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omg I GOT SO MUCH DONE THIS WEEKEND. I'm like... I don't know. Amazed and super proud of myself. Whenever I have a lot of stuff going on, I tend to make lists so I can cross off stuff I get done with, but usually they're like... lists of ideals and I never actually get to EVERYTHING. But this weekend I actually totally did! Oh man this is going to make this week and next week and really the rest of the semester so much less stressful. When I go to the library, I actually get work done! And it's somehow not as much of a pain as getting work done in my apartment is. On Sunday I was like "...well, I got a lot done Saturday, and I don't feel like going to the library, so I'll just stay here. I can totally get stuff done!" And then it was past 1 PM and I hadn't done anything, so I was like "ugh ok this isn't going to happen. Fine I'll go to the library." And then I got two major things done in less than an hour! I need to remember this next time I'm super busy. It feels so good to be productive!

I spent some of the afternoon Sunday finally cleaning and organizing my desk and closet (because I actually had the time to!), which had kind of become a mess. And then I took pictures of my room and the kitchen/living/dining area of the apartment, so I'll finally actually post pictures of the place probably on the weekend. I mostly decided to finally take them because I'll be seeing my aunt on Thanksgiving, and she hasn't seen the place obviously, and I know she'll want to know about it and all. Plus, my dad hasn't seen it since I moved in, and we added posters and some furniture and moved some furniture since he saw it last, and I promised I'd take pictures of it to show him, too. So yeah.

I have my second Discrete Math midterm tomorrow. I'm debating how much to study for it. I mean, here's the thing: as I've mentioned like a million times by now, I'm taking the class pass/fail, I have an A currently, we still have a take-home final, project, and several hw assignments left (all of which I'll probably do pretty well on, so they should all bring up my grade if it falls. Except maybe the project. But the rest, definitely), the midterm is open-book and open-notes (and I take great notes), and we can earn half the points we lose back if we correct the test afterwards. Also, I hate the class. And I wouldn't know how to study for the midterm, since based on the last midterm, several of the problems will be theorems we haven't seen before that we need to prove based on skills we learned proving other theorems. So I'm pretty much leaning towards collecting all my graded homework assignments, putting them in my backpack, and... not doing anything else. I mean, I barely studied for the first one (which was not open-book, open-notes) and I got an 85 (which I revised and so it became a 92.5). I'm pretty sure I just convinced myself to not study at all for this test. We'll see how it goes. Even if I got a 0 (which would not happen; I mean, I've been doing well in the class so far because I do understand many of the concepts, so I should get at least SOME points), I could revise it up to a 50, and a 50 on the midterm would not drop my grade below a C-. Ok, not studying. Instead I think I'll work on the draft of the project that's due a week from Tuesday since I don't want to have to work on it over Thanksgiving break or last minute next Monday.

I finally got my Farscape DVDs! They're so nice and shiny. I think I'll take them home with me over Thanksgiving so I'm not tempted to start them before the semester is over. I definitely do not have time for that. Ah I'm so excited for Thanksgiving break. Not much longer now!

I totally have the urge to do a huge picspam with a bunch of "Best of the Decade" lists at the end of the year. Like best movies of the decade, best TV shows, characters, episodes, etc. I don't know if I'll have time, though. My finals go all the way until December 19th this year, and then there'll be a bunch of stuff going on with Christmas and New Year's and all that. But we'll see. Maybe by me mentioning it, I'll actually do it.

( Bones )

( Ugly Betty )

Am I the only one who still watches Ugly Betty? I'm guessing so. Not that I blame anyone. Most of the time I wonder why I'm still watching it (although it has been better this season so far, IMO). Seriously, the reasons I still watch Ugly Betty are basically: Marc, Amanda, Justin, Marc/Justin friendship, and Daniel occasionally. That's pretty much it. If the show could just be about them and not Betty and her stupid drama, then I would be all for that.

The complete series of Farscape is coming out on DVD next Tuesday and it's on sale for only like $75! Oh man, I am so tempted to buy it! $75 for 4 seasons is a ridiculously amazing deal! That's less than $20 a season! If I saw like season 2 by itself randomly listed as $20, I would get it immediately, no questions asked! But... $75 is a lot to spend in one go when I don't have the job and have no intention of getting a job anytime soon. On the other hand, I haven't bought a DVD set with my own money (meaning, not given to me as a gift or bought with gift cards for Barnes and Noble or Amazon) since... high school? I've been super cheap since I graduated from high school, and even during high school I was pretty cheap and wouldn't buy DVD sets that often. And I did have a job the summer before last and made about $1200 in all, and I don't need that money to pay for food/housing/etc.; I've just been saving it for the most part. Well, some of it has gone for gas (although not a whole lot since I don't have a car here; I only use my car at home, and I'm at home for less than half the year, and I don't go out that often). But for the most part, I haven't spent any of that money. So maybe I should splurge for once and buy it? IT'S OVER 50% OFF THE LISTED PRICE! LESS THAN $20 A SEASON! THERE'S FREE SHIPPING! As cheap as I am, I really cannot resist a sale. And I do adore the show, so I'd definitely want to get the seasons on DVD at some point in my life.

Ok, I think I've convinced myself to buy it. If there's ever a point in my life where I'm totally out of money and wish I had $75 left to pay rent or buy food or something, remind me of this moment.

I finally finished it! I only started it like a month ago!



( OTP Picspam )

I officially have tickets to the Panic! at the Disco/Motion City Soundtrack (and others, but those are the two I'm going for) concert in Anaheim in June. I can't believe I've only seen Panic! (I know there's no exclamation point anymore, but it's hard to break the habit!) once. And it was so long ago! I think... October of my junior year of high school, so that would be... 2005! Fever had been out for only a month! There was no Jon Walker! (...well, he still existed. But you know what I mean) Actually, that's the last time I saw MCS, too (although I've seen them more times. I think three total?). I'm assuming I'm going alone which will kind of suck when waiting in line, but it's near impossible to stick together in the pit anyways, so that won't really matter. And I hate that it's a huge venue (why couldn't they play at Bren Events Center? Or House of Blues Anaheim?). But at least it's on a Saturday night, so if I do get a job over the summer, like I'm planning, I'll still be able to go.

Meme time! List 5 TV Credits you love, which you don't fast-forward. ( The credits. )

Time to start making flashcards for my test on Friday and maybe do the other assignment I have to do for Friday.

Apparently Kal Penn is coming to my school tomorrow during lunch. I have absolutely no idea why. My morning class was canceled, though, so I can go early and check out what's going on.

I am going to do a longer post at some point during the week because there are a bunch of things I've been meaning to post about but keep forgetting about, but I wanted to post now to ask a question. I've been watching Farscape and I'm up to the second half of season 2. I heard that there's a miniseries and also webisodes (I'm not sure if these have aired yet). So my question is, where do they fit in with the series? Is the miniseries after the fourth season, and then the webisodes are after that? That's what I'm assuming. Have the webisodes even aired yet? I have no idea if there's anyone on my flist that even watches Farscape, but I'm hoping there's someone. I'd look around myself, but I'm afraid of getting spoiled for the rest of the series if I do that, and I'd like to remain unspoiled. So yeah, if anyone knows, I would really appreciate if you let me know.

Anyways, I have 75 pages of reading to do for tomorrow (which may not sound a lot, but it's on Saussure and Foucault and a bunch of stuff I don't understand that makes my brain hurt, and reading 30 pages of it last week was bad enough) that I want to get done so I don't feel guilty for spending the rest of the night watching Farscape when I should be doing a million other things. (I really need to learn not to start new TV shows that I know I'm going to get hooked on during school, even if it is only the first week. I have tests and papers already due this week and next week! sigh.)