Skeptics and True Believers October 28, 2006

Friday. Finally. These weeks have been so long and so exhausting. I’ve been taking naps whenever I can (so that means after classes and tutoring/work). That means, I’m sleeping during dinner time, eating dinner during sleeping time, and well…not sleeping until random hours.

My life’s been pretty…standard. I hear about people who have time to screw around all day or only study an hour or two a week, and I just don’t see how it works. I don’t know how I managed to keep my grades afloat last year. What a wreck I was. Anyway, I’m proud of myself for trying this year and studying regularly. I definitely feel like I’m making better use of the tuition my dad’s paying for.

So the winter class schedule time out today. Needless to say, I was quite excited. I’ve managed to figure out my class schedule, but it’s not as wonderful as I would like. I don’t have many options though. Upper divs are only offered at one time and I guess I should be thankful that none of them run into each other. Looking at my schedule though, I won’t be finishing my days until 7 or 8 at night. That means I really won’t be sleeping next quarter. Oh, but without humanities (I decided to take it over the summer), it should be ok. Two math, bio, education studies, and korean.

Ok. I’m gonna go clean Jon’s place. It’s…gross.

Vultures October 22, 2006

It’s Sunday. I’m basically waiting for Desperate Housewives to air.

It’s been a good weekend. A relaxing one. I wrote my hum paper, which didn’t take half as long as it did in the past. It’s not very good though.

I re-did my 3 year plan. I’m taking bio next quarter and it should be wonderful. I also managed to fit in two TEP classes this year so that I can start taking those classes before sending out apps next year.

I get my CBEST scores tomorrow (well, all but the writing part). I’m kind of nervous. Man. I still need to take the GRE again. Boo. Hopefully CBEST went well. Hopefully I passed.

I was on the phone yesterday and the person I was talking to told me to slow college down. She’s probably the millionth person to tell me that. I don’t know though. No part of me wants to slow it down. If I can finish in 3, why not? I’d be saving my dad a load of money and I’ll doing what  I actually want (teaching) instead of something I dread (midterms and finals). Truly though, I admire all you pre-med and pre-law and pre-important things people out there. I’ve definitely chosen the easy route.

I’m doing well this quarter. Well, more or less. I’m yet to get back my math midterm and I’m yet to take any other midterms yet. But from quizzes and homeworks, I’m doing well. At least I’m going to classes now. At least I’m…being a student.

I’m fat.

In Between Dreams October 19, 2006

I’m in class right now but literally dying. Political science is so boring to me.

I had my math midterm yesterday. I’m glad I’ve gotten the a midterm under my belt, but it was pretty awful. I’d be happy with a B…don’t know if I’ll be that lucky though.

I have a hum paper due Monday. To say the least, I’m…screwed. I have a good outline done and usually from there it’s pretty downhill, but I’m not too sure about my arguments. I feel like I tried so much harder last year in Hum.

This week is taking foreverrrr. I can’t believe it’s not Friday. I can’t believe I’m not in bed sleeping. 13 more minutes of class and then I’ll get to nap for an hour before heading out to tutor for 2 hours. So tired!

Be My Escape October 8, 2006

• I’m here to waste time again, as usual. I’m working on math and it’s just…not entertaining me right now.
• I’ve been really up and down all day. I’m thinking that all this work is just catching up to me. There’s always so much to do and so little time to do it…including sleeping. Every day, I come over to Jon’s to study and I end up falling asleep. Cat naps are wonderful, but a luxury I simply can’t afford this quarter.
• Math midterm is next week. Good Lord. I need to make it over to my professor’s office hours tomorrow. I hope I don’t forget. I finish class at noon tomorrow. So happy about that. Monday and Fridays are always light days for me…and somewhere in the middle I get really bogged down with work.
• I have very little reason to complain about anything though. Everything this year has been going wonderfully. I can’t believe I have to take 5 classes again next quarter. At least I won’t have Chinese anymore. Maybe Korean will hold my interest better. Oh shoot. I’m taking a CS class. Lmao. That’ll be interesting.
• Oksana’s coming home this weekend. Thank God. I need some of my old life right now. The present’s a bit much to be dealing with. ::sigh::
• One more year of undergrad and one year of grad school and I’m DONE. I can’t wait.

Far Away October 4, 2006

It’s been decided (at 4 AM) that I’m gonna grow my hair out…hopefully to mid-back. Maybe a bit shorter than that. We’ll see.

Yes, 4 AM…that means I’m nocturnal again. a;ldjfasf. I VOWED to not have this happen again. I don’t even know when it did. I’ve just been so bogged down with work and tutoring that if I don’t stay up, I’ll never get anything done. But hey, at least this time around, I’m up late being productive. Last year was a waste of a year. Thank God I’m back on track and focusing on school again.

I got kind of down today about something…and I still can’t get it off my mind. Hopefully I’ll find some solution to it. Yoda helped (as always).

It’s 4…i have to get up in 3 hours. Wednesday is a horrible day for me. 7 classes. Shoot me now.

Inaudible Melodies October 3, 2006

I’m here b/c Poli reading is boring me to death, and also because I’ve missed you all so much. Lol. This is without a doubt the longest I’ve gone without posting. I apologize for that. It’s been kind of crazy.

+ School is a nightmare. 5 classes, an internship, 3 students, and a youth group is quite demanding. I feel I’m spreading myself a bit thin. I don’t mind too much though. I like having a lot on my plate…it keeps me focused. But then again, it also makes me sick (literally).
+ I’ve caught some cold. It’s better now. It was pretty brutal last night/this morning. I guess all those “get well” wishes helped. Thanks.
+ Jon’s bday was on Saturday. We went to Disneyland, which goes without saying was fun…although we were both so tired from week one (he’s just as busy as I am) that we only went on three rides and spend the rest of the time sitting around eating super expensive Disneyland food. Lol. It was fun though…nice little weekend escape from school.
+ I studied for 14 hours yesterday with only brief breaks in between to make food and coffee. I’m pretty much going insane over school. I only study this much during finals week and the thought of having to do this for 9 more weeks and then for finals week is kind of…scary.
+ I’m starting my Korean classes next quarter. I’m really excited for that. I’m through with learning Chinese. I’m horrible at remembering characters and I’ll be so glad to get this language GE done with. (Korean is for my Area of Focus GE).
+ I want basketball season to start. I need some Lakers excitement in my life.
+ It’s midnight but I have this burning urge to go shopping. Lol. I’m getting really fed up with my closet. Well, it’s pretty full so it might not be wise to buy more stuff, but it’s been a long long time (at least a month) since I’ve gone shopping and bought anything.
+ Oh! I meant to write about this. I’m SO excited about math. I’m taking 20E this quarter. It’s pretty much as awful as you’d expect any “E” class to be, but I have Ruben as my TA. Ahh. Love it. I had him for 20B and he was the most wonderful math TA there is (other ones have been very meh). Knowing I have him as a TA again makes me feel so much better about the looming difficulties of 20E.
+ I wish I could say the same about my Hum TA. This’ll be my first quarter w/o Andy as my TA. Not sure if I want to deal with that reality quite yet. I don’t doubt my TA this quarter (John Lee) knows what he’s doing and that he’ll a great help, but from what I’ve gotten from the first section, I’m rather terrified of his style/mannerism. If you’ve had him, you’d know what I mean. If you’ve heard him swear and yell, you’d know what I mean. (Good Lord I hope he never reads this).
+ So far, everything this quarter has been going very well. Living arrangements, classes, lifestyle, focus…everything…it’s just better.
+ I’m using my meal points this year. Not for actual food though. Earl’s place is quite the meal-points-drainer. Love it though.
+ Ok, now I’m just rambling to put off reading. Meh. 3 chapters of poli and 30ish more pages of Machiavelli. Tomorrow’s physics, math, and Chinese. I should mix my reading/non-reading classes instead of sitting on my butt reading for a million hours straight one night. Lol. Hardly matters though cuz I spend a million hours on one math problem anyway. Ok, yeah. Rambling. Bye.