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.