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So I'm in an awesome mood right now. Had my last test in psychology which I don't think I did very well on, but we can drop our lowest test score, and I didn't really prepare for it, so I'm fine with that. Did my final oral presentation for Technologies of Representing Gender and she said I did very well (although I don't have a grade yet. But whatever, I wasn't worried about that anyways. And it was a fun presentation, because I basically just talked about gender representations and constrictions on Angel, Buffy, Charmed, Dawson's Creek, and Gilmore Girls. I love being able to give presentations on television shows and it actually be academic and relevant to class). Got my astronomy paper back and I thought I had done terrible on it, but I got a 97, so I'm basically thrilled about that. And I've finished my final draft of my geology paper, which I believe I'm going to do very well on. So, things are going well right now.

Also, today is the last day of classes, which, I mean, I actually did enjoy all my classes this semester. Even the Technologies for Representing Gender one that I didn't think I'd like at the beginning of the semester turned out really well. Even though the professor wasn't the best, she was still intelligent, we got to read cool articles, I got to present twice on TV shows I watch, and there were some pretty cool people in the class. But it is nice to be able to have a break from doing work. And I'm taking a class next semester from my psych professor, so that'll be awesome, and my geology professor is my adviser, so it's not like I won't see him ever again (and I do kind of want to take another class from him. I totally should have signed up for Histories and Episodes in Life or whatever that he's teaching with his wife which is going to be awesome but it's too late now. I am totally going to take Dinosaurs next year, though, which his wife teaches, and if he teaches any more evolution or historical geology related classes, I'll probably take them). Yeah, I don't know. Good day.

So now I just need to study for finals. Not too bad. I have my astronomy final Monday from 8-10 (oh god that's so early to me now, even though in high school I had to wake up at 6 AM) and my geology final Wednesday from 10:30-12:30. And then I'm done and get to go home! Not too bad, and actually probably less stressful than either of the last two weeks. So yeah. Feeling pretty good right now.
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!!! My computer came today! I don't know what the order status thing was going on about, because Wednesday is a lot sooner than Friday. wheee I'm so happy now! :D

Today's just been a good day all round. In chem we got our tests back we took before winter break and I thought I had done really poorly and I ended up getting a 53/54, which will bring up my grade 1% and I'm now at an 89.4 which is so freaking close to an A. And in French, which is usually an awful class, we spent like the whole period listening to this French song that sounded like 'NSYNC or the Backstreet Boys (and it was totally written in the 90s) and it was kind of awesome.

Anyways, I suppose I should go start downloading everything I need onto this computer. Oh, but first! I meant to post on New Year's Day all the movies I watched and books I read in 2006, but what with the lack of computer and my mother's computer sucking, that didn't really happen. So, here it is now. The movies have short reviews and a rating out of 10, while the books just have stars out of 5.

Movies in 2006 )

Books in 2006 )
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I'm loving Euro this semester so much more. Mostly because A) I'm actually taking notes this semester, and that somehow makes the period fly by a lot faster, and B) I'm getting a 101 in the class. Considering that semester I struggled for an A- and barely reached it, this has gotten me in a pretty good mood. It's mostly due to the last test, which I got a 63/80 on (C+ I think?) but he curved to a 60 because everyone did terribly, so I ended up with a 107. Excellent.

Also, scored discussion results back. So, the very first scored discussion we did, for Pride and Prejudice last December, I got like... an 8/15 on, because I can't talk in front of class (or really at all, but it becomes worse in front of more people). So, needless to say, for our second one ever, for Wuthering Heights, I was a little concerned, and I probably overprepared. But I ended up getting a 14/15 this time! So proud of that. Now let's just hope the in-class essay I wrote today goes just as well. I came off writing it in a very good mood, but I don't think I wrote a very good essay, so I don't know why I was feeling good about it, because it wasn't because I was just happy it was over, either. Oh well.

I've found recently that I love libraries. I was reminded when Emma and I went to the University Park one that I went to all the time when I was a kid because it's literally next door to my pre-school to work on this English project, and then today afterschool Emma, Justin, Richard and I went to the UCI library to do work. I just don't love my school's library, because... I don't know. So ridiculously tiny, and no one actually goes in there to work and it's always super crowded anyways, and there's no real point to.

I've had such an urge to rewatch seasons 1-5 of QAF lately. I haven't done that since... the very first time I saw all the episodes, last May, and then the season 5 episodes as they aired. I was planning to do it during winter break, but then it was Christmas and I got the Dead Like Me DVDs and I watched those instead and then all of a sudden break was over. And I don't want to do it like, this weekend, because then I'll just be watching them all constantly, because that's what happened the first time I watched them all (luckily it was during the CAT 6/SAT 9 testing so I had no hw/tests) and I have too much work to do that. I guess during the summer? It seems so far away. :(

Veronica Mars tonight! Ah, finally. I'm so excited. And then festival tomorrow and Friday! Should be fun. :D
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I'm in such a good mood for absolutely no reason whatsoever. It's awesome. I doubt it'll last long, but for now, it's great.

Dentist appointment this morning. Wasn't bad, though, because it was the dentist rather than the orthodontist, and my dentist is really nice and not the spawn of Satan (as my orthodontists are). Then at 1 pm I had a meeting at Collegewise with this college counselor person that I... I don't know, signed up? to do. Second meeting. It was fine. ...I don't know. Nothing to really say about it, I guess.

The place on my upper arm where they gave me the shot is becoming increasingly painful. This morning it was just kind of sore, and the nurse said that it could feel sore for a day or two so I wasn't too worried, but now it's like... I don't know. Kind of puffed up, I guess? I can't explain it. It really worries me, though. I guess I'll just wait till tomorrow and see if it's gotten any worse. =/

I'm all of a sudden in the mood for Arrested Development. I was bored last night and didn't feel like going to sleep, so I was searching for caps to make icons of, and I saw some Arrested Development caps so I made icons from Key Decisions and Visiting Ours, and then I all of the sudden missed the show a lot and had the urge to watch it. I'd watch the season 1 DVDs I have, except there's already a bunch of other shows I've been planning on watching. sigh.

SAT class was very good today. We got the essays back that I was bitching about having to do, and I got a perfect score on it. And also, he was commenting on them before handing them back, and he said "This is an example of a perfect intro" and then read mine. Awesome. I totally have the hang of the essay part. Now I just have to worry about... the rest. Oh, but also, we did a math section and I got them all right, and I was proud. I think this class is really helping, which is good.

Thanks to Jackie, I may be able to sell my AP US book from last year to someone who's taking AP US next year. Awesome. And plus, I told my mom this because she had been bugging me about selling it, and last year when I bought it from whoever I bought it from, she said "You better sell it next year so I can get my money back" so I was assuming she'd want the money, but when I told her about it, she said "Oh, that's good. You can keep however much you sell it for." My mom is awesome. Especially since I spent all my money at Warped. Now I can buy some CDs I've been wanting for ages. Yay! :D

Edit: I started to get really worried about the tetanus shot reaction I'm having, so I looked it up online. On one site it said that occasionally swelling can occur and also soreness and the place where it was injected can become red (slightly pinkish now) and stuff. It said to take non-prescription medicine (aspirin) for the pain and fever, and to put ice on it for 20 min every 3-4 hours. I also found something that says "The most common adverse reactions are local pain, redness, and/or swelling at the injection site. This is self-limited and requires no treatment. Occasionally, a small nodule (bump) may be felt for several weeks." Which is pretty much exactly what I have: it feels like a small bump there, I don't know if it's what they refer to as swelling or a bump. There's also the pain and the redness. But, it seems to be... well, not common, but... not serious. So, I think it's fine. I'll put ice on it and hope it improves sometime soon.

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