MSU lost, which was sad. However, they did hold Wisconsin, the number 9 team in the country pretty much all day clsoe to them. Losing by three to the number 9 team in the country one year into a new coaching period is nothing to be ashamed of.
However, pretty much every ranked team ought to be ashamed. What is it, like 8 ranked teams losing already today? Oklahoma losing to CU (total shock there), Texas to KSU, Rutgers is probably going to lose to Maryland, West Virginia to South Florida, Oregon to a higher ranked team (Cal), Penn State to Illinois, and Clemson to GA Tech. Damn. Plus, there are still a ton to play tonight. Then there are all kinds of close wins, like Wisconsin's.
I have a ton of work done so far today, which is absolutely exciting, to no end. For the rest of this weekend, all I have left to do is study for my French quiz, my Flow Cytometry worksheet for Thursday in methods, and my pound of Spanish. The last one is obviously going to hurt me the most.
I'm really tempted to take an easy thesis for Spanish, but I'm not sure what.
I thikn I jsut came up with one. I can examien the causes and effects (which is a theme of this class) by stating that "Instead of creating an open society based on free opportunities, the clash between conservative and liberal forces throughout the epoch known as La Violencia hardened the two forces against each other through conspiracy theories, the rise of narcotraffic, and an unmitigated brutality that drove Colombia into a persistent state of paranoia and conflict."
That is a HOT thesis.
So now I have to translate that, finish my flow cyt. sheet, and write a composition. Not bad weekend for me.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Friday, September 28, 2007
Closing in on 200
I have right now 189 posts in my blog (once I post this one). Soon, I shall have 200 posts in my blog. One, which I feel no need to discard at the moment, however, I normally get rid of them after one year. I don't know where I would go. I haven't had the kinds of dramatic changes that I have had over the last few years, so this blog might last me a while into 2008.
Today is going to be a long day. Five and a half hours of work this morning, followed by my P-Chem test, and ultimately by another 5 hours, at least, at the hospital tonight. Fridays always seem to be my good day for burning through calories like crazy. I think though that I might get some lunch on my way to work if I can find someplace to stop.
This weekend has a couple of good things and some bad ones going for it right now. I have a TON of Methods, Spanish, and Genetics to get caught up on. TONS. Theyll probably take most of my weekend. Fortunately, I have absolutely no P-Chem to do this weekend, nor do I have any immunology to do this weekend, so that gets me down to 19 hours about which I have to worry this weekend. I'm going to try to read all of my history for this weekend while I'm at work this morning, so that I can finish that homework for Tuesday, thereby making my worry hours to 16.
But seriously, Spanish is going to kill me this weekend. I have to come up with some kind of thesis for this essay, which is going to be a 8-10 page one (freaking easy). We all know that 8-10 pages is generally a better range than anything less than that. Less than 6 definitely throws me into total chaos. I think I've only had one or two papers assigned that were by design, not by my excessive rambling, more than 10 pages. Next semester is going to be freaking nice with my philosophy thesis, as I get to do at least 30 pages, and I don't think that there is a lower limit there. I think we have to have a student peer sort of person with us, and I'll definitely be working with my LTC coworker if she's ok with it.
Anyways, where was I? Oh, yes, HW. On top of coming up with a thesis, I need to write a composition, which means obsessive editing, and read the rest of this chapter. I keep getting the feeling that we have an exam coming up, but there's nothing in the syllabus about it. She said we're going to have one when we get back to chapter 8. (We started with CH 8 and 9 and then went back to 1). Then for my methods lab, I have a worksheet to work on, my flow cytometry/cell staining post lab and then my metabolic staining pre-lab. All of this ammounts to about 25 points in a class of over 700 points. But I can never be too oversightful (if that's a word) about points, especially at such an early point in the semester. Hard work now may mean that I get to slack a little bit later, but that slacking has gotten me into some serious trouble. I have to stay motivated.
Guaranteed grades are slowly moving up, and starting today, things start poking through into the 30% range, which is about parallel to the progress of class. Over the next month, I march towards the 60% range that everyone pretty much wants to guarantee at least passing. Of course, we know what passing means to me. Unfortuantely, I won't get anywhere near passing for about two more months.
So finals week looks to be much simpler than I thought it would be. Initially, I had two finals Monday, three Tuesday, two Wednesday, and two Thursday. Obviously, that would have killed me. Well, the genetics class, since it's an online one, can have the final whenever the teacher wants, and so she moved it to the Thursday before finals week. Dropping A-Chem saved my life. So seven finals. History is just a paper that we turn in (thank God), so six. Spanish now apparently is going to be done the week before finals so that we can just not go on finals week. Five. The immunology ones are going to stay, but I'm going to try to convince them to let me take it on Tuesday. Which would be awesome. I would then just have three on Tuesday (409, 391, FR 101) and two on Monday (B-Chem and P-Chem)., and I can be done on Tuesday, giving me a few extra days off where I can work here at the LTC or something like that. I could really use some extra dinero. It's not like I can really go anywhere though, since I am going to be taking that flow cytometry class and I have the GRE on January 5. I also have a biology GRE coming up, which will pretty much determine the rest of my life. Chingada.
So, now what should I say? Mairead's Raining Up is seriously calming. I feel much better this morning than I did last night, partially thanks to this. The Jeopardy test sucked. At best I got 35 right. Out of 50. It was so hard and fast. I mean, it was over in less than 10 minutes, that's how fast it went. I got 15 seconds to read the question and come up with an answer. I missed a really stupid one about a chemical that explodes in water, but is good for the heart (potassium). I originally had Lithium, and then went to change it to calcium, and I ran out of time, so I had CX. They're seriously going to think that I'm stupid.
Oh well, it was worth the shot I guess.
Ok, I'm going to do something productive now, I suppose.
Today is going to be a long day. Five and a half hours of work this morning, followed by my P-Chem test, and ultimately by another 5 hours, at least, at the hospital tonight. Fridays always seem to be my good day for burning through calories like crazy. I think though that I might get some lunch on my way to work if I can find someplace to stop.
This weekend has a couple of good things and some bad ones going for it right now. I have a TON of Methods, Spanish, and Genetics to get caught up on. TONS. Theyll probably take most of my weekend. Fortunately, I have absolutely no P-Chem to do this weekend, nor do I have any immunology to do this weekend, so that gets me down to 19 hours about which I have to worry this weekend. I'm going to try to read all of my history for this weekend while I'm at work this morning, so that I can finish that homework for Tuesday, thereby making my worry hours to 16.
But seriously, Spanish is going to kill me this weekend. I have to come up with some kind of thesis for this essay, which is going to be a 8-10 page one (freaking easy). We all know that 8-10 pages is generally a better range than anything less than that. Less than 6 definitely throws me into total chaos. I think I've only had one or two papers assigned that were by design, not by my excessive rambling, more than 10 pages. Next semester is going to be freaking nice with my philosophy thesis, as I get to do at least 30 pages, and I don't think that there is a lower limit there. I think we have to have a student peer sort of person with us, and I'll definitely be working with my LTC coworker if she's ok with it.
Anyways, where was I? Oh, yes, HW. On top of coming up with a thesis, I need to write a composition, which means obsessive editing, and read the rest of this chapter. I keep getting the feeling that we have an exam coming up, but there's nothing in the syllabus about it. She said we're going to have one when we get back to chapter 8. (We started with CH 8 and 9 and then went back to 1). Then for my methods lab, I have a worksheet to work on, my flow cytometry/cell staining post lab and then my metabolic staining pre-lab. All of this ammounts to about 25 points in a class of over 700 points. But I can never be too oversightful (if that's a word) about points, especially at such an early point in the semester. Hard work now may mean that I get to slack a little bit later, but that slacking has gotten me into some serious trouble. I have to stay motivated.
Guaranteed grades are slowly moving up, and starting today, things start poking through into the 30% range, which is about parallel to the progress of class. Over the next month, I march towards the 60% range that everyone pretty much wants to guarantee at least passing. Of course, we know what passing means to me. Unfortuantely, I won't get anywhere near passing for about two more months.
So finals week looks to be much simpler than I thought it would be. Initially, I had two finals Monday, three Tuesday, two Wednesday, and two Thursday. Obviously, that would have killed me. Well, the genetics class, since it's an online one, can have the final whenever the teacher wants, and so she moved it to the Thursday before finals week. Dropping A-Chem saved my life. So seven finals. History is just a paper that we turn in (thank God), so six. Spanish now apparently is going to be done the week before finals so that we can just not go on finals week. Five. The immunology ones are going to stay, but I'm going to try to convince them to let me take it on Tuesday. Which would be awesome. I would then just have three on Tuesday (409, 391, FR 101) and two on Monday (B-Chem and P-Chem)., and I can be done on Tuesday, giving me a few extra days off where I can work here at the LTC or something like that. I could really use some extra dinero. It's not like I can really go anywhere though, since I am going to be taking that flow cytometry class and I have the GRE on January 5. I also have a biology GRE coming up, which will pretty much determine the rest of my life. Chingada.
So, now what should I say? Mairead's Raining Up is seriously calming. I feel much better this morning than I did last night, partially thanks to this. The Jeopardy test sucked. At best I got 35 right. Out of 50. It was so hard and fast. I mean, it was over in less than 10 minutes, that's how fast it went. I got 15 seconds to read the question and come up with an answer. I missed a really stupid one about a chemical that explodes in water, but is good for the heart (potassium). I originally had Lithium, and then went to change it to calcium, and I ran out of time, so I had CX. They're seriously going to think that I'm stupid.
Oh well, it was worth the shot I guess.
Ok, I'm going to do something productive now, I suppose.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
On track
towards having one post per day for a month for the first time in a million years. Having school, work, and all kinds of other things to do definitely keeps me up to date on my postings.
I got a 93 on my biochemistry test, which I pretty much expected.
Fortunately for me, I have no more grades coming in for at least a few days, so I have this calming force coming down upon me right now, that will be finalized tomorrow after my physical chemistry exam.
I'm not too stressed out about that. Tonight when I get home I'm going to redo all of the old homework assignments and make little flash cards of equations, units, and all that handy stuff.
I started working on Latin again, from the very beginning so that I can have a good review. I looked in Chapter 7 of Wheelock and translated a sentence, which I would consider really good after two years of no Latin. I'm going to pretty much fly through the first 15 chapters, since they'll all be review.
So I learned that the Bioenergetics Institute is going to offer a class on Flow Cytometry, which is essential to any kind of research I would hope to do, so I'll be taking that.
Ugh, there are all of these biology classes being offered that I want to take-Developmental, Biochem II, Advanced Immunology. Ugh. Too much. Plus I have to keep going with French and Spanish, then I need my philosophy stuff to do, like my thesis, which is a lot.
If I can somehow take French III and IV at wherever I do my research this summer (fingers crossed) then I might demote Chemistry to a minor and promote French to an actual minor. These are always diverse things, and my academic universe will not cease its inherent nature of change.
But, it's exciting that I'm working on 4 languages...well, three, since I already know English. Once I get into the flow of things with French, I'll start #5, which is either going to be my fifth Romance language or my first Celtic language. I dunno, again, too many options.
So, Grey's Anatomy tonight!!!! AAA! Yay.
Bionic Woman last night was HAWT. I'll definitely be watching that show this year. Awesomeness.
Now I have three shows that I will religiously watch...too much distraction, really.
I'm going to try next semester to get two days off, or at least Fridays. I don't know how these things will be possible, but I'll get there.
Time to go to work. Wish me luck on the Jeopardy! test tonight!
I got a 93 on my biochemistry test, which I pretty much expected.
Fortunately for me, I have no more grades coming in for at least a few days, so I have this calming force coming down upon me right now, that will be finalized tomorrow after my physical chemistry exam.
I'm not too stressed out about that. Tonight when I get home I'm going to redo all of the old homework assignments and make little flash cards of equations, units, and all that handy stuff.
I started working on Latin again, from the very beginning so that I can have a good review. I looked in Chapter 7 of Wheelock and translated a sentence, which I would consider really good after two years of no Latin. I'm going to pretty much fly through the first 15 chapters, since they'll all be review.
So I learned that the Bioenergetics Institute is going to offer a class on Flow Cytometry, which is essential to any kind of research I would hope to do, so I'll be taking that.
Ugh, there are all of these biology classes being offered that I want to take-Developmental, Biochem II, Advanced Immunology. Ugh. Too much. Plus I have to keep going with French and Spanish, then I need my philosophy stuff to do, like my thesis, which is a lot.
If I can somehow take French III and IV at wherever I do my research this summer (fingers crossed) then I might demote Chemistry to a minor and promote French to an actual minor. These are always diverse things, and my academic universe will not cease its inherent nature of change.
But, it's exciting that I'm working on 4 languages...well, three, since I already know English. Once I get into the flow of things with French, I'll start #5, which is either going to be my fifth Romance language or my first Celtic language. I dunno, again, too many options.
So, Grey's Anatomy tonight!!!! AAA! Yay.
Bionic Woman last night was HAWT. I'll definitely be watching that show this year. Awesomeness.
Now I have three shows that I will religiously watch...too much distraction, really.
I'm going to try next semester to get two days off, or at least Fridays. I don't know how these things will be possible, but I'll get there.
Time to go to work. Wish me luck on the Jeopardy! test tonight!
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Entonces, es matres. Which is pretty much my worst jour of the week, namely because I have very little breaks and I'm pretty much here all day. I get all four of my tests/essay back today from last week. Of course, I already knew that I got a 97 on my methods test, which makes me satisfied. It would have been nicer to get a better grade, but still, better than a worse one.
I have not been paying any attention to what I have to do this next week...ok, I think it's just a biochem quiz. Like I need anymore biochem. I did not do well on that test yesterday. Nope, not at all. At best I got a 94%, at worst, probably around an 80%. I know all of my amino acids, abbreviations, characteristics, etc. I did not, however, know how to do pI, pH, or anything else that began with a P.
I'm working on my third cup of coffee today, and it's not even noon yet. I still have probably two more cups to go before tonight, which is lame-o. If I got an appropriate amount of sleep every night, then perhaps I would have better luck and need coffee less.
So I'm not motivated to study for my jeopardy test this week at all. I figure if I don't know it now, I don't know it at all, and won't learn it in two days.
I think tonight though, I'll play against the computer at least once.
Um, I may have to strangle myself though if my history test came back bad bad bad bad bad. I might if immunology came back in such a way also, however, I am very confident about French.
I have not been paying any attention to what I have to do this next week...ok, I think it's just a biochem quiz. Like I need anymore biochem. I did not do well on that test yesterday. Nope, not at all. At best I got a 94%, at worst, probably around an 80%. I know all of my amino acids, abbreviations, characteristics, etc. I did not, however, know how to do pI, pH, or anything else that began with a P.
I'm working on my third cup of coffee today, and it's not even noon yet. I still have probably two more cups to go before tonight, which is lame-o. If I got an appropriate amount of sleep every night, then perhaps I would have better luck and need coffee less.
So I'm not motivated to study for my jeopardy test this week at all. I figure if I don't know it now, I don't know it at all, and won't learn it in two days.
I think tonight though, I'll play against the computer at least once.
Um, I may have to strangle myself though if my history test came back bad bad bad bad bad. I might if immunology came back in such a way also, however, I am very confident about French.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Well, I have a biochem test in less than an hour for which I am uncertain if I am ready. I reviewed all of the amino acids, and I think I know all of the groups. I can draw at least one amino acid from each group. Just to remind myself:
Aliphatic:
Glycine (Gly, G) R=H
Alanine (Ala, A) R=CH3
Valine (Val, V)
Methionine (Met, M)
Leucine (Leu, L)
Isoleucine (Ile, I)
Cyclic Aliphatic:
Proline (Pro, P) R= CH2CH2CH2
Aromatic:
Tyrosine (Tyr, Y)
Phenylalanine (Phe, F) R=CH2Ph
Tryptophan (Trp, W)
Acids and their Amides
Glutamic Acid (Glu, E)
Glutamine (Gln, Q)
Aspartic Acid (Asp, N) R=CH2COOH
Bases:
Lysine (lys, K)
Arginine (Arg, R) R=CH2CH2CH2NHCH(NH2)2
Histidine (His, H)
Oxygen and Sulfur containing groups
Serine (Ser, S) R=CH2OH
Threonine (Thr, T)
Cysteine (Cys, C)
Ok, I know them. I'm pretty much ready, I think, for this test. I had better be ready is all I can say though.
Aliphatic:
Glycine (Gly, G) R=H
Alanine (Ala, A) R=CH3
Valine (Val, V)
Methionine (Met, M)
Leucine (Leu, L)
Isoleucine (Ile, I)
Cyclic Aliphatic:
Proline (Pro, P) R= CH2CH2CH2
Aromatic:
Tyrosine (Tyr, Y)
Phenylalanine (Phe, F) R=CH2Ph
Tryptophan (Trp, W)
Acids and their Amides
Glutamic Acid (Glu, E)
Glutamine (Gln, Q)
Aspartic Acid (Asp, N) R=CH2COOH
Bases:
Lysine (lys, K)
Arginine (Arg, R) R=CH2CH2CH2NHCH(NH2)2
Histidine (His, H)
Oxygen and Sulfur containing groups
Serine (Ser, S) R=CH2OH
Threonine (Thr, T)
Cysteine (Cys, C)
Ok, I know them. I'm pretty much ready, I think, for this test. I had better be ready is all I can say though.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Well, I finished all of my homework for this weekend (yay!), plus I studied for my biochemistry exam, which I will do again tomorrow. It seems kind of tricky, but I'm not going to make too many assumptions before I actually take the test.
Unfortunately, I have not yet reached the point where I can say "Yay, I'm passing a class!" until two weeks from Friday when my Physical Chemistry grade should pass 40% (a D in Chemistry). I should hit at least 50% in genetics that week as well, getting me really close to passing. In any respects, here are my last week of September progress reports. Keep in mind that I do progress based on my guaranteed grade, which is defined as the minimum grade I would get in the class if I stopped working in it today:
CHEM 451: 16.25%
BIOL 383: 28.29%
BIOL 409: 27.97%
FR 101: 33.33%
HIST 411: 18.75%
BIOL 391: 17.50%
SPAN 425: 17.80%
BIOL 481: 4.90%
I like the distribution of grade this semester compared to other ones, where I would only have like a 25% guaranteed at three months through the semester (aka Egyptian History), however, I wish that I could have some really WOW progress. I'll kind of get there in P-Chem, but I guess I cannot expect too much out of this, considering that I'm just one month out of almost four into the semester. Really, I should be glad that I have two classes over 25%.
So this week I start my research on my Spanish final project, which is worth something like 300 points, out of about 1200, I think. I cannot be sure since we don't have a full schedule for the semester, but rather, one that only goes to the beginning of October.
Know all of that motivation I had earlier this week? Yeah, it's all gone.
Um, so MSU is ranked in the coaches' poll! YAY! I must lament, however, that MSU really hasn't played anyone. Well, this week, they'll hopefully expose the weakness that is Wisconsin. After that, they have games against the dregs of the Big Ten, Northwestern and Indiana. MSU does have to play away against OSU, Purdue, and Iowa, and I can only really see them winning one of those games. I hope they can pull wins though at home against Michigan and Penn State. If they can win against Wisc., NW, and Indiana, that pretty much guarantees them a bowl appearance. T'would be awesomeness if they could win the Big Ten.
Speaking of Big Ten, I don't get why they call it that when they have 11 teams. Hmm.
Also, connected to MSU, I must note something I saw with ND-MSU fallout. Apparently, it's the first time in 119 years of football that ND has started out at 0-4. With upcoming games against UCLA, Purdue, Boston College, and USC (with a combined record of 14-1), chances are really good that ND will start out their season at 0-8. I've been starting to see speculation that Weis might lose his job if ND loses too many more games, even though this season is essentially a rebuilding season. I do have to admit though that ND has balls playing all the big guys. I think every opponent inthe first eight that they'll have played will be at some point ranked.
Wow, I cannot believe I dedicated that much space to football.
Sometimes I kind of wish that I had that big school feeling, which would naturally have all kinds of research opportunities, degrees, and classes that would absolutely drive me insane. But still.
I wish that my school would put out it's upcoming classes for the next semester. I already have an almost complete schedule, simply due to there being so many things that I have to take.
I am getting tired, and therefore, shall go to bed.
Unfortunately, I have not yet reached the point where I can say "Yay, I'm passing a class!" until two weeks from Friday when my Physical Chemistry grade should pass 40% (a D in Chemistry). I should hit at least 50% in genetics that week as well, getting me really close to passing. In any respects, here are my last week of September progress reports. Keep in mind that I do progress based on my guaranteed grade, which is defined as the minimum grade I would get in the class if I stopped working in it today:
CHEM 451: 16.25%
BIOL 383: 28.29%
BIOL 409: 27.97%
FR 101: 33.33%
HIST 411: 18.75%
BIOL 391: 17.50%
SPAN 425: 17.80%
BIOL 481: 4.90%
I like the distribution of grade this semester compared to other ones, where I would only have like a 25% guaranteed at three months through the semester (aka Egyptian History), however, I wish that I could have some really WOW progress. I'll kind of get there in P-Chem, but I guess I cannot expect too much out of this, considering that I'm just one month out of almost four into the semester. Really, I should be glad that I have two classes over 25%.
So this week I start my research on my Spanish final project, which is worth something like 300 points, out of about 1200, I think. I cannot be sure since we don't have a full schedule for the semester, but rather, one that only goes to the beginning of October.
Know all of that motivation I had earlier this week? Yeah, it's all gone.
Um, so MSU is ranked in the coaches' poll! YAY! I must lament, however, that MSU really hasn't played anyone. Well, this week, they'll hopefully expose the weakness that is Wisconsin. After that, they have games against the dregs of the Big Ten, Northwestern and Indiana. MSU does have to play away against OSU, Purdue, and Iowa, and I can only really see them winning one of those games. I hope they can pull wins though at home against Michigan and Penn State. If they can win against Wisc., NW, and Indiana, that pretty much guarantees them a bowl appearance. T'would be awesomeness if they could win the Big Ten.
Speaking of Big Ten, I don't get why they call it that when they have 11 teams. Hmm.
Also, connected to MSU, I must note something I saw with ND-MSU fallout. Apparently, it's the first time in 119 years of football that ND has started out at 0-4. With upcoming games against UCLA, Purdue, Boston College, and USC (with a combined record of 14-1), chances are really good that ND will start out their season at 0-8. I've been starting to see speculation that Weis might lose his job if ND loses too many more games, even though this season is essentially a rebuilding season. I do have to admit though that ND has balls playing all the big guys. I think every opponent inthe first eight that they'll have played will be at some point ranked.
Wow, I cannot believe I dedicated that much space to football.
Sometimes I kind of wish that I had that big school feeling, which would naturally have all kinds of research opportunities, degrees, and classes that would absolutely drive me insane. But still.
I wish that my school would put out it's upcoming classes for the next semester. I already have an almost complete schedule, simply due to there being so many things that I have to take.
I am getting tired, and therefore, shall go to bed.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
I am completely and entirely unmotivated.
These are the thigns that I have to do this week:
CHEM 451: Exam 1
BIOL 481: Exam 1
HIST 411: Read Beowulf
BIOL 383: Homework 5, Discussion 5
SPAN 425: Ejercicio A de Capitulo 4/La Encomienda
FR 101: same ol' same ol'.
Since my school has no football team, I've espoused my sister's football team as one for which I don't mind rooting. I'm quite disappointed that MSU had to be the first school against which ND had to score an offensive touchdown (would have much more preferred that "honor" going to Michigan--filthy scum). However, right now, they're winning 24-14, which is better than 17-14.
I have just no motivation to do anything right now. This is very very bad, because I still have almost two months before I get any kind of break. Even then, the break is pretty meaningless, because of how much work I'll have to do.
I'm going to have to get a lot of work to do because I have a ton of family coming over (JOY!), and it would just be easier on me if I locked myself in my room and did all of my homework/watch the first three seasons of Grey's Anatomy/rent Desperate Housewives.
I've eaten all day. I'm going to be so fat tomorrow morning, it's not even funny.
I am definitely feeling this calming force coming over me with Analytical Chemistry being this dead thing of the past. I still owe my parents about $400, and since I only made $90 with my last paycheck, I'm going to have to wait for my next one before I can start putting down moer payments on what I owe them.
Thank goodness next semester is going to be an easier one for my financially, with only 20 (ish) hours, almsot no books that I have to buy, and other hopefully exciting developments (scholarships?).
Regardless, this winter break is going to be a work-a-thon, most likely in some smiley bubbly Christmas place.
Ew.
Speaking of which, I keep getting this junk mail from the "Colorado Family Institute", encouraging me to become some kind of activist in defense of the family, by discouraging safe sex education, homosexuality, and diversification. Except, I'm in favor of homosexual unions (I recognize marriage is a religious thing, they can figure out what they want to do with that), Renaissance education (where people learn like a billion things), and opposed to discrimination on sexuality, creed, and political affiliation.
I find myself directly opposed to their beliefs. i should send them a letter telling them such, and to stop bothering me.
Anyways, I think I'll go watch the rest of MSU-ND and then go read Beowulf or do my Spanish. Algo asi.
These are the thigns that I have to do this week:
CHEM 451: Exam 1
BIOL 481: Exam 1
HIST 411: Read Beowulf
BIOL 383: Homework 5, Discussion 5
SPAN 425: Ejercicio A de Capitulo 4/La Encomienda
FR 101: same ol' same ol'.
Since my school has no football team, I've espoused my sister's football team as one for which I don't mind rooting. I'm quite disappointed that MSU had to be the first school against which ND had to score an offensive touchdown (would have much more preferred that "honor" going to Michigan--filthy scum). However, right now, they're winning 24-14, which is better than 17-14.
I have just no motivation to do anything right now. This is very very bad, because I still have almost two months before I get any kind of break. Even then, the break is pretty meaningless, because of how much work I'll have to do.
I'm going to have to get a lot of work to do because I have a ton of family coming over (JOY!), and it would just be easier on me if I locked myself in my room and did all of my homework/watch the first three seasons of Grey's Anatomy/rent Desperate Housewives.
I've eaten all day. I'm going to be so fat tomorrow morning, it's not even funny.
I am definitely feeling this calming force coming over me with Analytical Chemistry being this dead thing of the past. I still owe my parents about $400, and since I only made $90 with my last paycheck, I'm going to have to wait for my next one before I can start putting down moer payments on what I owe them.
Thank goodness next semester is going to be an easier one for my financially, with only 20 (ish) hours, almsot no books that I have to buy, and other hopefully exciting developments (scholarships?).
Regardless, this winter break is going to be a work-a-thon, most likely in some smiley bubbly Christmas place.
Ew.
Speaking of which, I keep getting this junk mail from the "Colorado Family Institute", encouraging me to become some kind of activist in defense of the family, by discouraging safe sex education, homosexuality, and diversification. Except, I'm in favor of homosexual unions (I recognize marriage is a religious thing, they can figure out what they want to do with that), Renaissance education (where people learn like a billion things), and opposed to discrimination on sexuality, creed, and political affiliation.
I find myself directly opposed to their beliefs. i should send them a letter telling them such, and to stop bothering me.
Anyways, I think I'll go watch the rest of MSU-ND and then go read Beowulf or do my Spanish. Algo asi.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Bon weekend?
I am definitely in need of one.
I'm also in need of people to update thier blogs. I mean, come on folks, that's like my only social connection left in this whole world.
I'm pretty tired after this week, having had to take three tests and write an essay. Next week is about the same, with three tests. However, one of these tests is the Jeopardy test for college students. After much pondering, I decided to take the online test in hopes of doing well. I've got a jeopardy computer game at home, so I'll use that after my biochemistry test on Monday.
Basically, the test is 50 questions and you get 15 seconds to answer each one, which means to time for cheating, sadly. But I seriously doubt that I'll even get called for an audition. Seriously, I go to po-dunk university in a po-dunk state. All the people who get accepted for college Jeopardy! are from Yale, or Berkely, or Iowa. Big name schools. Not places like this.
Even if I get called for an audition, I'm not too sure that I would go. I mean, I would have to go all the way out to Chicago and I'd have to pay for my own transportation, room, board, etc. That's like $1000 right there.
Sadness.
Anyways, school is meh, in and of itself. My tests yesterday were pretty easy, but I'm frankly so tired right now that I could care less whether they were hard or easy.
I need something, but I just don't know what right now.
I guess I'll work on some school stuff.
I'm also in need of people to update thier blogs. I mean, come on folks, that's like my only social connection left in this whole world.
I'm pretty tired after this week, having had to take three tests and write an essay. Next week is about the same, with three tests. However, one of these tests is the Jeopardy test for college students. After much pondering, I decided to take the online test in hopes of doing well. I've got a jeopardy computer game at home, so I'll use that after my biochemistry test on Monday.
Basically, the test is 50 questions and you get 15 seconds to answer each one, which means to time for cheating, sadly. But I seriously doubt that I'll even get called for an audition. Seriously, I go to po-dunk university in a po-dunk state. All the people who get accepted for college Jeopardy! are from Yale, or Berkely, or Iowa. Big name schools. Not places like this.
Even if I get called for an audition, I'm not too sure that I would go. I mean, I would have to go all the way out to Chicago and I'd have to pay for my own transportation, room, board, etc. That's like $1000 right there.
Sadness.
Anyways, school is meh, in and of itself. My tests yesterday were pretty easy, but I'm frankly so tired right now that I could care less whether they were hard or easy.
I need something, but I just don't know what right now.
I guess I'll work on some school stuff.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
I'm surviving. This is good. I may not survive after the next few hours, but these things are always subject to change.
I got a 97% on my first Methods test, which I suppose is ok. I would have gotten a 92% if there had not been some extra credit on the test. However, compared to my scores on my genetics test and a couple of my French quizzes while I was still in A-Chem, I am beginning to see the positive effects of dropping the class and maintaining my GPA.
I'm starting to get towards the point where I can put in some guaranteed grades. The only class for which this will be totally impossible will be French, and Spanish too, actually, because I have no idea how everything will turn out the rest of this semester.
I picked a topic for my Spanish final, already. I'm going to be working on La Violencia, which is a HUGE period of Colombian history where the country was essentially in civil war for like 40 years on and off. However, I know I have a HUGE well of literary sources, historical sources, and maybe other cultural sources where I can really investigate it.
This weekend looks promising. I have a biochem test on Monday for which I must study, pretty extensively. I also have to read the rest of Beowulf, which promises to be exciting. I have a Spanish assignment to type and several things to do for Methods, but, all in all, this weekend is going to have MUCH less stress.
I'm looking at buying an Irish Grammar book, but it costs $50. I'm not so sure.
I got a 97% on my first Methods test, which I suppose is ok. I would have gotten a 92% if there had not been some extra credit on the test. However, compared to my scores on my genetics test and a couple of my French quizzes while I was still in A-Chem, I am beginning to see the positive effects of dropping the class and maintaining my GPA.
I'm starting to get towards the point where I can put in some guaranteed grades. The only class for which this will be totally impossible will be French, and Spanish too, actually, because I have no idea how everything will turn out the rest of this semester.
I picked a topic for my Spanish final, already. I'm going to be working on La Violencia, which is a HUGE period of Colombian history where the country was essentially in civil war for like 40 years on and off. However, I know I have a HUGE well of literary sources, historical sources, and maybe other cultural sources where I can really investigate it.
This weekend looks promising. I have a biochem test on Monday for which I must study, pretty extensively. I also have to read the rest of Beowulf, which promises to be exciting. I have a Spanish assignment to type and several things to do for Methods, but, all in all, this weekend is going to have MUCH less stress.
I'm looking at buying an Irish Grammar book, but it costs $50. I'm not so sure.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Change
I am sensing a change building within me. Tonight, I did something hugely positive. I won't talk about it, because it is immensely private. However, I would like to say that this is a big change from two weeks ago, when I very nearly made the biggest mistake of my life.
If there's anything these last two weeks have taught me, it's that my personal solidarity must never be broken. I am, unto myself an island, a citadel impenetrable by the forces that would topple me.
I'm feeling a resurgence of the wave that led me to create this blog. Out of serious personal failure has come serious personal growth. The solidifying of certain personal borders has always been a wonderful thing for me, because it leads to an explosion of creativity and a drive to unparalleled education. I no doubt will begin my study of my fourth language or will begin to get ahead in all of my classes. Something amazing.
I can really use the motivation right now anyways. With the sense that I am actually beginning to progress, I spur onward.
Right now, I am unconquerable, I am defiant, and I am on the edge of the flowering of education. I complete reversal from these last months, floundering in this bizarre land of uncertainty and of trial.
However, tonight I have taken the first big steps towards REAL progress.
If there's anything these last two weeks have taught me, it's that my personal solidarity must never be broken. I am, unto myself an island, a citadel impenetrable by the forces that would topple me.
I'm feeling a resurgence of the wave that led me to create this blog. Out of serious personal failure has come serious personal growth. The solidifying of certain personal borders has always been a wonderful thing for me, because it leads to an explosion of creativity and a drive to unparalleled education. I no doubt will begin my study of my fourth language or will begin to get ahead in all of my classes. Something amazing.
I can really use the motivation right now anyways. With the sense that I am actually beginning to progress, I spur onward.
Right now, I am unconquerable, I am defiant, and I am on the edge of the flowering of education. I complete reversal from these last months, floundering in this bizarre land of uncertainty and of trial.
However, tonight I have taken the first big steps towards REAL progress.
I finished my paper. YAY.
I finished my Methods test. YAY
I got a 100% on my lab notebook check up. YAY
I got a 93% on my genetics test (how?). YAY.
I didn't have to take a quiz today. YAY.
Despite the horrendousness of my life in general, the overall mood of my day is going up up up.
Tomorrow will be another crash day, because I have a French exam and an Immunology exam on Thursday. Next week is no kinder to me, as I have tests in Biochemistry and Physical Chemistry. Surviving complete and total distruction is amazing.
Suddenly, despite the uncertainty of many grades, I am feeling this upward motion. I hope for good things to come out of this.
I finished my Methods test. YAY
I got a 100% on my lab notebook check up. YAY
I got a 93% on my genetics test (how?). YAY.
I didn't have to take a quiz today. YAY.
Despite the horrendousness of my life in general, the overall mood of my day is going up up up.
Tomorrow will be another crash day, because I have a French exam and an Immunology exam on Thursday. Next week is no kinder to me, as I have tests in Biochemistry and Physical Chemistry. Surviving complete and total distruction is amazing.
Suddenly, despite the uncertainty of many grades, I am feeling this upward motion. I hope for good things to come out of this.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Gah
My life is filled with blah again. This week is going to be a week of little sleep and even less accomplishment, in all probability.
I have finished my second sort of editing of my history paper, which is to say my second draft of the paper. I have three editing sessions in which I have to toss over eight lines. But not only that, but I need to elaborate on some points. It's going to be a painstaking process over the next fifteen hours, suffice it to say.
I'm giving it about an hour to just sit there and be pretty. Right now, if I don't touch it, it's probably at a C- level, if not worse.
Each editing cycle should get me a grade higher, at least.
However, for the next twenty minutes or so, my primary concern is Methods in Immunology, in which I have an exam tomorrow. This exam is both good and bad, because it diverts me from History, but at the same time, it guarantees that class tomorrow should be relatively short, meaning that I get to finish quickly (hopefully withint thirty minutes) and spend the next two hours doing a third edit. I'm just so worried, it's not even funny.
There are so few bright and shiny things left in my life during these times. I still have to survive the rest of September, all of October, all of November, and over half of December. Through all of this, I get the overwhelming sense of doom. Not devastating doom, but doom nonetheless. In all probability, this semester will signal the end of my straight A streak. No longer will the GPA next to my name say 4.000, but rather, something utterly annoying. If I get one A-, my GPA will become 3.993 overall and a 3.964 on semester, and a UCCS overall of 3.990. All of these things are utterly annoying.
Ok, I'm going to go study and then edit edit edit.
I have finished my second sort of editing of my history paper, which is to say my second draft of the paper. I have three editing sessions in which I have to toss over eight lines. But not only that, but I need to elaborate on some points. It's going to be a painstaking process over the next fifteen hours, suffice it to say.
I'm giving it about an hour to just sit there and be pretty. Right now, if I don't touch it, it's probably at a C- level, if not worse.
Each editing cycle should get me a grade higher, at least.
However, for the next twenty minutes or so, my primary concern is Methods in Immunology, in which I have an exam tomorrow. This exam is both good and bad, because it diverts me from History, but at the same time, it guarantees that class tomorrow should be relatively short, meaning that I get to finish quickly (hopefully withint thirty minutes) and spend the next two hours doing a third edit. I'm just so worried, it's not even funny.
There are so few bright and shiny things left in my life during these times. I still have to survive the rest of September, all of October, all of November, and over half of December. Through all of this, I get the overwhelming sense of doom. Not devastating doom, but doom nonetheless. In all probability, this semester will signal the end of my straight A streak. No longer will the GPA next to my name say 4.000, but rather, something utterly annoying. If I get one A-, my GPA will become 3.993 overall and a 3.964 on semester, and a UCCS overall of 3.990. All of these things are utterly annoying.
Ok, I'm going to go study and then edit edit edit.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
My essay is really bad right now. I've got about 6 pages (it's supposed to be 4-5) and I still don't even have it done. I have only an outline of what the Late Antique Period looks like and how it ends. I'm going to bed soon, and I'm going to get up early to finish my first draft. Then I'm going to spend my free hour working on it, and I may skip either Biochemistry or P-Chem. Probably the latter. Then I spend all of tomorrow night working on it and studying for my immunology test. I am so glad I'm dropping achem. It's not even funny. I would die if I hadn't.
I finished my other reading for history also.
I'm tired. To bed.
I finished my other reading for history also.
I'm tired. To bed.
Not getting there yet
Um, I still have not started writing my essay. Still. It's 2 PM on Sunday, and I have absolutely no words written down for my essay. I have, however, collected almost all of my evidence together for the ssay, and I have a really good idea of how I am going to organize myself (aristocracy, religion, and the response of these two to the new forces of the Late Antique World). Essentially, the entire Roman empire encounters the same general changes, a move from paganism to Christianity, a redefinition of the elite, and a reconnection with traditional forces in conjuction with the new Christian movements, but drastically different events to correspond to their experiences. The Western empire in the face of such changes utterly sinks, as it is an agrarian society, devoted to local governments, and subject to the constant change of the German. With these efforts, Christianity hardens into this rigid organization that seeks not only to keep the German out, but also to cement the bishops' role as the new aristocracy of the west. Since education played a more minor role in the West than in the East, the synthesis of tradition and the new is somewhat more difficult to find, but essentially Christianity of the West assumes the tried and proven conservatism of the countryside. The common man becomes the serf at this time, completely subservient and at the same time, loyal, to his local landlord.
The East is an entirely different story. The ideas of State transform to the loyalty of the Emperor. The Church, having to organize a vast number of different ideas, maintains itself as a compromising organization, attempting to find solutions to problems without dogmatic assertion, yet flexibility. The Roman Empire survives here, even though the changes still result in new definitions of loyalty, of religion, and of aristocracy. The aristocracy of the East completely dedicates itself to the salvation of the emperor and the empire in the face of the Germans, the Persians, and the Muslims. The West on the other hand, abandons its only line of defense.
Then there is the ascendance of Islam, which takes on this model of religious forces and ideas of loyalty into forming their own empire. Initially, it is a very Arab thing, but with time, Islam too is assumed into the synthesis of new ideas and traditional forces.
In the end, all three find themselves rising into the Middle Ages, where man identifies himself by his religion and by his very personal loyalty ties.
So I basically just wrote the outline of my paper. I'll have to use this as I write it tonight/this afternoon/whenever I get the rest of my evidence together for the paper. I have to have this two-fold thing where I both analyze the author's argument and how he uses his evidence and develop a timeline for the Late Antique period. I think I've got the second part down pat, but the first is going to take a little bit of work.
I should be able to do it...I think. I don't know, to be honest.
I think I should go back to reading my other history book once I finish collecting my evidence, so I can let it sink into my mind more freshly. Then I'll write.
Au revoir mes amis.
The East is an entirely different story. The ideas of State transform to the loyalty of the Emperor. The Church, having to organize a vast number of different ideas, maintains itself as a compromising organization, attempting to find solutions to problems without dogmatic assertion, yet flexibility. The Roman Empire survives here, even though the changes still result in new definitions of loyalty, of religion, and of aristocracy. The aristocracy of the East completely dedicates itself to the salvation of the emperor and the empire in the face of the Germans, the Persians, and the Muslims. The West on the other hand, abandons its only line of defense.
Then there is the ascendance of Islam, which takes on this model of religious forces and ideas of loyalty into forming their own empire. Initially, it is a very Arab thing, but with time, Islam too is assumed into the synthesis of new ideas and traditional forces.
In the end, all three find themselves rising into the Middle Ages, where man identifies himself by his religion and by his very personal loyalty ties.
So I basically just wrote the outline of my paper. I'll have to use this as I write it tonight/this afternoon/whenever I get the rest of my evidence together for the paper. I have to have this two-fold thing where I both analyze the author's argument and how he uses his evidence and develop a timeline for the Late Antique period. I think I've got the second part down pat, but the first is going to take a little bit of work.
I should be able to do it...I think. I don't know, to be honest.
I think I should go back to reading my other history book once I finish collecting my evidence, so I can let it sink into my mind more freshly. Then I'll write.
Au revoir mes amis.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Getting there?
I feel the need to post, yet again. If I get a few more days like this, I might actually reach the point where my number of posts equals the number of days in the month.
So I have been terribly bitten by the procrastination bug and the laziness bug in the same day. I don't want to do any work, which is beyond terrible, since I have AN ESSAY due on Tuesday and an exam on Tuesday. This is not good. This is actually quite BAD.
Not to mention I still have a TON of Beowulf to read, which I will doubtfully do today, since I plan on going to bed soon. Tonight will be the first time since...Tuesday that I've gone to bed before 12 AM. However, I still have to get up early so that I can get my churching out of the way so that I can focus on my essay and my exam and my book.
After this week, things calm down for a little while, with two exams next week, yet two manageable exams.
I finished my lab, which is good.
I spent two hours having Germany conquer the medieval world. THAT WAS BADDDDDD.
So I've assumed this linguistic oddity from my immunology professor, to where I now say things are "really really bad" in this funny accent. It's awesome. Next time I see people, I will use it, and they will enjoy it, because it's just so great.
Anyways, I am tired. Je dorme.
So I have been terribly bitten by the procrastination bug and the laziness bug in the same day. I don't want to do any work, which is beyond terrible, since I have AN ESSAY due on Tuesday and an exam on Tuesday. This is not good. This is actually quite BAD.
Not to mention I still have a TON of Beowulf to read, which I will doubtfully do today, since I plan on going to bed soon. Tonight will be the first time since...Tuesday that I've gone to bed before 12 AM. However, I still have to get up early so that I can get my churching out of the way so that I can focus on my essay and my exam and my book.
After this week, things calm down for a little while, with two exams next week, yet two manageable exams.
I finished my lab, which is good.
I spent two hours having Germany conquer the medieval world. THAT WAS BADDDDDD.
So I've assumed this linguistic oddity from my immunology professor, to where I now say things are "really really bad" in this funny accent. It's awesome. Next time I see people, I will use it, and they will enjoy it, because it's just so great.
Anyways, I am tired. Je dorme.
Changes
I decided ultimately to drop analytical chemistry. This now means that I might be able to enjoy something out of my semester. This brings up the quandary of what to do about my chemistry major. Well, there are several options that work so that I don't have to take the class. Namely, I have to take CHEM 482 (Biochemistry II), CHEM 484 (Molecular Biology), and 388 (Forensic Chemistry). If any of those options become in some way unappealing, I can take 452 (P-Chem II) or 486 (Biochemistry Lab).
Although I have to eat $800, there is some benefit to my situation. I now get to work on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11-12, which means yayness in that I get $20 more per week. That means the other $75 I make a week, I can save towards next semester, which will be both much cheaper, and much easier.
I have not gotten anywhere near the amount of work that I still need to get done done. I only read the seventh chapter in Genetics (about which I had no concentration whatsoever) and my French presentation for Tuesday. I still have to finish my immunology lab and reading Beowulf before the end of today. I'm also going to have to go over all of my Spanish so far this semester, because my Spanish professor sent all of us an email saying that we need to be keeping up with the reading...i.e. quiz on Monday.
Tomorrow is solely dedicated to writing my history essay and studying for my Immunology Lab exam on Tuesday. Now that I don't have to worry about A-Chem, I can be yippy skippy about not studying for that bugger.
However, I should eventually do allof these things.
I do need to keep looking for a second job, something where I only have to work one day on the weekends or something like that. It would help me save some money, anyways. That and I need to fill in every chance I get at the LTC since I get paid decently there.
I am listening to Celtic Woman. Talk about fixing everything that's wrong in the world. If we all just listened to Celtic Woman, then there would be no war, no fighting, no failure, no stress, and no achem. Oh wait, there is no achem. YAY!
Ok, now I'm going to go do my Imm. Lab.
Although I have to eat $800, there is some benefit to my situation. I now get to work on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11-12, which means yayness in that I get $20 more per week. That means the other $75 I make a week, I can save towards next semester, which will be both much cheaper, and much easier.
I have not gotten anywhere near the amount of work that I still need to get done done. I only read the seventh chapter in Genetics (about which I had no concentration whatsoever) and my French presentation for Tuesday. I still have to finish my immunology lab and reading Beowulf before the end of today. I'm also going to have to go over all of my Spanish so far this semester, because my Spanish professor sent all of us an email saying that we need to be keeping up with the reading...i.e. quiz on Monday.
Tomorrow is solely dedicated to writing my history essay and studying for my Immunology Lab exam on Tuesday. Now that I don't have to worry about A-Chem, I can be yippy skippy about not studying for that bugger.
However, I should eventually do allof these things.
I do need to keep looking for a second job, something where I only have to work one day on the weekends or something like that. It would help me save some money, anyways. That and I need to fill in every chance I get at the LTC since I get paid decently there.
I am listening to Celtic Woman. Talk about fixing everything that's wrong in the world. If we all just listened to Celtic Woman, then there would be no war, no fighting, no failure, no stress, and no achem. Oh wait, there is no achem. YAY!
Ok, now I'm going to go do my Imm. Lab.
Friday, September 14, 2007
I'm about 75% where I want to drop A-Chem. I would naturally pay my dad back all of the money that went poof because of this. It's originally $800, but I paid about $250 into my tuition this semester, and so I would only have to pay him back $550.
I'm going to talk about it with Cece when I see her later. I know she would be disappointed, but I just cannot handle all of this stress with this class. I can definitely use the time to work more on my other classes.
I studied for my P-Chem quiz last night, though not very well. I don't feel incredibly confident about it, but I'll pull through. I generally tend to do that. If I do drop, then I'm going to look for a second job so I can pay off that $550 faster. Right now, I actually am back up to around $900, but my credit card bill for this month is $450, of which I will pay $350. My account would be down to 550, and so then I'll just pay back $100 per month. My parents won't take the money, because they'll be all "we know it's hard for you and sometimes we make mistakes" stuff. So basically what I'll do is take the money they gave me, on top of the $550 dollars and buy them an Alaskan cruise or something neato like that. I just transferred 100 dollars into that account, so now I'll owe my parents $450. Not too bad. I'll work it off by the end of the semester.
I need to go back to studying, working on my lab, etc.
I'm going to talk about it with Cece when I see her later. I know she would be disappointed, but I just cannot handle all of this stress with this class. I can definitely use the time to work more on my other classes.
I studied for my P-Chem quiz last night, though not very well. I don't feel incredibly confident about it, but I'll pull through. I generally tend to do that. If I do drop, then I'm going to look for a second job so I can pay off that $550 faster. Right now, I actually am back up to around $900, but my credit card bill for this month is $450, of which I will pay $350. My account would be down to 550, and so then I'll just pay back $100 per month. My parents won't take the money, because they'll be all "we know it's hard for you and sometimes we make mistakes" stuff. So basically what I'll do is take the money they gave me, on top of the $550 dollars and buy them an Alaskan cruise or something neato like that. I just transferred 100 dollars into that account, so now I'll owe my parents $450. Not too bad. I'll work it off by the end of the semester.
I need to go back to studying, working on my lab, etc.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Death
Ugh, I kind of feel like shooting myself right now. I had some good things happen today: 100% on my last immunology worksheet, and a 100% on my A-Chem lab that made me want to die. Bad things were really really bad, my A-Chem lab murdered me (the actual lab, not a grade), and I am REALLY tempted to drop the class, because I don't think I can get the kind of data that can give me the points I need. The accuracy and precision in the lab count for 12 points out of 25 in the lab, and I doubt that I can get that. I cannot afford to lose 60 points in that lab. If I were to lose that many, then there would be like no way I could get an A in the class. NONE. So I'm going to talk to the lab instructor tomorrow. If someone could give me some advice about dropping, that would help.
My genetics test was physical pain. No more about that.
I need to do some studying for P-Chem quiz tomorrow.
I basically need to die, well, death is the end of all of this self-masochism.
My genetics test was physical pain. No more about that.
I need to do some studying for P-Chem quiz tomorrow.
I basically need to die, well, death is the end of all of this self-masochism.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Incipit Tragoedia
Just as a general warning to everyone, my post is going to be in Spanish. Except for the accents, which this stupid program does not allow. SO I just tried it, and apparently, I was wrong.
Entonces, describir mi vida. En español otra vez. Pues, estoy teniendo algunos problemas. El tarea que tengo que hacer es demasiado, y tengo muchas examenes también que hacer. Trato de hacer todo lo que pudiera hacer, pero dudo que vaya a tener mucho éxito.
Traté de estudiar para mi examén de biologia, pero allí no tuve éxito tampoco. Leí un poquito de mi tarea de español, y cuando termine esa nota, la voy a terminar. Es más facil ahora leer el español y contestar algunas preguntas que estudiar para mis examenes o hacer mis notas del laboratorio.
Este fin de semana me matará por la misma razón, si no lo haga mi examen de biologia o mi examen de quimícas fisicales. Estoy tan cansado y necesito dormir, pero no voy a hacerlo esta noche, en vez es probable que vaya a quedarme en un estado casi vivo. Pero, blah.
Entonces, tengo que termiar mis quejas y hacer. Imprendo éxito.
Entonces, describir mi vida. En español otra vez. Pues, estoy teniendo algunos problemas. El tarea que tengo que hacer es demasiado, y tengo muchas examenes también que hacer. Trato de hacer todo lo que pudiera hacer, pero dudo que vaya a tener mucho éxito.
Traté de estudiar para mi examén de biologia, pero allí no tuve éxito tampoco. Leí un poquito de mi tarea de español, y cuando termine esa nota, la voy a terminar. Es más facil ahora leer el español y contestar algunas preguntas que estudiar para mis examenes o hacer mis notas del laboratorio.
Este fin de semana me matará por la misma razón, si no lo haga mi examen de biologia o mi examen de quimícas fisicales. Estoy tan cansado y necesito dormir, pero no voy a hacerlo esta noche, en vez es probable que vaya a quedarme en un estado casi vivo. Pero, blah.
Entonces, tengo que termiar mis quejas y hacer. Imprendo éxito.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Fast
I have a few minutes before I should try to do some homework before French class today. So I got to go into the lab today for Immunology, which was absolutely exciting. I got to load a hemocytometer and do cell counting. Very exciting stuff. I had to do some dilutions, and we have to check on our cells, which I will do later this afternoon, in all probability, considering that the more data you have, the better your stuff, right?
What was not exciting though was that I got an 85% on my last worksheet because I reversed two of my equations. Very disappointing, especially in a class where a 95% is the cut-off between an A and an A-.
Afterwards it was time for my FAVORITE (only not) class of Analytical Chemistry. At least today we didn't have to hear about how not being perfect will result in our being fired. We have a quiz a week from today in there, and I am seriously not looking forward to taking it, because I may spontaneously combust in the process of taking it.
Then there was yay immunology, which led to great developments of knowledge regarding B-Cells and Cell Death.
Then history, which has made me feel inept again. There are these tree point who just dominate everything, and about 12% of our grade is participation. Considering there's the whole A/A- disparity there too, I have a right to be concerned, I think.
I think I'm going to talk to my history prof. about grad school, because I've already mentioned it here. That might yield some kind of discussion about something. I don't know what, but it might put me in better graces. In all likelihood, I'll fail at life.
What was not exciting though was that I got an 85% on my last worksheet because I reversed two of my equations. Very disappointing, especially in a class where a 95% is the cut-off between an A and an A-.
Afterwards it was time for my FAVORITE (only not) class of Analytical Chemistry. At least today we didn't have to hear about how not being perfect will result in our being fired. We have a quiz a week from today in there, and I am seriously not looking forward to taking it, because I may spontaneously combust in the process of taking it.
Then there was yay immunology, which led to great developments of knowledge regarding B-Cells and Cell Death.
Then history, which has made me feel inept again. There are these tree point who just dominate everything, and about 12% of our grade is participation. Considering there's the whole A/A- disparity there too, I have a right to be concerned, I think.
I think I'm going to talk to my history prof. about grad school, because I've already mentioned it here. That might yield some kind of discussion about something. I don't know what, but it might put me in better graces. In all likelihood, I'll fail at life.
Monday, September 10, 2007
So, I am awesome. In less than four hours tonight, I did all of my Spanish homework, all of my physical chemistry homework, about half of my A-chem homework, all of my genetics homework, and I read over 500 lines of Beowulf. I call that an accomplishment.
I got a 97% on my last Spanish composition. I must be addicted to 97% in there.
Tomorrow's agenda (besides all day schooling): Methods lab will be finished, A-Chem homeowrk 4 will be finished, my Cahier will be finished tomorrow for the rest of the week.
Once I finish all of that, all I would have left to do is my pre-lab for A-Chem on Thursday, my genetics test on Thursday, and my physical chemistry quiz on Friday. Well, these are things that I would have to do for the rest of this week, anyways. Next week is again a week of veritable hell. Tuesday=Methods Exam I, A-Chem Quiz I, and History Essay I and Thursday=Immunology Exam I and French Exam I. BLECH!
The week after that I have a biochemistry test, a p-chem test, and something else (Spanish test?). It never ends. Seriously.
However, I hope I do well enough on these things to buoy my grades for when really tough times come. I love doing well early in the semester, so I have a little bit of slack-off room the week that comes.
I'm tired. Methinks that I shall avast myself to bed.
I probably should not use the word avast, since I have no idea what it means.
I got a 97% on my last Spanish composition. I must be addicted to 97% in there.
Tomorrow's agenda (besides all day schooling): Methods lab will be finished, A-Chem homeowrk 4 will be finished, my Cahier will be finished tomorrow for the rest of the week.
Once I finish all of that, all I would have left to do is my pre-lab for A-Chem on Thursday, my genetics test on Thursday, and my physical chemistry quiz on Friday. Well, these are things that I would have to do for the rest of this week, anyways. Next week is again a week of veritable hell. Tuesday=Methods Exam I, A-Chem Quiz I, and History Essay I and Thursday=Immunology Exam I and French Exam I. BLECH!
The week after that I have a biochemistry test, a p-chem test, and something else (Spanish test?). It never ends. Seriously.
However, I hope I do well enough on these things to buoy my grades for when really tough times come. I love doing well early in the semester, so I have a little bit of slack-off room the week that comes.
I'm tired. Methinks that I shall avast myself to bed.
I probably should not use the word avast, since I have no idea what it means.
Already Monday...
My weekend was nowhere near as productive as it should have been. Instead of doing vast amounts of homework and making my life easier, I decided to try to conquer medieval Europe as Germany/the Holy Roman Empire. Suffice it to say, that that was somewhat successful, as I have saved the Holy Land from the clutches of Saladin and taken vast territories in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and the Baltic States.
That being said, I did not however conquer the vastness of my homework. I still have to finish my genetics reading assignment. Which, in my opinion was a disaster. I read the article, and found the thesis transparent (Eugenics is the worst manipulation of genetic knowledge ever) and without any oomph to it, and he presented a lot of evidence, but utterly failed to pound his point that it was the worst manipulation of genetics. He just posted a lot of historical facts and some of the implications of the history, but did nothing to argue that this was more atrocious than say cloning or anything like that. Essentially, he did not analyse his argument effectively. This is coming from my history/philosophy side, which in writing scenarios, is always more important.
I've come to the firm conclusion that scientists cannot write. Every scientist I have read lacks the capability of abstract discussion and is so short minded in his or her analysis that the work lacks cohesion. I read a paper from someone whom everyone who takes a science class to be a veritable genius, except that he cannot express himself. There was no organization to his thoughts, his grammar was atrocious, and his points did not make logical sense.
If effective communication is the essence of advancing knowledge, it's no wonder that so many people continue to be persuaded by religious figures in things like fundamentalism (the worst interpretation of anything ever in history-it is the source of society's ills), the remaining sentiments of creationism, the lack of educational stimulation.
That's my soapbox for the moment.
I didn't do most of anything, really. Tonight, though, I swear things will be different. I plan on getting a ton of thing done, including A-Chem homework, P-Chem homework, Spanish, Genetics, and some Beowulf reading.
I'm actually going to do something now. So there.
That being said, I did not however conquer the vastness of my homework. I still have to finish my genetics reading assignment. Which, in my opinion was a disaster. I read the article, and found the thesis transparent (Eugenics is the worst manipulation of genetic knowledge ever) and without any oomph to it, and he presented a lot of evidence, but utterly failed to pound his point that it was the worst manipulation of genetics. He just posted a lot of historical facts and some of the implications of the history, but did nothing to argue that this was more atrocious than say cloning or anything like that. Essentially, he did not analyse his argument effectively. This is coming from my history/philosophy side, which in writing scenarios, is always more important.
I've come to the firm conclusion that scientists cannot write. Every scientist I have read lacks the capability of abstract discussion and is so short minded in his or her analysis that the work lacks cohesion. I read a paper from someone whom everyone who takes a science class to be a veritable genius, except that he cannot express himself. There was no organization to his thoughts, his grammar was atrocious, and his points did not make logical sense.
If effective communication is the essence of advancing knowledge, it's no wonder that so many people continue to be persuaded by religious figures in things like fundamentalism (the worst interpretation of anything ever in history-it is the source of society's ills), the remaining sentiments of creationism, the lack of educational stimulation.
That's my soapbox for the moment.
I didn't do most of anything, really. Tonight, though, I swear things will be different. I plan on getting a ton of thing done, including A-Chem homework, P-Chem homework, Spanish, Genetics, and some Beowulf reading.
I'm actually going to do something now. So there.
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Half over already?
I wanted to use a different font today, just for the heck of it.
My Saturday was not used as well as it could have been used. I did all of my pre-lab stuff for Methods on Tuesday and my equilibrium chemistry assignment for A-Chem, as well as a security post on my Genetics discussion for this week--and that was it.
Keep in mind, I'm the person who has 6 exams/quizzes plus a paper due in the next two weeks. And this is what I have done. Ouchy.
So the stress factors are really high. Tomorrow is going to be lots of studying, mainly for A-Chem, P-Chem, and Genetics. However, I definitely need to get started on my history paper due next week, so what I'll probably do is build myself an outline so that I don't have to attempt suicide this weekend (which I'll probably end up doing anyways).
So as of right now, I have 95 out of 770 points done in A-Chem. That sounds kind of nice, as that's well over 10% of the work done. After the fun fun quiz, my numbers should be looking much better, with at least 135.
But then at the end of this week in genetics, I'll have 180 points out of 700. That sounds so much nicer than 95 out of 770.
I never wrote about Friday, I just realized. So I went to work for two hours, more or less. Nothing too dramatic happened, though I did have my "I really want to pull out my hair" moments.
Then I went to the history seminar on writing essays, and it helped me SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much with this paper I'm doing for Early Medieval. I was really worried for a while about it, but after that session, I feel so much better about the book's direction, as well as where my essay is going to go. Then I had P-Chem, which was beyond non-exciting, but oh well. It's one of my easier classes for sure, and I can definitely use some easy classes.
Ultimately, I had hospital work, which involved three very exciting developments. #1: I had a woman go into labor on me. #2: I learned how to take vitals, in case the nurses are ever overwhelmed and need me to do it. #3: I got my grade on my Spanish oral. 97%. WHAT????????
I have no idea how I got such a good grade. She probably put it in the gradebook backwards. It was so terrible, there's no way I could have gotten a 97%. I'm not compaining if it's what I got.
So we have some positives in life right now, and even though I could have done better in biochemistry for sure, I hope that things continue to go well for me, and these two weeks are really going to be the early litmus test by which I am going to have to judge my possibilities for doing well.
I'm starting to realize that I'm going to have no way of deciding what I really want to do. I know I want to get a Ph.D. in a cellular biological science, but I want to do more than that. My options right now are to get an MA in Bioethics and/or History, a BA in Spanish and/or French, and to go into a persistent vegetative state in my utter indecision.
I mean, I LOVE Biology, I LOVE Bioethics, I LOVE History, I LOVE Languages. How do you pick just one thing out of four things that you absolutely love?
One thing I'm thinking about doing is talking to my Civil War Professor from last semester about maybe taking Historiography (the intro grad school course) in the fall. I'm going to be done with my philosophy degree for sure next semester, but I'm not going to graduate, because I have to finish my biology, chemistry, and history BA's.
By the way, I found out that the history deparment is offering Renaissance Europe next semester. Incredibly exciting stuff, no doubt. This lends me towards changing my schedule to my two language classes, biochem II, philosophy thesis, philosophy logic class, and this history. That would be 20 hours, and I should probably take two sciences, so next spring looks to be a 23 hour semester at the least. If my logic class is offered in the winter (it was last year), I might take it then, and make my actual spring drop to 20 hours.
TOO MANY OPTIONS!!!!
My Saturday was not used as well as it could have been used. I did all of my pre-lab stuff for Methods on Tuesday and my equilibrium chemistry assignment for A-Chem, as well as a security post on my Genetics discussion for this week--and that was it.
Keep in mind, I'm the person who has 6 exams/quizzes plus a paper due in the next two weeks. And this is what I have done. Ouchy.
So the stress factors are really high. Tomorrow is going to be lots of studying, mainly for A-Chem, P-Chem, and Genetics. However, I definitely need to get started on my history paper due next week, so what I'll probably do is build myself an outline so that I don't have to attempt suicide this weekend (which I'll probably end up doing anyways).
So as of right now, I have 95 out of 770 points done in A-Chem. That sounds kind of nice, as that's well over 10% of the work done. After the fun fun quiz, my numbers should be looking much better, with at least 135.
But then at the end of this week in genetics, I'll have 180 points out of 700. That sounds so much nicer than 95 out of 770.
I never wrote about Friday, I just realized. So I went to work for two hours, more or less. Nothing too dramatic happened, though I did have my "I really want to pull out my hair" moments.
Then I went to the history seminar on writing essays, and it helped me SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much with this paper I'm doing for Early Medieval. I was really worried for a while about it, but after that session, I feel so much better about the book's direction, as well as where my essay is going to go. Then I had P-Chem, which was beyond non-exciting, but oh well. It's one of my easier classes for sure, and I can definitely use some easy classes.
Ultimately, I had hospital work, which involved three very exciting developments. #1: I had a woman go into labor on me. #2: I learned how to take vitals, in case the nurses are ever overwhelmed and need me to do it. #3: I got my grade on my Spanish oral. 97%. WHAT????????
I have no idea how I got such a good grade. She probably put it in the gradebook backwards. It was so terrible, there's no way I could have gotten a 97%. I'm not compaining if it's what I got.
So we have some positives in life right now, and even though I could have done better in biochemistry for sure, I hope that things continue to go well for me, and these two weeks are really going to be the early litmus test by which I am going to have to judge my possibilities for doing well.
I'm starting to realize that I'm going to have no way of deciding what I really want to do. I know I want to get a Ph.D. in a cellular biological science, but I want to do more than that. My options right now are to get an MA in Bioethics and/or History, a BA in Spanish and/or French, and to go into a persistent vegetative state in my utter indecision.
I mean, I LOVE Biology, I LOVE Bioethics, I LOVE History, I LOVE Languages. How do you pick just one thing out of four things that you absolutely love?
One thing I'm thinking about doing is talking to my Civil War Professor from last semester about maybe taking Historiography (the intro grad school course) in the fall. I'm going to be done with my philosophy degree for sure next semester, but I'm not going to graduate, because I have to finish my biology, chemistry, and history BA's.
By the way, I found out that the history deparment is offering Renaissance Europe next semester. Incredibly exciting stuff, no doubt. This lends me towards changing my schedule to my two language classes, biochem II, philosophy thesis, philosophy logic class, and this history. That would be 20 hours, and I should probably take two sciences, so next spring looks to be a 23 hour semester at the least. If my logic class is offered in the winter (it was last year), I might take it then, and make my actual spring drop to 20 hours.
TOO MANY OPTIONS!!!!
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Two days into a three day week and I'm worn out
I'm blah right now. It's the third week of the semester, and I'm just looking ahead to it all with this overwhelming sense of dread. These next two weeks are just going to be absolutely terrible.
I have 6 exams and an essay in the next two weeks, plus my normal load of numerous homework assignments. Tonight, I hope to get a couple of things done after I'm done posting on here so that I might be able to go to bed a little early. I'll definitely be doing the pages in my cahier for next Tuesday so that I don't have any francais (I keep trying to do the cedille, but the stupid blod won't let me...grr) this weekend, and I'm going to get my next worksheet done for Methods class. Tomorrow is going to be hectic, with work from 8:30-10:00, followed by a three hour workshop on writing papers for History professors, which should hopefully help me out with Wunderli. I'm not too sure how he's going to grade. I'm frankly scared about that class, but there's always esperanza.
Speaking of that, that's one of my weekend missions--to at least get a really strong outline together and enough quotes to make into a nice paper salad. That's like the one thing I can do early enough at this point to ease my stress of the next two weeks.
Well, there are like a million things that I really should do this weekend. Well, and tomorrow, if I get a chance, considering that I have physical chemistry and work to go to tomorrow night. Generally, I get a short break at work so I can read something or do a really short assignment before all the patients are swarming everywhere.
I nearly had a panic attack today. When I say these things I mean a full blown panic attack, with perfusive sweating, hyperventillation, wheezing, and overwhelming terror. Normally I get tons of minor ones throughout the day. Any time I have any kind of tightness in my clothing (like I sit on my shirt when I sit down and then I shift and the shirt doesn't move), it's an instant panic attack. Having to sit in the middle of an aisle frequently causes panic attacks. Not understanding things is my major cause of panic attacks. Then I'm visibly sweating and starting to hyperventilate.
Yeah, basically, one of these days I'm going to pop like the Hindenberg.
Disappointing grades to start this semester: a 92% on my biochemistry quiz and a 95% on my physical chemistry quiz. This does not bode well for future developments.
I have 6 exams and an essay in the next two weeks, plus my normal load of numerous homework assignments. Tonight, I hope to get a couple of things done after I'm done posting on here so that I might be able to go to bed a little early. I'll definitely be doing the pages in my cahier for next Tuesday so that I don't have any francais (I keep trying to do the cedille, but the stupid blod won't let me...grr) this weekend, and I'm going to get my next worksheet done for Methods class. Tomorrow is going to be hectic, with work from 8:30-10:00, followed by a three hour workshop on writing papers for History professors, which should hopefully help me out with Wunderli. I'm not too sure how he's going to grade. I'm frankly scared about that class, but there's always esperanza.
Speaking of that, that's one of my weekend missions--to at least get a really strong outline together and enough quotes to make into a nice paper salad. That's like the one thing I can do early enough at this point to ease my stress of the next two weeks.
Well, there are like a million things that I really should do this weekend. Well, and tomorrow, if I get a chance, considering that I have physical chemistry and work to go to tomorrow night. Generally, I get a short break at work so I can read something or do a really short assignment before all the patients are swarming everywhere.
I nearly had a panic attack today. When I say these things I mean a full blown panic attack, with perfusive sweating, hyperventillation, wheezing, and overwhelming terror. Normally I get tons of minor ones throughout the day. Any time I have any kind of tightness in my clothing (like I sit on my shirt when I sit down and then I shift and the shirt doesn't move), it's an instant panic attack. Having to sit in the middle of an aisle frequently causes panic attacks. Not understanding things is my major cause of panic attacks. Then I'm visibly sweating and starting to hyperventilate.
Yeah, basically, one of these days I'm going to pop like the Hindenberg.
Disappointing grades to start this semester: a 92% on my biochemistry quiz and a 95% on my physical chemistry quiz. This does not bode well for future developments.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
SURVEY!
1. What do you say most when you're trying NOT to curse? puta
2. Do You Own An Ipod? no
3. What Person On Your Top 8 (on Myspace) Do You Talk To The Most? I don't have myspace
4. What Time Is Your Alarm Clock Set To? 6:00
5. Do You Want To Fall In Love? no
6. Do You Wear Flip-Flops When It's Cold? I don't wear flip-flops
7. Would You Rather Take The Picture Or Be In The Picture? neither, I hate pictures
8. What Was The Last Movie You Watched? The Virgin Queen
9. Do any of your friends have kids? Not yet
10. Has Anyone Ever Called You Lazy? Yeah
11. Do You Ever Take Medication To Help You Fall Asleep? no
12. Are you a cuddle bug? definitely not, if there's one thing I abhor in the world it's being touched
13. Do You Prefer Regular Or Chocolate milk? I'm lactose intolerant, so neither
14. Has Anyone Told You A Secret This Week? no
15. When Was The Last Time You Had Starbucks? yesterday--vanilla latte (MMMMM)
16. Can You Whistle? meh
17. Do You Have A Trampoline In Your Back Yard?no
18. Do You Think People Talk About You Behind Your Back? I frankly don't care
19. Did you watch cartoons as a kid? yes
20. What Movie Do You Know Every Line To? At the rate I'm going, the Virgin Queen
21. What CD is in your car stereo right now? Celtic Woman--in my CD player with tape deck
22. What's your fav. song on that cd? Either Siuil a Ruin or Orinoco Flow
23. Do You Own Any Band T-Shirts? Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, and the Corrs
24. What Is Your Favorite Salad Dressing? Italian
25. Does anyone like you? I should hope not
26. Do You Do Your Own Dishes? I try to do them
27. Ever Cry In Public? I never cry
28. Have you told a secret to someone this week? No
29. Who was your first love? N/A
30. Do you think you could ever be in love? I don't want to, I'm totally devoted to work
31. Would You Ever Marry Anyone Covered In Tattoos? No
32. What Did You Do Before This? checked my email
33. When Was The Last Time You Slept On The Floor? I'm so tired I could sleep on it now
34. How Many Hours Of Sleep Do You Need To Function? at least 6
35. Do You Eat Breakfast Daily? same cereal every day
36. Are Your Days Full And Fast Paced? full, yeah, fast-paced, no
37. What are you doing right now? this survey
38. Do you use sarcasm? No (@)
39. Have You Ever Been In A Fight? not a physical one with anyone besides my sister
40. Are you picky about spelling and grammar? I'm generally a Nazi of spelling and grammar
41. Have You Ever Been To Six Flags? about 8 years ago
42. Have you ever been beaten up? no
43. Do You Get Along Better With The Same Sex Or The Opposite? opposite, I abhor men
44. Do you like mustard? all kinds
45. Do You Sleep On Your Side, Stomach, Or Back? How would I know? I'm asleep
46. Do You Watch The news? I try
47. How Did You Get One Of Your Scars? I fell and hit my head on a fireplace because I was riding the dog like a horse
48. Last person to make u mad? my a-chem lab instructor
49. Do you like anyone? not i nthe manner which this question suggests
50. What Is The Last Thing You Purchased? Gas
2. Do You Own An Ipod? no
3. What Person On Your Top 8 (on Myspace) Do You Talk To The Most? I don't have myspace
4. What Time Is Your Alarm Clock Set To? 6:00
5. Do You Want To Fall In Love? no
6. Do You Wear Flip-Flops When It's Cold? I don't wear flip-flops
7. Would You Rather Take The Picture Or Be In The Picture? neither, I hate pictures
8. What Was The Last Movie You Watched? The Virgin Queen
9. Do any of your friends have kids? Not yet
10. Has Anyone Ever Called You Lazy? Yeah
11. Do You Ever Take Medication To Help You Fall Asleep? no
12. Are you a cuddle bug? definitely not, if there's one thing I abhor in the world it's being touched
13. Do You Prefer Regular Or Chocolate milk? I'm lactose intolerant, so neither
14. Has Anyone Told You A Secret This Week? no
15. When Was The Last Time You Had Starbucks? yesterday--vanilla latte (MMMMM)
16. Can You Whistle? meh
17. Do You Have A Trampoline In Your Back Yard?no
18. Do You Think People Talk About You Behind Your Back? I frankly don't care
19. Did you watch cartoons as a kid? yes
20. What Movie Do You Know Every Line To? At the rate I'm going, the Virgin Queen
21. What CD is in your car stereo right now? Celtic Woman--in my CD player with tape deck
22. What's your fav. song on that cd? Either Siuil a Ruin or Orinoco Flow
23. Do You Own Any Band T-Shirts? Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, and the Corrs
24. What Is Your Favorite Salad Dressing? Italian
25. Does anyone like you? I should hope not
26. Do You Do Your Own Dishes? I try to do them
27. Ever Cry In Public? I never cry
28. Have you told a secret to someone this week? No
29. Who was your first love? N/A
30. Do you think you could ever be in love? I don't want to, I'm totally devoted to work
31. Would You Ever Marry Anyone Covered In Tattoos? No
32. What Did You Do Before This? checked my email
33. When Was The Last Time You Slept On The Floor? I'm so tired I could sleep on it now
34. How Many Hours Of Sleep Do You Need To Function? at least 6
35. Do You Eat Breakfast Daily? same cereal every day
36. Are Your Days Full And Fast Paced? full, yeah, fast-paced, no
37. What are you doing right now? this survey
38. Do you use sarcasm? No (@)
39. Have You Ever Been In A Fight? not a physical one with anyone besides my sister
40. Are you picky about spelling and grammar? I'm generally a Nazi of spelling and grammar
41. Have You Ever Been To Six Flags? about 8 years ago
42. Have you ever been beaten up? no
43. Do You Get Along Better With The Same Sex Or The Opposite? opposite, I abhor men
44. Do you like mustard? all kinds
45. Do You Sleep On Your Side, Stomach, Or Back? How would I know? I'm asleep
46. Do You Watch The news? I try
47. How Did You Get One Of Your Scars? I fell and hit my head on a fireplace because I was riding the dog like a horse
48. Last person to make u mad? my a-chem lab instructor
49. Do you like anyone? not i nthe manner which this question suggests
50. What Is The Last Thing You Purchased? Gas
Well, I'm at Regis right now, waiting for Denver traffic to calm down. Unfortunately, most of my friends were pretty busy today as well all of my old professors, so I kind of feel like this trip was a little bit unfulfilling.
Anyways, this weekend brought some successes, like getting all together in Genetics, generally for the next two weeks, studying for this weeks quiz, finishing compositions (well, writing, I still have to edit it and such). But I just don't know that it was as fruitful as it could have been, as the time that I spent up here and playing Medieval Total War probably could have been put to better uses trying to figure out how my Chem lab is all screwy, getting ahead on our next worksheet in Methods class, compiling notes, etc.
I'm actually feeling kind of bleh right now with some kind of a light headache and that general feeling that a cold might be coming on.
I am still wishing that analytical chemistry might disappear, but it's almost impossible to get the Chemistry degree without it. I would basically be taking nothing but biochemistry stuff and my one physical chemistry course, so the only reason I intend on finishing the course is simply for the sake of having a somewhat credible degree.
I have some general worries going into this week. Next week is one of those calm before the storm things, as I have a genetics exam and a quiz in physical chemistry.
Based on these first two weeks, I think my easiest classes are going to be French and Physical Chemistry, with the two immunologies and biochemistry following. Of moderate difficulty will be history and genetics, and then of near impossibility will probably be Spanish and A-Chem.
Stupid stupid A-Chem.
I think I might actually be in a sort of jeopardy with my GPA this semester, mainly because I'm doing a lot more advanced work and a lot more independent work that requires me to find sources everywhere. I look forward to the calm of next semester, which will consist of two language classes, a philosophy thesis, biochem II, and some other biology elective, and either my logic requirement for philosophy or a history class in all probability. With P-Chem II off the radar, there is a shining light to the end of this semester.
I just don't know. There's a lot of leniency in many of my grades with extra credit opportunities abounding in methods and genetics, and some leniency in biochem, physical chem, and French.
But still.
Well, I think traffic has calmed down enough for me to get to C-470 and to get some gasoline someplace, since I have like, none now.
Back to the springs.
Anyways, this weekend brought some successes, like getting all together in Genetics, generally for the next two weeks, studying for this weeks quiz, finishing compositions (well, writing, I still have to edit it and such). But I just don't know that it was as fruitful as it could have been, as the time that I spent up here and playing Medieval Total War probably could have been put to better uses trying to figure out how my Chem lab is all screwy, getting ahead on our next worksheet in Methods class, compiling notes, etc.
I'm actually feeling kind of bleh right now with some kind of a light headache and that general feeling that a cold might be coming on.
I am still wishing that analytical chemistry might disappear, but it's almost impossible to get the Chemistry degree without it. I would basically be taking nothing but biochemistry stuff and my one physical chemistry course, so the only reason I intend on finishing the course is simply for the sake of having a somewhat credible degree.
I have some general worries going into this week. Next week is one of those calm before the storm things, as I have a genetics exam and a quiz in physical chemistry.
Based on these first two weeks, I think my easiest classes are going to be French and Physical Chemistry, with the two immunologies and biochemistry following. Of moderate difficulty will be history and genetics, and then of near impossibility will probably be Spanish and A-Chem.
Stupid stupid A-Chem.
I think I might actually be in a sort of jeopardy with my GPA this semester, mainly because I'm doing a lot more advanced work and a lot more independent work that requires me to find sources everywhere. I look forward to the calm of next semester, which will consist of two language classes, a philosophy thesis, biochem II, and some other biology elective, and either my logic requirement for philosophy or a history class in all probability. With P-Chem II off the radar, there is a shining light to the end of this semester.
I just don't know. There's a lot of leniency in many of my grades with extra credit opportunities abounding in methods and genetics, and some leniency in biochem, physical chem, and French.
But still.
Well, I think traffic has calmed down enough for me to get to C-470 and to get some gasoline someplace, since I have like, none now.
Back to the springs.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Toss the Feathers
I find it hard to believe that I've only made it trhough two weeks of the seventeen week semester. It just seems like we have forever left between now the end of the semester. I think this semester would be perfect, if I didn't have to take analytical chemistry.
I didn't get anywhere near what I wanted to get done done today. Things have just been going downhill on the judiciousness of getting ahead and studying a lot. I'm just fuckin' lazy now.
I've had one of those days where I've had millions of those big heady questions and I found so few heady answers that I am highly disappointed. Being basically a biological determinist is hard, but if I resist the temptation to indulge in some existentialist mumbo jumbo....oh, what's the point? I'm trapped between this reality that our conditions determine our identities and the possibility of some kind of human intellect escaping biological necessity. Of creating legacies and permanent foundations in mankind. Plato, Aristotle, Einstein, Picasso, Caesar, Elizabeth, they all escaped the biological necessity and became foundational to Western Civilization. I only wish that Schultz might someday be echoed with the greats. However, I doubt I shall find the greatness I seek. This world buries it,because we live in equality and total possibility. The masses will prevent me from finding it because no one person in these times should have that right, apparently.
I'm really tired, obviously.
I didn't get anywhere near what I wanted to get done done today. Things have just been going downhill on the judiciousness of getting ahead and studying a lot. I'm just fuckin' lazy now.
I've had one of those days where I've had millions of those big heady questions and I found so few heady answers that I am highly disappointed. Being basically a biological determinist is hard, but if I resist the temptation to indulge in some existentialist mumbo jumbo....oh, what's the point? I'm trapped between this reality that our conditions determine our identities and the possibility of some kind of human intellect escaping biological necessity. Of creating legacies and permanent foundations in mankind. Plato, Aristotle, Einstein, Picasso, Caesar, Elizabeth, they all escaped the biological necessity and became foundational to Western Civilization. I only wish that Schultz might someday be echoed with the greats. However, I doubt I shall find the greatness I seek. This world buries it,because we live in equality and total possibility. The masses will prevent me from finding it because no one person in these times should have that right, apparently.
I'm really tired, obviously.
Saturday, September 1, 2007
September already?
Sheesh. This year is already almost over?
Hard to believe, I'm sure, but this semester is already 2 weeks over with 15 to go in most classes. 12 in analytical chemistry lab. Thank goodness for that.
This weekend is going to be my one opportunity to get somewhat ahead in this semester, and in the 11 hours of today, I have not really taken the opportunity to do that. I have finished my analytical chemistry homework for next Sunday, and about 5 pages of the 10 I need to read for Spanish for Wednesday. Tonight I'll be doing genetics with Kristina, and I hope to catch up in the reading and note-taking. Maybe I'll try to read the rest of the first six chapters of the book, since that's what our first test is on.
By the end of today, I hope to be caught up in my Methods in Immunology class, getting two labs and a math sheet done, which should carry me through Thursday at least, Genetics, and Spanish. Tomorrow is dedicated to A-Chem lab, Biochemistry, and starting to figure out how I want to write my first history paper.
I think I might be screwed this semester. I've been tempted to drop A-Chem, but I dunno.
I did find out though that I don't have to take physical chemistry II at all, so I probably won't.
Sigh, my life returns to school as always.
I wish I had more to say, but I just don't.
Au revoir!
Hard to believe, I'm sure, but this semester is already 2 weeks over with 15 to go in most classes. 12 in analytical chemistry lab. Thank goodness for that.
This weekend is going to be my one opportunity to get somewhat ahead in this semester, and in the 11 hours of today, I have not really taken the opportunity to do that. I have finished my analytical chemistry homework for next Sunday, and about 5 pages of the 10 I need to read for Spanish for Wednesday. Tonight I'll be doing genetics with Kristina, and I hope to catch up in the reading and note-taking. Maybe I'll try to read the rest of the first six chapters of the book, since that's what our first test is on.
By the end of today, I hope to be caught up in my Methods in Immunology class, getting two labs and a math sheet done, which should carry me through Thursday at least, Genetics, and Spanish. Tomorrow is dedicated to A-Chem lab, Biochemistry, and starting to figure out how I want to write my first history paper.
I think I might be screwed this semester. I've been tempted to drop A-Chem, but I dunno.
I did find out though that I don't have to take physical chemistry II at all, so I probably won't.
Sigh, my life returns to school as always.
I wish I had more to say, but I just don't.
Au revoir!
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