Also my eyes are burning liek whoa with exhaustion, so I'm expecting them to bleed at any moment.

SO. TOOK MY SHAKESPEARE MIDTERM. ACTUALLY DID LOADS BETTER THAN I THOUGHT I WOULD. W-which is a good thing since I was barely conscious when I walked into the class. Orz.

During the break between the exam and picking up with new history/literature relations for The Merchant of Venice, I stopped by the Foreign Language Department (which was right next door, literally) and talked with Mrs. Donna going, "... so about declaring those minors?"

I will soon officially be a French and Spanish double-major with a double minor in History and English.

Count down to classes needed to fulfill all of these:

- 2 French courses (which if I pass these courses I'm in now, that will be cleared \o)
- 2 English courses (which if I pass the Shakespeare course, I will only have 1 left, and I'm definitely going to take that linguistics-y course my prof of the Shakespeare course, Jungman, is teaching in the Spring)
- 3 History courses (because I failed that English history course in the Fall, otherwise it would've been 2 :/)
- 7 Spanish courses (... well shit. I think I might be able to get one or two this next quarter and then go on next year with one or two (preferably two--they usually offer two of the higher courses at a time during the quarters...) and be able to finish it out in time. If all else fails, I can do what my mother suggested and go to Texas and enroll in the A&M there for Spanish course credits but LA Tech is picky as hell with what can and can't carry over. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. IF ALL ELSE FAILS, I CAN DROP IT TO A MINOR *DOES NOT LET IT GO*)

And that's not getting into the GERs I have to finish out. 2 sciences or something, an appreciation course (think I'll give Art another shot), computer lit... ... I think that's it actually.

So plenty to keep me with a full schedule for one more year here at Tech. And then I'm done.

... holy shit, that is a frightening thought.

In other news, I have 21 pages of an article (which is actually more like 42 pages of a pocket-sized book) to read by tomorrow and a French exam at 2PM (which I need to make notecards for STAT) aaaaand... a crapload of readings and studying for the midterm for my French Lit course on Monday.

And that's not even touching all the readings I have to do for that Lit course after the exam.

Aaaaaaagh.

... and I'm in the middle of the CFUW event which has been AWESOME and WIN and IF I AM UP PAST 1AM CST TONIGHT, KICK ME HARD PLEASE BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD IT AND WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO GET UP EARLY TO MAKE QUICK NOTES SO I CAN GIVE A 15-MINUTE-ISH PRESENTATION ON THAT UBER-LONG ARTICLE.

Lolol. I sorta have missed this kind of insane rush. I do awesome when I have this kind of pressure on me, even if I end up kind of crashing at the end of it and go, "Afjasdfjk notmovingfrombedfordaysscrewyoulife," at the end of it.

Orite. I also have a 5 to 10 page research paper for my Shakespeare course due on theeeee... 17th of February. FUCK YEAH!

And then two articles to present in the Lit class on the 13th and 16th.

... I'm gonna make me a comprehensive calendar so I can keep better track of these things and NOT get involved so deeply in RP events or something.

And no one is allowed to hit me because I AM SURVIVING \o/

... *licks f-list* :>
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Because of recent personal low moments in the "I am happy" levels (i.e., been failing at being able to say that for a little while), I'm going to be doing the following meme:

1. Post about something that made you happy today even if it's just a small thing.
2. Do this everyday for a week without fail.

...

Well. To start off, even if the day is still young:

+ the weather channel said that there was a possibility of snow today (more than likely, it'll be the wet, soggy kind). This made me giddy as all else. ... until I shared the news with some classmates of mine who scoffed and basically said, "It won't be real snow like in Minnesota (because I have relatives there and know what it's like)."

But remained cheerful despite this because zomg possibility of winter weather~

+ More French history in French lit today. I r happy history buff who, yes, had to relate everything to Hetalia because I'm easily amused like that. (For some reason, I had the running commentary of Arthur going, "Five Republics. Think you have enough?" with Francis responding, "Oh, I'm not sure... certainly not as bad as how many monarchs you've gotten rid of, non?" and... yeah.)

+ Relating Shakespeare with my French studies. Because we were reading an excerpt from Madame de Staël's De la littérature considéré dans ses rapports avec les institutions sociales (abbrev. as De la littérature) involving the tragedies of Shakespeare and the difference between English and French literature.

+ My speaking of French is a lot better thanks to that phonetics course and I will probably be happy about this for a while.


... wow, this thing does cheer me up.


ETA: + Watching House be an ass.
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Okay, people buried under snow?

At least you don't have to worry about tornadoes.

Lolololorz...

I was completely soaked this morning, thanks to the heavy rain. And on top of that, the sky was greenish and the weather channel said something about a tornado watches. Well, the rain petered off and now it's starting up again and... more tornado watches and now warnings! All afternoon even!

And they still haven't canceled classes.

Lolz, Louisiana, lolz.

But thankfully, I'm in dry clothes and in my dorm.

But I have a class at 2PM across campus.

Ahahahaha!

Orz.

*wants to just crawl in bed and not have to worry about things*

Oh, and I actually paid attention in Chemistry today. I should get props. It felt like he was speed-talking through light wave formulas though and fkdsjalfkdjsfa... D: But luckily, I have my Chemistry book and I should be able to keep up this quarter--I WILL PASS THIS DAMN CLASS EVEN IF SCIENCE IS SOMETHING I'M NOT ESPECIALLY FOND OF.

In addition to that, I adore my Shakespeare class. He gives history lectures before getting into the literature. Props to him! Makes it easier to analyze the text and whatnot. Also fun times, fun times.

... note to self: dry out French 305 book and French Dictionary that got wet thanks to my booksack getting wet.

Now if only I can keep up this kind of paying attention and motivation to pass my classes. Aiming for A's this quarter. Need to recover my GPA and all...

Yeah. Fun times, fun times.


ETA: Ahahaha, I realize now that I am a Scrooge around Christmas time. Less about the not wanting to share gifts and such and more about the frowning and scowling at the love and whatnot that goes on during this holiday. Because it makes me feel even more sad and alone than my little sister likes to point me out as being.

Ah ha... good thing I've scheduled a counselor session for next Monday because... until I go home, I'm going to be feeling the I'M ALONEness and then when I'm home... yeah, I'll be expecting possible drama. You know. Family tradition or something.

... yeah. And before anyone can say it, I'm aware how attention-getting and needy this all sounds. Not intended that way. It's simply an observation because: All. The. Friends. I've. Made. IRL. Have. Moved. Away. And. Continued. On. With. Their. Lives. Meanwhile. I. Am. Stuck. Here. For. A. Whole. 'Nother. Year. And. A Half.

Right. *wanders off*
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I am so tired right now it's not even funny. Of course, I can't even complain about that because I did it to myself. Ah hah...

But yeah, not having such a good day. Thankfully, History class was mostly painless today and I only have to get through English and then a band audition and then I can go and do... something. Not killing my brain.

But yeah, nearly started whimpering at the idea of lasting through these events and then as I walked out of the caf, behold. There was a twenty dollar bill. And lo but then I took it and spent it to get me caffeine.

... yes, I'm a horrible person who found $20 on the floor and didn't bother trying to find its owner. Lemme alone. I also need $5 from this $20 to get me a bass clarinet reed so nyuh.

Beyond that, guys, I have no idea if I'm going to drown before the end of this quarter or not. It turns out I might have to serve community service time or something because of the drinking escapade and I'm only doing well in band and french atm and...

I have 5 books in my booksack all about King Richard the Lionhearted and King John, his brother. This is for my history paper. I, of course, will be needing to get a handle on my English paper very soon and just sob.

Can Fall be over already?
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I ended up falling asleep a bit within the last half hour of my English class. Not that it matters much since we were just talking about Virgil's work and the story of how Rome was founded and my professor has a tendency to go on tangents anyway.

But yeah. Still drowsy from that.

I think I'm getting my motivation and interest in my subjects back again. I dunno why but for the past couple of weeks I just haven't been able to focus, I've been missing some classes because of idiotic things like oversleeping and the like... and well, now I'm buckling down again and such.

And I find myself tired. A good kind of tired, though, I guess.

But you know, a point of interest I have at the moment is the history of Empires or maybe I should say the men who led them on to greatness?

For example, in the western world back in the day, there was Alexander the Great, Augustus Caesar, and Charlemagne. I know for sure they're three great figures in history considering Alexander conquered everything from Greece to India (in less than ten years, isn't that right?), Augustus expanded the Roman empire and had such influence, and Charlemagne expanded the French territory and established the French royalty, I guess you can say?

Except when I think about all of this, in terms of western world conquerors and such (because back in those times, Europe was The World, as silly as that seems now), there's a huge gap in my thinking (which I blame on being half-asleep or something, really), between Charlemagne and Napoleon. And then again between Napoleon and Hitler, but that's more because of the fact that during that time period was when nations were all about national identity and making their own empires around the globe.

... I dunno, I just find this kind of thing interesting. I wish I knew more about eastern world history because I feel sorely deprived and missing more than a few moments in history I should know about.

But things like how western civilization has seen the rise and fall of several different empires, each one taking from the other (Egypt -> Greece -> Rome -> France -> England -> US? [hey, people have compared us to Rome right before the time of its fall]), has always been of an interest to me. Same way how lines of mentors and students like with Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Alexander the Great have always been a point of interest to me.

I dunno.

Hey, guys who have an interest in history, care to help me fill in the gaps? I might be doing some research of my own if only to satisfy my curiosity on the matter.


ETA: ... now I'm wondering why exactly I have an interest in people in history who've attempted to conquere the world.

And why the hell did Hitler go after Russia when it failed miserably when Napoleon tried it anyway? Not only that, but he had already been fighting a battle on at least two or three fronts. So why turn and run and try to take Russia out? I still never get that in WWII history. Had to be the stupidest mistake he could have made.

Though I guess you could look back at those ancient emperors and kings and say the same for them if you can find the moments where they royally screwed up but haa... most of those empires and kingdoms remained strong for generations--until you had characters like Nero in Rome. Or even Louis XV in France--seriously, how the hell did you get a genius like Louis XIV one generation, a frivolous king like Louis XV who wasted money on social events and such the next, and then end that line with Louis XVI who... just wasn't meant to be a leader in that respect (and let's face it, thanks to his predecessor and the depression at the time, he didn't really stand a chance)?

Though I guess if you look throughout history you'll see something like that. How one generation was strong enough to keep everything together but then it all falls apart in the next. Like with Alfred the Great and how he was able to at least begin to unify the English people and established the burgs and such and was able to keep things together but when he was gone, his sons couldn't keep up with it. Actually the same happened for Charlemagne, didn't it? Because France ended up getting split into three and then the sons squabbled over who got what and then two of them conspired against the third and...

... why do I have a fascination with this sort of thing. No. Really. I really wonder why.
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Who knew that buckling down on my education would make me all "... what?" when people keep telling me good things.

For instance.

Yesterday, I was standing in front of my English class, talking to people. Now, my English class is right next to the Foreign Language Department office. And I happen to know the secretary pretty well--hell, she was the one that helped me out at freshmen orientation when I was the only one out of two Liberal Arts people who decided to go for foreign language. That, and this is my fourth year and I've been a pretty speshial student if I do say so myself--as in I failed a lot at getting stuff done. Epic, really.

Well, randomly, Miss Donna (as I call her, go go southern habits~) was fiddling with something outside of the office and noticed I was there. And then she proceeded to ask me, "Oh, Trinity, are you going for an English minor?"

... cue inner sobbing.

I said out loud, "Uh, well, I was thinking about it or something..."

To which she replied, "Because I was just looking over your file and you're one Shakespeare course away from getting the required hours."

... more inner sobbing.

See, I've been taking English and History as a way to fill in the hours for full-time status (also to put off doing my sciences as long as possible--which I'll be forced to do this next two quarters, anyway) and somehow ended up taking Englishs 101, 102, 201, 202 (the four required ones), whatever number Creative Writing was (384?), and my current course 406 (World Masterpieces). 6 courses times 3 hours credit = 18 hours. Apparently a minor in English is 24 hours or something. Either that or I took a class that also had English credit hours. I dunno. I'll talk to her about it on Monday.

And of course, I asked her then if she knew how close I was to getting History as a minor (have taken 101, 102, 201, 202, and the one I'm in now 403--3 * 5 = 15 hours). She said nope, just noticed the English one and thought she should ask.

So lolz me. I'm going to end up a double major in French and Spanish with a double minor in English and History. Because I'm apparently both fail and win.

This is what you get for taking classes you LIKE instead of classes they MAKE you take.

Of course, that's not taking into account how much longer it'll take for me to finish up my two majors.

In French, I've taken 102 (didn't have to take 101 though I probably should have), 201, 202, 301, 302, 304, 450, 470. 3 * 8 = 24 hours, but of course in majors, the 100-levels don't count, so that's only 3 * 7 = 21 hours. I think what's required is 201, 202, 301, 302, 304, 305, 450, and then three 300 or 400-level courses. Unless of course, that Foreign Language 489 counts as French (it did have to do with French literature of the Middle Ages). Then I have all but 2 or 3 courses left to take, if I'm lucky.

Spanish is a different story because I'm so far behind. Only have taken 101, 102, 201, and 202. So that means I have the same as the French situation to get covered. 301, 302, 304, 305, 450, and then three 300- or 400-level courses. Whiiiich is 8 courses altogether. Meaning that when I'm done with French the best thing to do is double-up on my Spanish courses. Quickest way to get it out of the way.

And of course, after all of that, I want to get certified for teaching, you know. Back up plan and all. Which'll take about a year, right?

So at this rate, it looks like I'll be at Tech at least one or two more years. Maybe less. Who knows? But I find that I don't really mind it so much.

What I do kind of mind is how my dad suggested going into military intelligence so I can get more languages under my belt, get some training, and then I can get into the FBI or CIA. And wouldn't that be interesting? And it's not just because my dad is suggesting it that makes me think about it more. People are all over foreign language people these days. It's actually good money to go into intelligence and it gives you a shiny thing on your CV and resume whenever you apply for other jobs. Not only that, but it would require traveling around. We all know I'm all gung-ho for traveling the world. But one thing that bothers me most, the only thing that makes me not like the idea, is that I told myself for a very long time--ever since I was little--that I would never go into the military officially.

I guess I'll have to come to a decision about that eventually. I don't want to join up while I'm still trying to get my degree though. I'd rather just finish out my plans here at Tech and then, when I know I'm ready to get my diploma, I'll look into all of that. I'm fairly sure they'd take me on. But really... I dunno. It's kind of a big decision to make and I'm just not ready for it yet.

Plus, if I do go with my plan, I'll be certified for teaching, meaning that when I retire, I can go about the peaceful teaching of kids and whatnot. Because I love kids. But who knows?

... and I make too many long posts, jeez. But this year is looking to be my deciding year. Make or break here. And hopefully I'll be able to do better compared to last year.

Feel free to give me input! I'm always happy to get ideas from other people to see what my options are.
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What I need to get done today:

- English journal entries.
- French movie critique.
- getting to French class at 5PM.
- getting to work at 8PM.
- getting back to my dorm at 3AM at the latest.

Tomorrow:

- Psych final (might not have to take it depending on what my 2nd test grade was) at 10AM.
- English final at 2PM.
- Band from 4:30PM to 5:30PM.
- Work from 8PM to 2AM.
- Back at dorm by 3AM at the latest.

Friday:

- Band from 4:30PM to 6PM

Saturday:

- GAME DAY ACTIVITIES (i.e., full day of band and being on my feet).

Sunday:

- work at 8PM to 2AM.


... I hate finals week. Especially when there's a football game DX

And now I'm going off to work on my English journals.



EDIT:
Free-IQTest.net - Free IQ Test

Agreeing with kazaera in the fact that this is not at all accurate because it was way shorter and easier than this one IQ test I took and got 127 on.

But it does make one feel better.
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Just one more week. I can last one more week. One more week of Fall Quarter and then I get a bit of a break. I can go home and pester family and all sorts of things. Just one more week.

*sighs*

I'm just really tired today. And of course I still have band and work tonight, so...

Good news today, however.

You know that essay of mine.

Got an 80. Which is a B.

This is after she took 10 points because it was late.

So. Yeah.

Go me.

50% of my English grade so far is a B. Which means if I get a B or better on my Final Exam, I pretty much have a solid B for the course. As per usual with any English course I take--except for that 101 course my Freshmen year when the professor lost my grade and I didn't catch the mistake until it was too late. Freakin' C.

Anyway, tomorrow entails me writing my French essay, going to the bank to finally cash my paycheck from last week, and then Patrick picking me up to take me to Walmart so I can finally get some damn winter clothes. Which I seriously need. *sighs*

Oh, and a happy 18th to my sister Foon/Shiz. She is now legal, folks!
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Well. Today's mostly for working on that 8-paged paper due for English tomorrow at 2PM. I'll begin work around 2PM today, mostly doing the quick research method I came up with years ago--jotting down quotes and writing the info needed to cite a source and all.

Beyond that, I am also a) finishing up planning and arranging a Halloween party I can't go to, b) attending my French class at 5PM to 7PM, c) stopping by to see that everything's ready to go for the Halloween party, and d) go to work at 8PM and stay there until it closes--which may or may not be early depending on how sales are, personally I think they'll be rather low since everyone will be at parties and-or drunk or something. So 12AM to 2AM. Whichever.

And if I get off work early, I will work on my paper more. If not... well...

I'll just have to use the 2 hours between Psych and English to finish up whatever else I need to write.

Yeah, I have no idea. I think I'm going to check my syllabi again and see which classes allow me how many days of absenses before it begins to harm my grade.

But yeah. Hope everyone has a lovely Halloween.

Now I'm off to get a shower.



EDIT: Also. I blame this music vid for getting Jellied Eels stuck in my head.


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Yes, I'm a retard. It's 4 in the morning, I have to be awake by 7AM so I can leave by 7:30AM so I can make it to rehearsal at 8AM.

...

I had some pent up energy I took out on washing laundry, clearing out the trash (well, some of it), hanging laundry, and then washing dishes.

Note to self: You seriously do not need anymore towels. Sanna was awsum for giving all of them but if you ever think about buying more or something, I will be forced to kick you. You have plenty. Asthetics be damned.

Also, you need winter clothes. No more buying books or even starting up manga collection or saving up for buying people Christmas gifts until you get summore. Winter clothes = pants, long sleeved shirts, sweaters, jackets, and all that fun stuff. But do not think of buying stuff at the bookstore when you don't know how much you have in your La Cap bank. "Around $100" won't cut it. Good job on resisting the temptation, though, but don't even think it again until next paycheck.

Get the dates set for the Winter Quarter's anime club meetings. Srsly. You've put this off for a week. You did good on getting the paperwork. Now just stop being lazy and find the time to fucking do it, you retard.

Speaking of being a retard: DO YOUR F-ING ENGLISH READINGS AND PICK A DAMN AMERICAN AUTHOR TO WRITE AN 8 PAGED PAPER ON ALREADY, SHEESH. ALSO, PLEASE TO STOP PUTTING OFF WRITING JOURNALS.

You are not allowed to participate in NaNoWriMo if you're going to start a new story. You have 16 stories you haven't finished. Pick one and write 50,000 words for it. Do not count the words you already had written before. If it's against the rules, whatever. You srsly need to finish SOMETHING eventually. Also, no excuses this year. This is the--what? fourth? fifth attempt? GET TO THE GOAL, ALREADY.

... I have more to say to you, but it's 4:21 in the fucking morning--oh, yeah, I can say that: GO TO FUCKING BED ALREADY.

And writing this note to myself has convinced me that I need sleep... and a better idea of what I'm doing. Have planner, will schedule. *has been doing that already, though*

Hate Homecoming. Football Game Day begins in 3 hours (though I do get a break from whenever we get out of morning rehearsal until 4PM, so nap time, ftw). Work tomorrow from 5PM to 12AM which will probably get cut short, but then again, this is SUNDAY we're speaking of. Since when has Sunday ever gone right at work?

... right. I said I was going to bed.

Night, all.
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Haa... I hate taking tests for one reason.

If the test seems really, really, almost painfully easy, then I start wondering if I did it right and such and... yeah. Not a good thing. Now I have to wait maybe a week before I get my Midterm Exam score. *sighs*

In other news, because of taking the Exam, I had an entire hour before band. ... which has now become more like 40 minutes, but meh.

Also, I do so love getting junk mail. Who the hell is this Independent running for govenor of Louisiana and why does he feel the need to fill up my p.o. box with two of his adverts (each one differing from the other and therefore not a mistake on the p.o. people's part)? One is more than enough, dude. Minus 5 points.

Speaking of politicians: Since Election is only a year away, has there FINALLY been some decision-making as to who is running for President? I really need to start watching the news again, but after AOL had their headlines about Britney Spears losing custody of her kids for like a week, I'd rather not.

... then again, I really need to start checking on news articles and such...

OH, HAY GUYS. I READ IN USA TODAY THAT THE FIRST OF THE BABY BOOMERS TO GET SOCIAL SECURITY HAS COME. AND AHAHAHA. YEAH. WATCH ALL OF THAT MONEY DISAPPEAR--AND FAST.

This was just a really random post, wasn't it? Saa...
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Guys, another English teacher loves me. W-what do I do to deserve the love? They all know I slack off and that I avoid doing homework and I don't apply myself as well as I could and yet they still seem to think I'm the best student ever or something.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

Yeah. So. Yeah. Today we were reviewing for the Midterm Exam we're taking on Tuesday and we were going through the literature we've read up to this point and were picking out different quotes and points from the different pieces and... yeah, I kept raising my hand a lot and then waited patiently for her to futilely get people to participate (hurhurhur) and like... gave a lot of input.

At one point, we were doing Henry James and... uh. My prof is a James freak. Like yeah. So, yeah. I had this in mind when I was looking at his bio when she asked what quotes we should look out for. Someone pointed out a good one and then another one was mentioned and I just sat there, staring at this one line and went, "It's pretty short but to the point and is completely what James was about and prof is a James freak..." and raised my hand and asked, "You're not going to use the 'Dramatize, dramatize, dramatize,' quote, are you?"

She looked like I'd just said the answer was 42. And then asked, "Why do you think that would be on the exam, Trinity?"

So I, kind of bored but also kind of curious, explained, "Well, it says here that James later became more detached from his writings, using the third person and stuff, insisting that people 'dramatize, dramatize, dramatize.' By distancing himself from his writings, he was making it less about him and more about people in general, so..."

And again she stared at me before turning to address the class and stating, "Everyone take note of what Trinity just said. Not only did she give the quote and the reason it was chosen, but also explained her answer with why it is important."

And just... yeah. After that, I... yeah. S-she said something about me seeming to almost know exactly was on the test. Of course, I just went, "... but I'm a writer. I know what to look for and what teachers will go for."

At the end of the class, I got up and started walking out, going, "Ahaha... I would be an English major... except I hate tediousness and English is tedious..."

My prof was kind of going D: at me. "Don't say that! You did so well today that I was thinking of giving you extra points~ You throw my world off-kilter!"

To which I went, "But the writing and the essays and the stuff like that... I mean, I love the stuff like we did in class today but the rest of it..." DX

Y-yeah. I crushed my prof's hopes and dreams so hard. I think a lot of my English profs have wondered why I'm not a major. Saa... maybe I could go in for it being a minor? NO NO. Already planning on having History as a Minor. DO NOT NEED ENGLISH FOR A SECOND MINOR. YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF COLLEGE EVENTUALLY, RIGHT?

... but I do have 4/7 classes out of the way, same for History...





NOT CONSIDERING IT.

And see, it's because of this that I realized something else.

You know how I complain about being a Jack of All Trades?

Because of class today, I remembered and realized that all those awsum writers you're forced to read in English class? All of them were pretty much the same. For example, Herman Melville and I think Nathaniel Hawthorne? They both went from job to job and never really had one stick and stuff like that. James, too, was kind of like that. So was Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain and...

...

*pulls at hair* WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'VE BEEN BITCHING ABOUT THINGS THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BITCHING ABOUT? ARGH.

STILL DON'T THINK I'M THAT GREAT OF A WRITER, THOUGH.

But yeah. *headdesks*

I've got about 40 minutes before I have to go to work and right now I'm kind of thinking about how smart I've been feeling lately (because let's face it, I never feel smart--so actually feeling smart is WEIRD) and am kind of frustrated because for some reason, manga downloads I make won't open the zip files for me. Even though I have been able to do it before and everything else. It just... won't even OPEN the file.

Urgh.

Annoying. The whole lot.
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Yet again, take note that I really, really hate tedious work and thus English is on the "I hate you" list.

Just sayin'.

I find it interesting and fascinating and a challenge, but I hate, hate, HATE the tedious work of writing analysises (... dunno how that's really pluraled) and thoughts on literature. Ugh.

I knew I should have worked on it last night while at the anime club meeting DX *hates herself more than the tedious work, atm*

I also should do laundry, cash my paycheck, and maybe call my mom. But again, I only have until 2PM to get 4/5 journals done and ugh. I hate myself. I hate myself so much for being such a damn procrastinator.

Speaking of which, I'll not respond to comments after this post. Because yeah.

*puts on some music to give her something else besides writing and the A/C unit blowing air*


EDIT: 12:17PM: 2 1/2 journals later, MY HAND IS CRAMPED. OW.

... *goes back to writing*


EDIT 2: 1:12PM: 4/5 done AND MY HAND IS DEAD AND I REFUSE TO WRITE THE 5TH ONE BECAUSE 1) I DIDN'T READ "ROMAN FEVER" BY WHARTON AND 2) I DON'T LIKE THE TOPIC OF "FEMME FATALE" SO THERE.

... well, at least I got all but one? Haaa... and with time to laze around before class, too!
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You currently have:

- 1 portrait to write for French (if it was only 1 1/3 pages before, you might want to write 2 1/2 just in case--better over-kill than under)
- 1 reading for French (check Blackboard again to see what it was again)
- 3 journals for English (because you didn't do the one for Daisy (though that shouldn't be at all hard to do because you actually did the reading), and two more for today due Thursday)
- 2 readings for English (technically, one of them is optional, but try to get them both done)
- 1 reading for Psych (read chapter on Skinner... or just skim over it--you do remember all that stuff about behavioral psychology and conditioned responses, right?)


... yeaaaaaah.

I'll head back to my dorm to get ready for band after I print some things out.
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HEY GUYS, THERE'S A CHANCE I CAN GO TO AN OL' MISS AND LSU GAME. BECAUSE JROB IS TAKING A PEP BAND DOWN THERE BECAUSE OUR TEAM IS AWSUM AND WANTS US TO COME--WELL, OKAY, IT'S ACTUALLY THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT'S DECISION BUT YEAH.

I just need to write a note to Jason to tell him that those weekends are now band weekends.

OCT. 6TH - OL' MISS
NOV. 10TH - LSU

HEY, muffins_of_god, DIDN'T YOU SAY TO LET YOU KNOW IF I WAS EVER GONNA GET TO GO TO AN LSU GAME? FELLOW LOUISIANAIANS UNITE!

Besides all of that, ahaha. I think my English professor loves me--just like all the other one seemed to. Mrs. O, Mrs. Schuder, and now Mrs. V. |D *is a popular lady~* Yeah, and same with the Psychology professor--she's even taken to the habit of telling me not to answer things because she wants other people to answer |D I R TEH TOO SMART FER DESE CLASSES, YES?

But I'm still lazy as hell. Ah well. I SHALL DO THE ENGLISH READINGS AND LE PORTRAIT DE MON PÈRE POUR LA CLASSE DE FRANÇAIS EN LUNDI THIS WEEKEND--FTW.

... yeah. I need to write out my assignments on here, I seem to remember them better when I do.

Assignments:
Lire: les annonces dans Blackboard
Écrire: Le premier jet du portrait de mon père

Read: P. 1491-1494 (James); P. 1495-1532 ("Daisy Miller").
Journal: Impressions of Daisy's character--is she an innocent abroad or manipulative and savvy? What about Winterbourne? Discuss symbolism of names.


FTW, YO.

And now I have another 30 minutes or so to chill before I have to get ready for work |D



EDIT: BY SEPTEMBER 25th, MY LIST OF DRESDEN BOOKS SHALL LOOK AS THUS:

Storm Front
Fool Moon
Grave Peril
Summer Knight
Death Masks
Blood Rites
Dead Beat
Proven Guilty
White Night

I AM EXCITED, YO.
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The drama certainly hasn't passed.

I might still have to go in for work. Like I said, a coworker of mine said she'd try to see if she can't make it here in time but most likely she won't, so I'm trying to get myself enough energy so I can last until 2AM. Again, I'm like pulling energy out of my ass of something. Hopefully Mahogany won't mind how bad I do things at work tonight. .-.

But yeah. I've had me a sammich, a bag of chips, and one of those Fuze drinks. This one's "refresh" with strawberry and guava. It's actually pretty good and does refresh me a bit. *amused look*

And now I'm off to band. Saa... sotired~ I'm hoping I'm made an alternate for this next halftime show we're performing.

Anyway, more updates on stress and stuff later--one thing off my mind though: English professor is lurve and said I can turn in my journal tomorrow with 5 points off (since I was too upset to write anything in it earlier). So yeah, wh00t.

Kay, later all~
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That's the one thing I hate about college. You can choose to miss class, but if you do, you're definitely going to catch hell for it in the way of assignments being missed.

*sighs*

Yeah, I'm really tired. It's only 12:15 and I'm exhausted. I've been awake 4 hours already and have to last for another... *counts* 14. I think. Actually more like 15 because I close the store at 2AM and usually get into my dorm by 3...

I'm going pass the fuck out tonight, I swear.

But yeah.

I'm taking a bit of a break to rest myself and conserve my energy before I work on my 2nd English journal. I don't have English until 2PM, so yeah. I have time.

Today, I relearned Freud's Id, SuperEgo, and Ego bit. Which I found funny. I think I'm mostly ruled by my SuperEgo, to be honest. I tend to not like to let myself be as... er... free as the Id would like or something. I dunno.

Um... I want to talk to people, but I dunno if anyone else is on and I'm so out of it, I'll probably end up babbling with nonsensical things again...


EDIT: ... I'm thinking about calling someone up to take my place tonight at work. I really, really don't know if I can survive today. Hopefully by this time next week, I'll have a handle on things and not be stupid enough to stay up so late on Monday and Wednesday nights.


EDIT 2: Walking to Subway now to see the schedule to see who can cover for me. ... and so Jason can see that I SERIOUSLY CANNOT HANDLE WORK TODAY.
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... *headdesks* i hate reading assignments. And I hate having to do journal entries on reading assignments. Haaaaaate.

But yeah. I'll do it, like my schedule thing in the previous post says. *siiiiighs*

But I'm so going back to my room, tidying it up and taking like an hour-long nap. Or something. I'm exhausted and need sleep or somthing. Maybe sugar. Lots and lots of sugar.

... what? I swear I got--*counts*--4 1/2 hours of sleep.

It's the even number of hours I get of sleep that makes me tired, I swear.

And I almost forgot to go to Keeny again. *headdesks*

Okay: First, Keeny Hall and rescheduling of the counseling; second, go to Tolliver Hall and get some food for dorm because you know leaving dorm when I don't have to is like... fail or something; third, tidy up my side of the room because my Freshmen roommate makes me look bad--then again, she STILL has like NOTHING compared to me--THE ROOM IS NOT ROBUST; finally, I will take an hour long nap if I'm still tired--if not, then I shall be on the interwebs and chillaxing before I have to go in for my 7PM to 2AM closing hours.

My soul... it has been eaten alive by these things.

... definitely need sugar. Imma gonna get some ice cream, ftw.


EDIT: I am in my dorm and I has healthy foods!

... well, mostly healthy.

Well, since I tend to work night shifts and don't much feel like getting up early enough to give myself a lot of time to walk to the caf or something to get breakfast and I figure that I should start eating at least some sort of breakfast since I've got so much going on this quarter, that I mostly got breakfast foods.

Things Jeva got:

- Cinnamon Toast Crunch (the taste you can see!)
- Milk (which will only be used with cereal *has never liked milk in any other way--except chocolate milk*)
- Blueberry Poptarts
- Cherry Poptarts
- Club Crackers (this is actually mostly snacks for when I'm studying or something)
- Orange Juice
- Grapefruit Juice
- CranberryAppleRaspberry Juice (this stuff is GOOD)
- 2 Raspberry Yougarts
- 1 Orange
- 1 Granny Smith Apple
- 1 container or mixed fruit (which I am about to eat)
- 1 pint of Cookies 'n' Cream ice cream (almost all the way eaten now--yes, I know, I'll get fat--lemme alone; I got it because everything else I got was pretty damn healthy for me, considering the junk I used to eat!--see, Sara? Andrea? You've had SOME influence on me~)

In addition to the food I also bought:

- 1 pack of plastic plates
- 1 pack of plastic bowls

Which are both of the same make and are red! Which go well with the blue plastic cups I still have from last year.

I also nicked some spoons from Tolliver >.>;;;

But yes! Jeva, ftw!


EDIT 2: Forgot to mention: I scheduled my couseling session for Next Monday (the only day he really had free). So, yeah. DO NOT FORGET, JEVA. 3PM. MONDAY. DO NOT LAZE AROUND IN ROOM LIKE BEFORE.
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Okay. From now on, 1PM to 3PM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays is my study time.

No ifs, ands, or buts about it.

SO.

That means NO INTERNET FOR TEH JEVA DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.

If you see me online... I dunno... threaten me with bannination from your LJ or something. Most likely, you won't have to because I SERIOUSLY AM going to follow this.

See. I told myself I would reserve 2 hours on my free days to do homework and study and stuff and... yeah. I r teh dumb and didn't do that until just now. So, ahaha. I didn't do my English readings~

Not that that's ever really made a difference for me--I only got 1 C in English before and that was because the teacher messed up and said I didn't turn in my 4th essay--which was the one on Bullying, btw--my Freshmen year and I didn't realize the mistake until the time-period was past due and... yeah.

I mostly get As and Bs in English... without doing the readings.

Not that I'm saying that I'll keep up that behavior this year. Definitely not. Am going to do the readings, even if it's so mind-numbingly boring and tedious as all hell.

The Jeva does not like tedious assignments.

So yeah!

1PM to 3PM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

... you know what? I should so totally plan out those days better since I've only got French on Monday and Wednesdays (with work when I have a football game weekend) and work on Fridays (with Band on the occassion).

Like, i keep saying I want to go swimming on those days...

... hm.

Mondays
11AM to 1PM = Swimming
1PM to 3PM = Studying
3PM to 4PM = Sit self down and try to write something even if it hurts
4PM to 5PM = Get ready for class/eat lunch
5PM to 7PM = French class
7PM to 1AM = ... we'll have to figure this one out
8PM to 2AM = Work (only weeks with footabll game weekends)

Wednesdays
11AM to 1PM = Swimming
1PM to 3PM = Studying
3PM to 4PM = Sit self down and try to write something even if it hurts
4PM to 5PM = Get ready for class/eat lunch
5PM to 7PM = French class
7PM to 1AM = ... we'll have to figure this one out
8PM to 2AM = Work (only weeks with footabll game weekends)

Fridays
11AM to 1PM = Swimming
1PM to 3PM = Studying
3PM to 4PM = Sit self down and try to write something even if it hurts
4PM to 8PM = ... we'll have to figure this one out
8PM to 2AM = Work
4PM to 6:30PM = Band (only on football game weekends)
7PM to 1AM = ... we'll have to figure this one out (only on football game weekends)

Um, yeah.

I'll try to have something solidified by tomorrow.

And yes, yes. I will at least skim-read the pages I was supposed to have read for today. Saa... at least I got me a notebook for those journals she wants us to do.

... and after English, I need to go to Keeny Hall to see if I can't reschedule that counseling session that I completely forgot about yesterday.
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I was totally planning to go to bed early last night.

I have no idea what happened.

I ended up watchng a marathon of Law & Order: SVU.

Then around 2AM or so, I was planning to turn in.

I ended up watching The Dead Zone.

I was seriously going to go to sleep.

... there was that movie Young Guns. (I loved Billy the Kid's line of "I'll make ya famous"... for some reason, that line is lurve.)

I did get some sleep, though.

... about 3 1/2 hours or so.

>.>;;;;

Why do I always do this right before finals? *siiiighs*

Anyway, I'll survive.

... got a bit to add to the plot idea that candy__chan plunnied me with for a third part of that Trauma/Murderer fic >:


EDIT: ... someone kick me. I didn't quiiiiite finish my last English assignment. I still have 20 minutes until History, which gives me a chance to put a dent in what I need to finish with it, and then after taking my final in History, I'll have time, but...

I'm stuck ._.;;;
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