These posts were imported from my LiveJournal. I may or may not go through them and categorize them later.
My finals schedule. I'm paying for having days off by having them all crammed together. Luckily, that gives me Monday and Wednesday to study for the oncoming storm.
I've got a lot of work. It's up to fate whether or not I do it all.
Hahaha! I just finished the last of my journals! A half an hour before class! Hahaha! I'm happy *happy dancing*!!! Now all I have to worry about is finals! :) Happy happy happy!
*relief*
I even have time for lunch.
I decided to do nothing yesterday.
You see, I was burnt out from writing my 9 page Lit essay, and I couldn't even begin to think about doing more. So, at the beginning of today, when I woke up, I had 6 journals to do in 2 days. That meant 3 each day. That is a painful idea.
I woke up, and began to write the bloody things. And, to my surprise, I was able to write pretty quickly. I ended up writing my first journal in a little under an hour. 1400 words in a little under an hour. Now, I admit there isn't much content to the journal, but there is a little bit of thought (hopefully enough to convince Dr. Fowler). So, at this point, I've started my second journal. I'm only about 50 words into it, though.
My goal is to get four of them done today. I'm not sure how likely that is, but I'll be quite satisfied with three. I think three is completely feasible, and I don't see four as being too unlikely. Anyway, that is the state of affiars over here. Until Friday, when they're due. After that the new dilemma will be studying for finals so that I can get decent grades in my classes.
Bleh…. I spent a Ton with a capital T of Time on my essay in the past 24 hours. It's painful to write so much. For me, doing constant work is something that I almost never do. I should probably learn to do that sometime.
Now the question is whether, after I finish the rough version tonight, I continue on to the first sweep of editing tonight as well, or I wait until tomorrow, and just do one intense edit tomorrow. I'll probably end up doing the latter, because it's less work, and I should get a pretty good grade on the essay anyway. I'm a stupid lazy person.
I feel a little better about it since I have so much more Lit to do this week. 6 journals, which should average 1400 words a piece. So, 8400 words before Friday for me. Ow…. So, 2100 words every day for the next 4 days. I'm going to be in pain by the end of the week. Then I'll have to study for finals. *scream of pain*
Now that I've complained a bit, I'm going to continue not working until I either feel guilty enough to work again or I fall asleep.
I have discovered a new awesome author. The other night, I ran across some article talking about who Neil Gaiman has been influenced by in his writing, who he admired, and on that list was some guy named Lord Dunsany. Now, this sounded pretty interesting, so I looked him up. Apparently, Edward Plunkett (who wouldn't rather be named something as awesome as Lord Dunsany?) was an Irish author who lived from 1878 – 1957, and wrote a lot of fantasy stories. So, I looked on Gutenberg and found a lot of his works which were past their copyright dates. I began reading, and was amazed at his rich prose, and how interesting his stories were. I particularly liked a story titled "The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap." If you're at all into fantasy, I'd suggest reading at least that one story and seeing if you get hooked.
The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap, by Lord Dunsany
If you like him, I'd also highly suggest the Loot of Bombasharna, also in The Book of Wonder.
Last night, I played a lot of ultimate frisbee–three games in a row. The first was about 50 minutes long, the second 25 or 30, and the third lasted over the limit, clocking in at 60 or 70 minutes long. We started on the hour each time, so I was playing frisbee most of the time from 6:00 to 9:10. (During the longest break we had, Aaron and I threw the frisbee around for nearly all of it.) I quite enjoyed the games.
We lost the first game 8-10, won the second 10-2, and won the third 10-6.
I'd still say that the third game was the most difficult, even though we didn't lose like we did in the second. This was due to the other team holding us off from scoring for a long time–some points lasted five or ten minutes (from my skewed judgement of time while playing).
All in all, it was a great night, and our last game was a satisfying victory. The first game was essentially our first practice session as a team, and by the end of the night we were playing a lot better. I'm hoping we'll continue to get better and better, even if we don't win the tournament.
After playing frisbee, Aaron and I (after showers) watched Gandhi, the movie. Brilliant film, thanks largely to how awesome the man himself was. That was about 3 hours long, and we were quite ready to sleep by the time we returned to our room.
I have been meaning for a while to take some pictures of the campus at night. I was inspired in this endeavor by the beautiful sight of the lamps shining among the blossom-laden cherry branches, casting a pleasant glow on many of my late night walks. I finally got around to it last night, when over the course of about an hour I took 168 pictures with my digital camera and shiny new tripod. The prime cuts of the trip can be found on my site. To entice you, here are my favorites:
In accordance with my desire to increase the quality of communication on LiveJournal, I am going to try something. If you want, you can post this in your Journal and ask people to do it.
Oh, and Kudos to the decent "meme" type things. I approve of this one especially: "Comment in this post with your name, and I'll tell you something I adore about you."
Anyway, here is a test:
Think of one of your friends, who isn't the person you got this meme from. Write their name down. Now, view the rest of this post.
The Question:
What about this friend that you have chosen is the most meaningful to you? Is there something that they have done for you that has changed you? Tell why they are important to you.
Remember, this question is meant to be meaningful, so don't just give a shallow answer. If you can't think of something, then think more, rather than changing the friend you are talking about. There must be a reason they are your friend. If nothing else, work off of that.
I will be answering this one in a little while, but I don't feel up to thinking really deeply right now, because I should be doing work.
-The Movement for Meaningful Memes
Do you ever get annoyed at the surveys that people do that ask all the same questions, and only a few of them are meaningful to the person? I think it would be much better if people would every once in a while write something about themselves that means a lot to them. Or, write something about someone else that means a lot to them. I intend to start doing this, in order to counteract the evil of surveys. I'd encourage anyone who feels like telling people things that really matter to join me in this movement. Honestly, who cares whether or not someone has kissed someone of the same gender, or whether they have run away from home? Those sorts of things only matter to a few people. I'd say at least 50% of the questions are completely pointless. So, I'm going to do this.
Join me?
