Interestingly, he went to the doctor recently, and they told him for the first time in the three years that he has had MS his prognosis. Don't you love the AFA? Anyways, his doctor said that if in the next seven years he does not have another attack, the odds of him having another one in his lifetime are very small, and that given that he does not have one, should have a normal life span. Now, for my dad, this is strange. His brother died at 55, his mother died at 62, and his father died at like 71, the first two from consumed things (alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, etc.), and the third from weird crap. His grandparents on his father's side lived to be 94. So, where is his normal life span? I have no idea. But, this is a good prognosis. I may not have to worry about taking away his keys and house for another 30 years.
I figure that 2007 may not be the best of years. Both of my mom's parents are doing pretty badly with their Alzheimer's and my paternal stepgrandmother is really looking badly. She only weighs like 90 pounds. My aunt is going back to her old ways of borrowing money and not paying it back, and my cousins on my dad's side are probably going to have another round of pregnancies. Get this: I have five first cousins on my dad's side. I have 12 second cousins (which are the children of first cousins, I believe in one definiton). None of my cousins are married, mind you. I have 7 first cousins on my mom's side, and 0 second cousins.
Anyways, I am now rambling. Goodnight.
Friday, January 5, 2007
I felt the need to do a survey. A discussion of my life follows the survey.
200: My middle name(s) is: Lewis
199: I was born on: August 26, 1987
198. I am a: man.
196. My eye color is: blue
195. My shoe size is: 13 1/2
194. My ring size is: 11
193. My height is: 6'2
191. I am allergic to: coconut, amoxycilin, erythromyacin, dimetapp, robutussin
190. I live in: Colorado Springs
189. The last book I read: John Locke's Second Treatise on Government (not a fun book)
188. My bed is: in the basement
187. Are boys stupid: I hardly consider myself stupid, however, en masse, my gender is the dumber of the two.
186. I am glad I'm my sex because: bleeding out your crotch every month is not my idea of a good time.
179. My favorite Holiday is: I actually hate every holiday. There is not a holiday that I like
178. The perfect kiss is: chocolate
177. The last three cd's I bought are: I don't but CD's, I either burn them or I get them as gifts
176. Last song that made me cry was: May It Be
172. My most treasured possession(s) is(are): My HS Diploma (soon to be college), my science olympiad medals (all 3 of them), and several other items
170. What did you do last night: Slept? Oh, and I starred in a porn movie in my spare time
167. My skin's reaction to the sun is (tan/burn): I have not been in the sun extensively in the last....24 months or so because I have all these pre-cancerous moles on my neck
:::::I Do (YES)/Do Not (NO) Believe In:::::
143. Santa? no
142. Love at first sight? no
141. Luck?: no
140. Fate?: I don't care either way
139. God?: yes, but I don't think God cares about people as much as we say he does (deist)
138. Aliens?: Qalq D'ujon maqrath!
137. Heaven?: only as the realm of God's existence, we can't get into it because we don't have immortal souls
136. Hell?: ditto really, except hell is nonexistent space/time
135. Ghosts?: no, people don't have immortal souls
134. Horoscopes?: no
135. Soulmates?: not possible since there are not souls that can reproduce
:::::Which is Better?:::::
129. Hugs or Kisses? I am not a fan of tactile contact
128. Drunk or High: neither have been experienced by my person
127. phone or online: online
126. Red heads or Black hair?: red heads
125. Blondes or Brunettes: brunettes
120. Night or Day: both
119. Oranges or Apples: apples
118. Curly or Straight hair: straight
:::::Here's What I Think About:::::
116. Abortion? I am opposed to it. It has no reasonable arguments. If you don't want kids, get your tubes ties/cut/whatever. Stupid people should be sterilized anyways
115. Backstabbers? I never trust someone enough to stab me in the back
114. Parents? I can hardly be opposed to them
110. School? I think it's an absolute necessity. Anyone who doesn't go to school is stupid. Anyone who drops out of school halfway is even stupider and never should have begun in the first place.
::::Last time I::::( family doesn't count put their name)
103. Kissed someone: I have never kissed anyone
102. last time i hugged someone: yesterday
101. Seen someone I haven't seen in a while: ditto
99. Grew: Physically, people grow every night as they sleep. I grow all the time in my convictions and determinations
::::MISC::::
90. Who's the ditziest person I know: I don't know many ditzy people
89. Who makes you laugh the most: I almost never laugh anymore
87. One thing I'm pissed about right now is: uncertainty
83. The last movie I saw in the theater was: Narnia
82. The thing I don't understand is: academic core requirements
80. The most unsatisfactory answer I've ever receieved was: what do you think?
79. The one thing I love about the opposite sex is: perspective, something men have very little of
76. This summer I am: going to take several classes and work.
75. Something I will really miss when I leave home is: familiarity
74. The thing that I'm looking forward to the most: starting a new semester and finishing this current cross stitch I am working on
73. Tomorrow: cross stitch+Audrey Hepburn+possible shopping experiences at the European market+probably church so I don't have to go on Sunday
72. Today: cross+Audrey+work
71. Next Summer: graduate school+work
70. Next Week: cook+cross stitch+paint
67. People call me: I would not know, I never have my phone on
64. The person I have been good friends with the longest is: ?
62. The person who knows the most about me is?: my mom
61. The person that can read me the best is: people do not ave the ability to read me very well because despite my frequent emotional outbursts on pointless things like football games, songs, an educational opportunities, I am never emotional about anything personal
60. The most difficult thing to do is: give up
59. I have gotten a speeding ticket: never
58. I have the following siblings: 2 sisters
56. My zodiac sign isVirgo
55. The first person I thought i was in love with was: my second grade teacher, followed by my sixth grade teacher, and my seventh grade teacher. This is common for a male.
53. The one person who can't hide things from me: No one really can. I may not have a lot of friends, but I can tell when people are lying pretty well
51. Right now I am talking to: no one
48. I have/will get a job at: chemistry department?
47. I have these pets: one dog
46. I hope: that I can handle it
45. The worst sound in the world: glass scratching
44. The person that makes me cry the most is: I don't cry very much (last time I did it was over 3 years ago)
43. My boy/girlfriend :N/A
35. florida or hawaii: hawaii
33. My favorite piece of clothing is: anything I have that is venetian red
32. My favorite sport to play is: I don't play sports
31. Last time I cried: I do when I wake up because my eyes are dry, but that's different
28. The school I go to is: UCCS
27. Last person I got pissed at: People who ignore me
26. My worst drinking experience was: i don't drink, i don't need that experience
22. The all-time best movie is: Either My Fair Lady or Wait Until Dark...or Psycho
21. The all-time best thing in the world is: to excel
19. The most annoying thing ever is: confrontational christianity, people who are holier than thou
18. The most annoying person you know is: Fr Brad, any male I met at Regis
17. I lose all respect for people who: drop out of school
11. The worst pain I was ever in was: when my sister kicked me in the nuts and five minutes later they were hit by a brick. FUN TIMES! Seriously, the gonads are the most sensitive areas of the body, supposedly they have hte highest concentration of pain nerves in the body because they don't work the right way under certain circumstances
10. My favorite phrase: WHAT?
9. My room has: a lot of cold air
8. My favorite celebrity is: Audrey Hepburn, and Stevie Nicks
5. My weakness is: baklava
4. What turns me on: nothing
3. Who broke your heart: no one
2. I filled out 200 questions because: iI did not answer 200 questions
1. What do you regret most: i regret nothing
now I'm too tired to talk about life
200: My middle name(s) is: Lewis
199: I was born on: August 26, 1987
198. I am a: man.
196. My eye color is: blue
195. My shoe size is: 13 1/2
194. My ring size is: 11
193. My height is: 6'2
191. I am allergic to: coconut, amoxycilin, erythromyacin, dimetapp, robutussin
190. I live in: Colorado Springs
189. The last book I read: John Locke's Second Treatise on Government (not a fun book)
188. My bed is: in the basement
187. Are boys stupid: I hardly consider myself stupid, however, en masse, my gender is the dumber of the two.
186. I am glad I'm my sex because: bleeding out your crotch every month is not my idea of a good time.
179. My favorite Holiday is: I actually hate every holiday. There is not a holiday that I like
178. The perfect kiss is: chocolate
177. The last three cd's I bought are: I don't but CD's, I either burn them or I get them as gifts
176. Last song that made me cry was: May It Be
172. My most treasured possession(s) is(are): My HS Diploma (soon to be college), my science olympiad medals (all 3 of them), and several other items
170. What did you do last night: Slept? Oh, and I starred in a porn movie in my spare time
167. My skin's reaction to the sun is (tan/burn): I have not been in the sun extensively in the last....24 months or so because I have all these pre-cancerous moles on my neck
:::::I Do (YES)/Do Not (NO) Believe In:::::
143. Santa? no
142. Love at first sight? no
141. Luck?: no
140. Fate?: I don't care either way
139. God?: yes, but I don't think God cares about people as much as we say he does (deist)
138. Aliens?: Qalq D'ujon maqrath!
137. Heaven?: only as the realm of God's existence, we can't get into it because we don't have immortal souls
136. Hell?: ditto really, except hell is nonexistent space/time
135. Ghosts?: no, people don't have immortal souls
134. Horoscopes?: no
135. Soulmates?: not possible since there are not souls that can reproduce
:::::Which is Better?:::::
129. Hugs or Kisses? I am not a fan of tactile contact
128. Drunk or High: neither have been experienced by my person
127. phone or online: online
126. Red heads or Black hair?: red heads
125. Blondes or Brunettes: brunettes
120. Night or Day: both
119. Oranges or Apples: apples
118. Curly or Straight hair: straight
:::::Here's What I Think About:::::
116. Abortion? I am opposed to it. It has no reasonable arguments. If you don't want kids, get your tubes ties/cut/whatever. Stupid people should be sterilized anyways
115. Backstabbers? I never trust someone enough to stab me in the back
114. Parents? I can hardly be opposed to them
110. School? I think it's an absolute necessity. Anyone who doesn't go to school is stupid. Anyone who drops out of school halfway is even stupider and never should have begun in the first place.
::::Last time I::::( family doesn't count put their name)
103. Kissed someone: I have never kissed anyone
102. last time i hugged someone: yesterday
101. Seen someone I haven't seen in a while: ditto
99. Grew: Physically, people grow every night as they sleep. I grow all the time in my convictions and determinations
::::MISC::::
90. Who's the ditziest person I know: I don't know many ditzy people
89. Who makes you laugh the most: I almost never laugh anymore
87. One thing I'm pissed about right now is: uncertainty
83. The last movie I saw in the theater was: Narnia
82. The thing I don't understand is: academic core requirements
80. The most unsatisfactory answer I've ever receieved was: what do you think?
79. The one thing I love about the opposite sex is: perspective, something men have very little of
76. This summer I am: going to take several classes and work.
75. Something I will really miss when I leave home is: familiarity
74. The thing that I'm looking forward to the most: starting a new semester and finishing this current cross stitch I am working on
73. Tomorrow: cross stitch+Audrey Hepburn+possible shopping experiences at the European market+probably church so I don't have to go on Sunday
72. Today: cross+Audrey+work
71. Next Summer: graduate school+work
70. Next Week: cook+cross stitch+paint
67. People call me: I would not know, I never have my phone on
64. The person I have been good friends with the longest is: ?
62. The person who knows the most about me is?: my mom
61. The person that can read me the best is: people do not ave the ability to read me very well because despite my frequent emotional outbursts on pointless things like football games, songs, an educational opportunities, I am never emotional about anything personal
60. The most difficult thing to do is: give up
59. I have gotten a speeding ticket: never
58. I have the following siblings: 2 sisters
56. My zodiac sign isVirgo
55. The first person I thought i was in love with was: my second grade teacher, followed by my sixth grade teacher, and my seventh grade teacher. This is common for a male.
53. The one person who can't hide things from me: No one really can. I may not have a lot of friends, but I can tell when people are lying pretty well
51. Right now I am talking to: no one
48. I have/will get a job at: chemistry department?
47. I have these pets: one dog
46. I hope: that I can handle it
45. The worst sound in the world: glass scratching
44. The person that makes me cry the most is: I don't cry very much (last time I did it was over 3 years ago)
43. My boy/girlfriend :N/A
35. florida or hawaii: hawaii
33. My favorite piece of clothing is: anything I have that is venetian red
32. My favorite sport to play is: I don't play sports
31. Last time I cried: I do when I wake up because my eyes are dry, but that's different
28. The school I go to is: UCCS
27. Last person I got pissed at: People who ignore me
26. My worst drinking experience was: i don't drink, i don't need that experience
22. The all-time best movie is: Either My Fair Lady or Wait Until Dark...or Psycho
21. The all-time best thing in the world is: to excel
19. The most annoying thing ever is: confrontational christianity, people who are holier than thou
18. The most annoying person you know is: Fr Brad, any male I met at Regis
17. I lose all respect for people who: drop out of school
11. The worst pain I was ever in was: when my sister kicked me in the nuts and five minutes later they were hit by a brick. FUN TIMES! Seriously, the gonads are the most sensitive areas of the body, supposedly they have hte highest concentration of pain nerves in the body because they don't work the right way under certain circumstances
10. My favorite phrase: WHAT?
9. My room has: a lot of cold air
8. My favorite celebrity is: Audrey Hepburn, and Stevie Nicks
5. My weakness is: baklava
4. What turns me on: nothing
3. Who broke your heart: no one
2. I filled out 200 questions because: iI did not answer 200 questions
1. What do you regret most: i regret nothing
now I'm too tired to talk about life
Thursday, January 4, 2007
I'm a bad blogger. Bad bad. No updates since the second?
Shame on me. Well, in the last two days, I have not been doing all that much. Certainly nothing productive.
I have however finished two cross-stitches and I am starting my third. This one will probably take the rest of my break as it is about 7"*7", which is a lot.
I should post pictures. I have not done much painting. I'm a little exhausted of painting. I need money.
I went and met Pearl and Katherine at Castle Rock today. These kinds of things always reaffirm my convictions that I am going to be single my entire life. by choice. Seeing Ktaherine and Gunnar in their relationship state (it's not bad, it's just long-term) and Pearl and her giddiness really helped me confrm again that I am not the type to have amorous relationships. It's good to see people again, but I feel so different sometimes. People always have something to talk about and all I can really say is school stuff. I always feel like I'm missing something when there is a conversation.
I also have decided that there are too many things I want to do in my life. If I could, this is all that I would do:
Graduate from UCCS with Bachelors in Philosophy, History, Biology, and Chemistry
Get my Master's in Bioethics
Get a Masters and a Doctorate in Biology
Get a Bachelor's and a Master's in Geology
Get a Bachelor's in Astronomy
Get a Bachelor's in Spanish
Learn to speak a third language
Do a shitload of research
Get a Medical Doctorate
Work in the Peace Corps for a year
Work for Doctors Without Borders
Sing in an Opera (even if it's one line)
Learn multiple crafts
Master Greek cooking
Master Moroccan cooking
Travel like everywhere
Earn enough money to do all of this.
Shame on me. Well, in the last two days, I have not been doing all that much. Certainly nothing productive.
I have however finished two cross-stitches and I am starting my third. This one will probably take the rest of my break as it is about 7"*7", which is a lot.
I should post pictures. I have not done much painting. I'm a little exhausted of painting. I need money.
I went and met Pearl and Katherine at Castle Rock today. These kinds of things always reaffirm my convictions that I am going to be single my entire life. by choice. Seeing Ktaherine and Gunnar in their relationship state (it's not bad, it's just long-term) and Pearl and her giddiness really helped me confrm again that I am not the type to have amorous relationships. It's good to see people again, but I feel so different sometimes. People always have something to talk about and all I can really say is school stuff. I always feel like I'm missing something when there is a conversation.
I also have decided that there are too many things I want to do in my life. If I could, this is all that I would do:
Graduate from UCCS with Bachelors in Philosophy, History, Biology, and Chemistry
Get my Master's in Bioethics
Get a Masters and a Doctorate in Biology
Get a Bachelor's and a Master's in Geology
Get a Bachelor's in Astronomy
Get a Bachelor's in Spanish
Learn to speak a third language
Do a shitload of research
Get a Medical Doctorate
Work in the Peace Corps for a year
Work for Doctors Without Borders
Sing in an Opera (even if it's one line)
Learn multiple crafts
Master Greek cooking
Master Moroccan cooking
Travel like everywhere
Earn enough money to do all of this.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
OMG. Normally, I don't watch football, but last night's Oklahoma vs. Boise State game was by far the best one that I have pretty much EVER seen. The ways Boise State came out and dominated for the first three quarters was extremely impressive and their final two possessions, including the pass on 4-18 that went for a touchdown and the OT touchdown that ended in the Statue of Liberty (http://youtube.com/watch?v=lmy1jQRaqGw&mode=related&search ) 2 point conversion.
And people don't televise this team more? I bet a lot of people, after this game, will be calling for more Boise State games, and more inclusion for really astounding teams like this one. I heard that their quarterback was a senior, and I wonder if he might come for a fifth year just to keep that really strong kind of game alive.
That was far more exciting than USC-Michigan, which my dad had on throughout the day, as well as the other ones that were one..Wisconsion-Arkansas? West Virginia and someone and Nebraska and some name like Audobon...Auburn. That's it. I would look for a couple of minutes and they were pretty boring looking.
Why did I watch? Well, for years I had this obsession with Idaho. For like 4 years, I wanted to move to Idaho, become a potato farmer and eventually a senator. I know, talk about a change of events. For the first two years of high school I intended to go to some university in Idaho, either Boise State or the one in Lewiston. I know the geography of the state pretty well, and all these weird facts. Plus, this year Oklahoma (actually it's in this next week) celebrates its centennial, and I wanted to know if that would provide motivation. Obviously, it didn't provide enough. Everyone looks over certain states, Idaho, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Alaska, Montana, Vermont, etc. and it's nice to see the little guy whoop up on the big one.
So I was looking at various graduate college information things and I was surprised to see that I could go to any university in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico with a certain GPA--3.0 in most cases, but in the larger states, like WA and OR, I need a 3.7--and pay in state tuition costs because of the Western University Exchange program. I looked on our National Geographic Map which gives all these random things like colleges, geological sites, etc. and Colorado only has 12 universities worth mentioning. Comparatively, South Dakota has 10, North Dakota, 9, Nebraska, 12, Wyoming, 1, Montana, 7, and New Mexico, 10. Colorado has about an equal population to all of those states COMBINED. Of course, there are probably more, like the Buddhist college that's like a block from CU-Boulder--Naropa University--which has 10 degree programs in like "Traditional East Asian Arts" and has a core which includes "the artistic process" and the "mind-body connection". I walked by the place, it's seriously like two buildings that are about 3 stories high at most in a residential area. Not high on my list of schools that I would ever consider.
Ok, so today, I have to do things. In a couple of hours, I have to go to the dentist and at some point today, I probably should get a haircut.
maybe tomorrow on the hair cut.
I'd like to pick up some kind of craft thing. Sure, I paint (not very well) and I cook (pretty well, for such a novice), but I'd like to do something else. I'd like to start something like cross-stitch or knitting, or something like that. Apparently, it increases patience, which I seriously need.
Anyways, I need to do things like bathing and grooming before I go to the dentist.
And I need to think about college things eventually, but not right now.
And people don't televise this team more? I bet a lot of people, after this game, will be calling for more Boise State games, and more inclusion for really astounding teams like this one. I heard that their quarterback was a senior, and I wonder if he might come for a fifth year just to keep that really strong kind of game alive.
That was far more exciting than USC-Michigan, which my dad had on throughout the day, as well as the other ones that were one..Wisconsion-Arkansas? West Virginia and someone and Nebraska and some name like Audobon...Auburn. That's it. I would look for a couple of minutes and they were pretty boring looking.
Why did I watch? Well, for years I had this obsession with Idaho. For like 4 years, I wanted to move to Idaho, become a potato farmer and eventually a senator. I know, talk about a change of events. For the first two years of high school I intended to go to some university in Idaho, either Boise State or the one in Lewiston. I know the geography of the state pretty well, and all these weird facts. Plus, this year Oklahoma (actually it's in this next week) celebrates its centennial, and I wanted to know if that would provide motivation. Obviously, it didn't provide enough. Everyone looks over certain states, Idaho, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Alaska, Montana, Vermont, etc. and it's nice to see the little guy whoop up on the big one.
So I was looking at various graduate college information things and I was surprised to see that I could go to any university in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico with a certain GPA--3.0 in most cases, but in the larger states, like WA and OR, I need a 3.7--and pay in state tuition costs because of the Western University Exchange program. I looked on our National Geographic Map which gives all these random things like colleges, geological sites, etc. and Colorado only has 12 universities worth mentioning. Comparatively, South Dakota has 10, North Dakota, 9, Nebraska, 12, Wyoming, 1, Montana, 7, and New Mexico, 10. Colorado has about an equal population to all of those states COMBINED. Of course, there are probably more, like the Buddhist college that's like a block from CU-Boulder--Naropa University--which has 10 degree programs in like "Traditional East Asian Arts" and has a core which includes "the artistic process" and the "mind-body connection". I walked by the place, it's seriously like two buildings that are about 3 stories high at most in a residential area. Not high on my list of schools that I would ever consider.
Ok, so today, I have to do things. In a couple of hours, I have to go to the dentist and at some point today, I probably should get a haircut.
maybe tomorrow on the hair cut.
I'd like to pick up some kind of craft thing. Sure, I paint (not very well) and I cook (pretty well, for such a novice), but I'd like to do something else. I'd like to start something like cross-stitch or knitting, or something like that. Apparently, it increases patience, which I seriously need.
Anyways, I need to do things like bathing and grooming before I go to the dentist.
And I need to think about college things eventually, but not right now.
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