brokenrecord

( Glee )

( Lost )

I managed to finally get started on my social psych research proposal, and I actually got exactly 2 1/2 pages done, and it only has to be 5, and I didn't do barely any of the Method section which is super easy because I'm using the same design as another study that's kind of a basis for what I'm proposing so it won't take a lot of effort to get another page out of that. Then I just have an intro paragraph for the intro section (which I have outline, I was just too lazy to start. I was about to! ...but then I decided I'd rather watch Glee. Which I think was a very good choice as Glee was excellent) and the Results/Discussion which is basically just like "How would you interpret expected and unexpected results? What implications would this have?" and that's kind of where I like... started the proposal when I was thinking about it, so basically it should be fine.

Yay that Mad Men is returning July 25th! I think this is earlier than last year. Although July 25th is still way too far away. I think I'm going to rewatch Mad Men this summer before the new season. Then again, I feel like I have plans to rewatch or start a million shows, so more likely than not, I won't get around to it. I definitely want to do a full series rewatch of Lost after the finale, and that's already going to take up a huge amount of time, and I'm not going to spend the entire summer watching TV. (More like 95%, probably.)

Short random TV reactions (not of everything I've watched in the past few days, but the things I actually have stuff to say about:

( How I Met Your Mother 5.02 )

( The Big Bang Theory 3.02 )

( Greek 3.05 )

I was going to write something about Mad Men, but then I realized my reaction was going to be exactly the same as my reactions for the last 2 weeks, so... if you want to know what I thought, then check those. I'm nothing if not predictable! I liked House (I'm liking that they didn't totally rush into him coming back) and Gossip Girl was fine (like, I can't think of anything I disliked and I enjoyed watching it, but I also don't really care about anything that happens? I don't know. I'm not considering giving it up or anything, I'm just not as into it as I used to be).

The professor I was going to talk to today about post-college stuff wasn't there when I checked her office, and I don't have any more classes today and don't really feel like going on campus again on the off-chance that she'll be there, so I think I'll wait until tomorrow or Thursday afternoon. I mean, it's not like I have to have this all figured out today, but I know I'm going to keep worrying and thinking about it until I talk to someone about it who actually knows the field and can give me advice, so I'd like to do it sooner rather than later. Plus, she's the chair of the psych department and I have a question about a class that was going to be offered this year but isn't anymore which I really need for both the psych major and general ed requirements, so I need to ask her about that. So I might as well talk to her now rather than wait until next semester or even next month or whatever.

My parents are arriving a week from Thursday for parents' weekend. I can't believe that's already here. It feels like they just left and the semester just started. It'll be nice to see them, anyways. I'm looking forward to them coming.

First exam of the semester tomorrow in German. I'm nervous. I hope it goes all right.

( Emmys Reactions )

I'm trying to pick up my mood by focusing on the fact that TBBT and HIMYM premiere tomorrow night (kl;j;lasf I AM SO EXCITED YOU HAVE NO IDEA! I'm totally unspoiled for HIMYM and... kind of spoiled for TBBT, but whatever, so excited!) and Kris Allen's new single drops tomorrow morning. Oh, but watching the Emmys has motivated me to finally pre-order season 4 of HIMYM (well, I would have done that anyways, but I had forgotten about it) and buy both seasons of TBBT (which I had been debating over, but whatever, I adore that show. And I have gift cards!). Let's just hope I have time to actually watch them when they arrive!

We have a mouse in our apartment, and it's made its way up to my room. We have a mouse trap (a capture-and-release type trap, not a killing trap) in the room, but it's evaded all the traps that around the apartment, and it's been all over the place and managed to climb up and down two flights of stairs, so I think it's too smart to be fooled into being trapped. ...it's kind of ridiculously adorable and a little part of me wants to keep it for a pet, but it's probably disease-ridden and pooping all over our closets and such, so that's probably not the best idea.

Heh, so I totally wrote up a whole reaction to post to last Sunday's True Blood and then forgot about posting it. ( True Blood - 2.08 Time Bomb )

Anyways, this is by far my favorite episode of the season. Possibly of the entire series, actually. Why do I have to be leaving in two weeks? I hate that the finale falls after school starts. I mean, it's the Sunday after only like 3 days of school, but still. I want to have time free to be able to flail about it, but instead I'll be preoccupied by moving in and starting classes and all that.

Have I mentioned how happy I am that Pysch is back? Because it is, and I love it. I always forget how much fun it is until it comes back on, and then it just brings me lots of joy. It's such a fun show. And Mad Men is premiering on Sunday! Man, it feels like it's been so long since the last season. I can't really remember a lot of what's happened. Maybe I'll marathon both seasons tomorrow and Sunday so I'll be caught up.

So after Multivariable Calculus today a girl came up to me and asked me to tutor her. I'm not really sure why she's asking me since I've never talked to her before in my life (I actually don't even know her name, although she knew mine), but whatever. I guess maybe because of when I explained the answers on that quiz a week or two ago? But yeah, I was going to say yes just to that, but then she was like "I'll pay you, like $10 or $15 an hour" so at that point there was no way I could say no. And she wants to meet like 4 hours a week, so yeah, that's a very good deal. I don't think she wants me to tutor her all semester, she just needs to get caught up in class, especially since we have a midterm on Tuesday. I'm just kind of worried because I get most of what's going on in class, but I'm afraid she'll ask stuff I don't know or understand. And also because most of the time I have no idea what's going on in class until like Friday before class when I have an hour or so to study.

I'm kind of amazed that I'm doing as well as I am this semester, so far. I got a 47/50 on that project/paper I had for Developmental Psych last week that I procrastinated all week on which is kind of amazing. I mean, I'm doing much better than I was last semester at this point, and my study habits are way worse. I'm probably also doing better than first semester last year, too, and my study habits were so good that semester. But whatever, not complaining! I just find it bizarre.

Tomorrow I'm going to walk over to this pre-school near campus and observe a class for my child observation project. I'm kind of nervous, I guess? There's no reason to be nervous since I'm just supposed to sit there and, well, observe. But I am a little nervous anyways. I'm also excited, though. It should be kind of fun.

I'm mostly caught up with TV after getting super behind last week. I'm 3 episodes behind on Mad Men, though. I'm kind of thinking I'm just going to wait until the finale and then marathon them all. I don't know why I always get so behind on that show. The thing is, I really enjoy it when I'm watching it, but I don't really care about it when I'm not. blah. I also still haven't watched last week's Fringe, but I'm kind of thinking I'm just going to drop it. I really just don't like that show. Joshua Jackson was really the only reason I was watching it, and he's not even enough at this point. My main problem with the show isn't even the crappy plots and the major suspension of disbelief you have to have, but that I really just don't relate to any of the characters, especially the main character. She's just so bland, and I really don't care about anything that happens to her. And it's really hard to get latched onto a show when you don't give a crap about the main character. Oh, and I also haven't watched last night's TV, but I'm going to do that now while I do homework and start writing a reaction paper for Developmental Psych. We have to do three in the semester, one before Fall Break (which is next Thursday), and so far I've done none and there are only two more opportunities to do them this semester. So, I should probably get that done if I want to continue not to fail that class.

blah. For some reason yesterday I was just in a really bad mood all day, except maybe in German. I feel like I'm really going to love that class. My other classes I definitely do like, but they weren't enough to pull me out of the funk. So I spent yesterday and today so far catching up on summer TV I started neglecting when the Olympics started (and even a little before then). I had Psych 3.04-06 to finish which I did, Mad Men 2.02-2.05 which I haven't yet, and The Middleman 1.08-11 which I just finished.

I'm surprised about how in love I am with the Middleman right now. I think it's mostly because of Tyler, honestly. Nothing gets me hooked better than a ship, and I absolutely loved Tyler in his first episode. I remembered when that episode was over I was like "It figures that the first thing to make me fall in love with this show is only going to last one episode and never be seen again." But then he came back! He also helps because at the start of the show I was set on shipping The Middleman and Wendy, so when it was clear the show was focusing on Lacey and The Middleman instead, I was disappointed and didn't really like seeing them together. And I'm still not a huge fan of them, but I'm warming up to them much more now. Of course, now that I kind of love the show, there's only one episode left this season and I don't think it's been picked up for a second yet and I don't think the ratings are very good and I don't know that it will come back which really sucks. I hope the finale doesn't end on a cliffhanger. =/

Hope everyone enjoys the three-day weekend. I kind of like coming back to school before Labor Day. My school usually starts the Wednesday after Labor Day, but since the Republican National Convention starts next week in the Twin Cities, the school was like "Oh we need to move school up a week because all the hotels in the Twin Cities will be super crowded and it'll be tough with everyone trying to move in and families wanting to stay in hotels" and so on. It was annoying at first, but I like it now. We only have three days of school before we get a three-day weekend (and I only have a lab on Tuesdays for one hour, and all I have to do for that is a page or two of German homework and I honestly kind of love doing German homework, like I have to convince myself to wait to do it until my other homework is done so I get through the other stuff first because I actually enjoy doing the German stuff, so anyways, really I have a four-day weekend) and we get out of school one week earlier and have a 6 1/2 week long winter break which is awesome. I'm kind of in favor of starting a week earlier next year too, but I think we go back to the normal schedule. Oh well.