I have been so swamped this past week, and let me tell you, it's not going to end soon. I had four, yes four, exams this week. Plus, tomorrow I have to give a presentation on my fallacy (gambler's fallacy) in my argumentation class. In the next couple of weeks, I have like four or five GROUP presentations to give, all in various classes. For argumentation, I have a six to seven page paper due in three weeks. A paper that requires a lot of research and time.
I don't expect I'll be updating much for the next month or so. All my time (literally!) is going toward writing essays, studying, preparing presentations, and so much more. It's ridiculous. But I'm determined to get all A's. Life is so much easier when you just aim to get A's and B's, it cuts your studying time in half. If you want an A, you can't miss very many questions on an exam.
But good news, on my argumentation exam that I took last Friday I got a 100%!!! It was a big motivator for me, because it proves my hard work and studying will eventually pay off. I can't wait to get my health, mass media, english and environmental biology exams back. I'm nervous, and yet extremely hopeful and excited to see whether I got an A or not.
Nothing much has really been going on besides school. Hamlet learned how to walk up the stairs about a week ago, and just a few days ago he learned how to come back down. It's so cute, and then not at the same time. Mainly it's not cute because he'll run upstairs and start attacking wires and slippers and pretty much everything that we don't want him to get into. That means that I am constantly running up the stairs to bring him back down. Good exercise I suppose.
Today was my mom's birthday. We (as in my mom, papa, kay and aaron) went to Uno's for dinner. Daniel didn't come because he had a football game all the way in Madera. Madera is about two hours away, and my mom didn't want to drive that far on her birthday. That would have been at least seven hours away from home. No thanks.
So I'm counting down the days until November. Hopefully things with school won't be so hectic. I've never had so many things due all within the time span of a couple of weeks. And these are big projects and essays. At least no more exams for awhile.
I'm going to sleep now. All week I have been staying up until two, sometimes even three in the morning studying. And this is all with waking up at seven. Ulgh. So goodnight, and wish me well with my presentation tomorrow. Let's pray I won't be brain dead, could mean bad news for remembering what to say during my speech.
love&peace&ronpaul
I have been meaning to update for a couple of days now, but every time I sit down my mind blanks. Even right now I feel as if I have nothing to say, and yet when I'm not around the computer all I think about is different things I could talk about. I'm only updating right now because I'm stuck at school (with plenty to do) and bored.
The last week or so has been filled with writing essays and preparing presentations. School is literally taking over my life. There is an essay due tomorrow for english that I am writing on William Dean Howells' short story "Editha". But have I written it yet...? Uh, no? I just got done doing all of the research for it, now all I have to do is organize my points, and of course, write it.
Okay, somehow I just totally deleted this huge paragraph I just wrote. Grrr. Not writing it again. I have to go now anyway, my next class starts in ten minutes!
What's the best thing you ever bought off of Ebay or Craigslist?
textbooks! woooop.
Never thought I would say this, but I just got done filling out my voter's registration form... and I listed myself as republican. I'm a die hard liberal, and naturally thought that when I registered to vote, I would register as a democrat. But, I believe in and strongly support the Ron Paul Revolution, and you have to be a registered republican to vote for him in the California primaries (which will take place in February 2008). So, there ya go.
I also saw an article on the comcast.net homepage that was talking about universal healthcare. To that, I say, "GO SEE THE DOCUMENTARY SICKO." It has the ability to convince the lucky people who have healthcare (me!) and the ones who are not so lucky, that universal healthcare in America is a MUST. If Cuba provides better healthcare then us, then you knowwww something is wrong with our healthcare system.
I'm thinking that if by the time I graduate from college we still don't have universal healthcare, that I will probably move to France. Could you imagine the government sending someone to your house to do your laundry for you!? IN FRANCE, ALONG WITH UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE, THEY DO THAT! And, they have police doctors, meaning that if you have the flu, you call one and they come to your house within twenty to thirty minutes to take care of you. GAH.
More Than 190 Arrested at DC War Protest.
I wish I could have been there!
Last Wednesday marked the first day back at school for me. School is alright. I'm going to be doing a lot of reading and writing this semester! My classes are:
-environmental biology
-argumentation and critical thinking
-health in today's society
-american literature after 1865
-introduction to mass media
My goal for this semester is no C's! After surviving [almost] a week, I feel that this is an achievable goal.
I am soo tired today. I stayed up late last night and watched the VMA's - a horrible guilty pleasure of mine. Of course, I left some homework to the last minute (already!), and stayed up until just past midnight. Put Hamlet into the picture, and one can safely approximate that I stayed up until at least one o' clock.
This morning I woke up to a whining dog, after only a measly six hours of sleep. I have been on the go all day, and am 100 percent ready to plop into bed.
Unfortunately, I won't be able to feed my desire for at least another couple of hours. Reading for english must be accomplished (plus notes that I can use for discussion tomorrow), reading (or skimming?) must be done for mass media, and I have to wait for Hamlet to wake up (he is currently napping) so that he can do his business, and then so we can play until he drops dead. I'm going to estimate that I won't be in bed until eleven... ulgh.
Sooo, what am I waiting for? I should probably get started with the reading....
What shows are you looking forward to in the new fall TV season?
none... I'm boring. =/
Went to go see the movie "Hairspray" today. It is very entertaining, and I really enjoyed it. Who wouldn't like to see John Travolta dressed up as a woman??
My neighbor got us the movie "Bourne Ultimatum" pirated, so we watched that when I got home from the movies. I would like to say it was good, except for I kept on spacing out, and was completely unable to focus because I am so tired! Mom had to frequently pause the movie to tell me what I missed.
So pretty much, I need to sleep. I'm letting Hamlet play for awhile so he'll [hopefully] sleep most of the night. He is currently on my lap, attacking a napkin that he found somewhere. Actually, now that I think of it, where did he find the napkin? We're neat freaks, there is no way he just found it on the floor... ew. This must mean I have a used napkin on my lap, probably found from in the garbage can. Excuse me for a moment while I dispose of it.
Okay, I'm back. Hamlet didn't have any accidents today! Woop! Now he is attacking my hair. Ohh, goodness.
Well, I think I shall retire to bed now. Will post if I have anything exciting to say.
Nine hours of sleep, sleep and some more sleep. I feel awesome, to put it simply.
Hamlet's doing really well with his housetraining. He is learning how to use his doggy door, and is now going outside all on his own. On average, he has about one to two accidents a day, but only because I think he gets confused to where the back door is at, and just can't hold it anymore.
I never mentioned it, but last week I sold three books on half.com -- for $240.00 DOLLARS! My books for the upcoming semester only cost me $200, so I made forty dollars. Woo hoo! I have to go to Stan State today to pick up the last book. This book could not be found anywhere online because it is brand spankin' new.
Yesterday, my mom and I went to the new Raley's shopping center that opened around the corner from our house. It is quite possibly the nicest looking store I have ever set foot in. There is a 'gourmet sandwiches' section, a (in my opinion) top of the line bakery, a humongous organic and whole foods section, self checkout... and lots, lots more! If you haven't been there yet, you're missing out. And this is coming from the girl that despises grocery shopping!
Also yesterday, Hamlet got his first puppy shots. I felt so bad for him! I don't know how I'm going to be able to live through vaccinations when I have children! He had no idea the first shot was coming, so he was fine until it penetrated his skin. But on the second one he started crying the second he saw it coming at him. And this crying isn't normal 'Hamlet crying.' It's this deep throaty cry, like, "I can't believe you're doing this to me" kind of cry. The technician gave him this chewy thing after the shots, so he was fine after that.
I suppose I should start getting ready to go to Stan State. So not looking forward to driving over there.
Show us one of your photos that you’d like to print out and frame.
This was taken in the Grand Cayman islands. See where all of a sudden the water gets really dark? There is almost a two mile drop at that point, and this big drop surrounds the whole island.
