Vox’s posts tagged school

tired and elated by turns...

nobody@vox.com(kkandy4mee) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:37:04 +0000

wow. i haven't posted in this thing in ages. ANYWAY.

so quick update on life i guess.

2nd year of college whoohoo~

taking...english comp 3, japanese 4, korean 1 this quarter.

Japanese is great, it's getting harder obviously, but i just study a lot =-='

Korean. This class. is killing me. It's only like the 3rd week but I just...can't pronounce the sounds for the life of me. and I DON'T UNDERSTAND why but korean vocab KILLS me. Japanes vocab took like me like maybe an hr or so to learn the chapter's vocab...but korean. D:

they don't stick for some reason. I had an easier time remembering my chinese than korean, which is ridiculous.

i dunno. it's not like the grammar's hard, i mean common it's korean 1 =-=' but not being able to pronounce anything and tripping over sounds and blanking out makes my confidence level drop like a rock. Not that it wasn't already really low anyway....

I think the amount of studying I do for my languages is ridiculous. I want to be really fluid in japanese, but I don't actually physically talk that much except in class and repeating to myself when I'm studying. Basically the theory kinda falls apart when faced with real-world situations. もっと日本語を話すと、上手になる。。。はずです。But I really don't have any faith in my ability....lol <___<

But. yea. studying for japanese and korean has taken over my life. And yet I don't feel like i'm really learning anything...not by any fault of my teachers...just that i fail TT________TT and things don't stick. *sigh*

Music wise! :D

I've added ...115 songs(8:35:58 playtime; 861.5 mb) to my itunes in just the past two weeks...I'm trying to get back to listening to more...non asian stuff lol
I realize also I don't have a lot of female singers...which makes me sad because female voices I actually like more in general....
Also, i really like remixes of things. mashups are my fave :)

so a run-down of what's been in my itunes the past few weeks...

Katy Perry (I rather like her whole cd actually...)
Rihanna
Nell
KOKIA
Jem (aaaaaaaaaaaaah <3333333333333 i feel stupid that i haven't discovered her earlier DDD: )
DAISHI DANCE (the mixing of the piano and electronic/dance is <333)
Joon Wha Jae In
...

and
alan~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
i'm sad i only got unlazy this week and finally got around to tagging and upping her music to my itunes...her voice is sooo pretty and she has sucha amazing voice *________________________________________* signed to avex trax, but she's tibetian and awesome~~~~ she has chinese songs too :D

So this is the chinese version of 心・戦～RED CLIFF～ :D

02 心・戦～RED CLIFF～

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Just not my week...

nobody@vox.com(Carissa) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:54:27 +0000

Grrrrr. Arg! If this is my breaking point this week, I'll happily snap in half and my broken pieces can lie elsewhere for a while. This week just isn't going my way at all.

It all started early on this week when I began to not feel well. What began with aches and pains, which I had previously assumed were part of switching my pain-management cocktail, quickly became recognizable as something more serious. Yesterday I called in sick to my building and went to go see my primary care Doctor up in Wilsonville. She was wonderful in listening as I rasped about what my symptoms were (sore throat, chills, trouble breathing, nasty cough) and then on my medical history (including the latest pain cocktail and specialists in recent weeks) to then offering me a two-part treatment option. In the office they did a nifty thing involving pumping liquid-turned-gas into my lungs to clear up some of the congestion and help me breath without difficulty. This was one of the most uncomfortable things I've ever gone through, my whole body wanted to clench and tighten up, but in the end it helped marginally. Then she also prescribed a tri-fold antibiotic plan that I picked up and started immediately and will finish in about a week. The end result? On her recommendation I won't be returning to work until Monday, not so much because I am massively contagious, but because if I pick up anything else in the next couple of days it'd be extremely serious.

This has been a mixed blessing, because I obviously am not in the state where I'd be able to work and get anything done, but just the same, it seems like things are futher falling apart in my building. Although, judging from the email from the District System Administrator, his ideas are law, and I was off track anyways. Really, J, thanks for the heads up. Ugh. My building has some unique technology problems in district, which I believe to the best of my understanding, are things that began long before I was even involved with the district including poor choices made by administrators and budget committies ages past, a high turn-over rate for technologists in the building, little or no input from the technologist in building on building technology issues, and of course, unrealistic expectations for technology without resources to back it up, personnel, hardware, software, or otherwise. And so, feeling uncharacteristically brave this morning, I chose to actually use the web-interface and check my school-based email this morning and have since regretted it ever since. It seems to me that upper-management is fairly upset and frustrated with me and my building support in terms of technology, okay-fine, really. I've been telling them for the past six months or longer that I'm overwhelmed and needing external help, it's funny that now that it's become someone else's priority all of a sudden that it's my fault. Poor handling on their part. The kicker is, though, that instead of including me on anything useful I've been given a "honey-do laundry list" of items with an attached timeline on getting them all done. Not completely unreleastic, but frustrating just the same. Yes, I'd LOVE to get my building up to speed, but this is a mess you all have spent YEARS making, I'm no genie in a bottle. Be releastic. Getting all worked up and frustrated isn't going to help anything in the long run, but at least it's a starting place.

And so - I'm making a vow with myself. Through Sunday my only focus is getting better, both myself, and Scotty whom I apparently shared some of my bugs with. On Monday I'll go into work, start on step one, and take it from there. However, the district only gets their 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week from me. No more, no less, and certainly no guilt trips. If they decide this is something entirely my fault, at that time I'll take the appropriate steps. In the meantime, I can't help anything being sick on the sofa. It will have to wait. Until then...

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Musings on my academic life

nobody@vox.com(crisis_control) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:26:12 +0000

Just a thought.

A few nights ago I was able to read some of the papers I did on my last semester in college. The papers were for my Historiography and Socio-Anthropolgy classes and covered topics that really caught my interest: the history of liberation theology and political communication utilized as legitimizing tool for political administrations.

Pretty boring stuff I know but reading them again after three years made me realize how good an academic writer I was before. It seems that my writing skills have digressed since my college days.

I'm guessing I did very well before because I was very passionate about these things.

Which leads me to think about my academic performance in my M.A. classes. Maybe the lack of passion for the subject is the reason why my papers suck. True, most of my papers still revolves around my general lines of interest--political communication but I still feel that it isn't enough to draw me into putting out my best stuff. There's still no fire. The passion is not there.

In my M.A. life, I admit I feel this sense of inadequacy. I know for a fact that my classmates are all brilliant and highly accomplished people. And most of the time when I am around them I feel insecure about this fact, especially given what I've been through so far. To compensate, I allow them to dominate how I should do things in school. I try to pattern my work on theirs, hoping that even a flicker of their brilliance resonates on mine.

I think what makes me most proud of my papers was that I was able to make a "get into" and tackle a subject of my own choice in a level that I am comfortable with. I didn't have to model my work on those I feel are more superior to me.

I've tried that route and it didn't work for me.

Its not their fault they're brilliant. Its my fault I get easily discouraged.

Realizing this, I resolve to be my own person when it comes to working on my academics. I have to find my own voice and be comfortable with it. Because unless I do that I will never find the passion and produce work that I can be truly proud of.

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Quick quick update

nobody@vox.com(Amanda) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:06:37 +0000

Eeep! I just realized how long it's been since I made an entry here. I guess I've just been caught up in school, my friends, and trying to get enough sleep. Hehe.

I missed out on going to Cru tonight. :( My only possible ride left without me, so I've had to settle with chilling out in my dorm. I'll probably just ask Alicia what the sermon was about and look into some Bible passages later on. Kind of bummed that I couldn't go though.

On a brighter note, my mom and my brother are coming out this weekend to see me! I'm soooo excited; I haven't seen them in about six or so weeks, and I've been missing them. Hopefully this will be a fun weekend and I'll get to spend LOADS of time with them. :)

Not much else is really going on at the moment. Went to E-Free church last Sunday for their contemporary service. It was very nice. :) Went with Alicia, Brad, Avery, and Ryan. Geez, who would've thought the guys would outnumber the girls this time?? Haha! I hope to take my mom and brother there this upcoming Sunday to show them where I've been going to Cru and such.

Man - I'm BEAT. I think I'll turn in early tonight. Until then!

-- Amanda

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what am I gonna do when all four are in school?

nobody@vox.com(TinkerBobbi) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:03:32 +0000

wow, I thought school was going to make life easier. So yes it is quiet from 8:00 to 2:30 but when they get home its warp speed, 30 minutes to go play then come inside sit them down work on homework, cook, and make sure little miss clingy pants is happy.

I feel I need to rest up to make sure I am ready for the crazy late afternoon.

It is good though. I absolutely love my children's teachers, they are both very sweet. I actually met with the teacher of the oldest. I really like her a lot, I just went up to make sure I knew everything that was going on so I could help Zion to the fullest. I found out he is doing well, and we went over everything. It was a good meeting.

I am loving the boys being in school, I love helping them with their homework, the stress comes in when the cooking starts and the baby wants her mother and Grant is bouncing off the walls, the husband helps a whole lot with Grant and the littlest one. So I can't complain. Really it all comes down to the fact that I like to accomplish things one at a time and when I have to do three things at once it gets chaotic and I don't deal well with Chaos.

So I am insane, I can't handle chaos yet I had four kids, I don't know it is crazy but yet wonderful. I do not like the stressful times we are going through but I am enjoying the family life.

Family is Good!

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Serious Mood Swings, Yo

nobody@vox.com(Drixtina) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:32:46 +0000

*Sigh*... I don't know what's gotten into me this year. I mean, I've been feeling more down than usual and I'm thinking it has to do with iron deficiency among other things. I had a physical a couple of weeks ago and found out my iron levels were close to none so I bought iron pills and I'm taking those. Anyway, I don't know if I have to take them forever or just until my iron gets back to normal and I implement red meat into my diet... who knows. So I've been blaming my bad mood on my lack of iron.

Today, I was feeling all nice and everything. I went to see one of my friends at around 11:30 and we had lunch. Then, we were joined by another one of my friends who wanted help in dropping a class. Everything was okay until about 12:40 when we got to the English building to grab her drop form. I don't know what it was, but she started talking about how she wanted a cat. I mean, cat's are cute and cuddly, but I'm allergic to them and now she's talking about getting a cat. I mean, if I wasn't going to be her roommate that would have been fine, but she asked me to be her roommate and she knows I'm allergic to cats--I just said I wasn't allergic to cats that much anymore not to make her feel bad.

This got me thinking, "go ahead. It's fine, I'll just get another apartment," because when I thought about it even more, I knew I wouldn't be able to afford paying half the rent. Her rent is about 600 dollars excluding utilities which means I would have to pay 300 something plus utilities... I don't get paid that much. I mean, I have to eat and buy clothes. The only reason she can afford it is because her parents pay her rent and she pays utilities. If I moved in, her parents would be paying half her rent and I be doing the whole 300 plus maybe 40 dollars more... I don't think it's fair. So, I spent a large part of today thinking about that. She can get her crappy cat. I just looked at it as a sign, maybe I'm not supposed to be her roommate.

I know that sounds stupid, but I was pretty bummed about it 'til I got home. I don't know what happened but I became my usual semi-chipper self once I watched a bit of TV and got on the computer. Now I'm thinking I have some type of mild mood disorder that resurfaces every few weeks. I blame you, horrid iron deficiency... oh and of course it may have something to do with my breakfast consisting of a half drunk lemon iced tea and baked lays potato chips.

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uh...today...

nobody@vox.com(strvngrtist929) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:05:42 +0000

My instructor pulled me aside after class and asked me if I was ok. Seriously...I'm usually good at hiding when stuff is crap but I guess today I was just out of it because after class I came home and just...slept. For about three hours mind you. I dont know what's going on but I kinda feel like Im spiraling. And I really hope I get this job because I feel like right now it's the only thing that's going to reverse the uh...spiral. So the finale of Project Runway is today (yes Im one of those) And Im just saying...Im nervous like it's me or some shit. Why does tv do that huh? Well now I have to do a bunch of stuff because that's just how today worked out I guess...I hope things pick up I really do because well...I just dont know if I can do this that much longer. Im really trying not to break but...I don't know. Today I kept telling myself: 'You are not alone, you are independent and you don't need a million people to make you happy' So I guess...that's going to be my mantra in my head from now on because I think it kinda worked and made me feel a little better. I already know that if I get a job it'll do me good. ALOTTA good. I'll have money, I'll be doing something that's worth something. Im one of those people who need to work you know? I can't explain it I just...I feel so much better about myself when I have a job. I don't know if it makes any sense but that's how I am. Kay people bye and stuff.

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One less thing to worry about.

nobody@vox.com(Aubrey O.) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:17:23 +0000

The history test that I was sure I'd failed? The one that if I could just get a high C/low B, I'd be elated? We got the scores back today.

I got an A!!! My professor is notorious for her extremely hard tests and demands very detailed essays, of which we had three on this unit. There were only two others who got above a 90, and there are about thirty-five people in this class.

My GPA so far is well over 4.0. Nothing less than an A on anything. I'm so making Dean's List.

Anyone up for a celebratory beer on Friday night?

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Preface: Tech Obession

nobody@vox.com(Warren) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:12:00 +0000

Yo dawg, wut up! Ayes just chillin' in my crib.

Okay so anybody who has ever shared more than fifteen minutes of conversation with me has probably come to the realization that I am a technology maniac. To an degree we all are, ("we" because you're obviously reading my blog). We can't escape the ever improching technical advances in our society. For the most part it has prolonged the lifespan of our species and made life generally more enjoyable. But when does convenience turn into obsession? This is probably where those under age fifty are tuning me out and the elders start to agree, but don't get me wrong. I was the first generation (the Nintendo generation) to be born with a joystick in my hand. I did more studying of Zelda maps and strategy guides as a child then my grade school geography books. This isn't my point either. Let's fast-forward twenty-two years later and examine the pro's and con's of technology in our lifes and ask ourselfs "Are we obessed?"

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First Blog

nobody@vox.com(VampyreKei) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:19:34 +0000

Hey there Vox world! =D I'm new here, yes we all know that, but let's move on, shall we? We shall. This blog of min here will be used mainly just to post while I'm at school or away from my computer. As I has a Vox thingy on a Centro, I figured why no make an account and use it when I get bored and have no computer around me? Yeah, sounds good to me! =D So, most blogs anyone will ever see of me, will most likely be from my phone and what is currently happening. And if I can swing it, I'll try to post any pictures I take too. Not sure if I can via my phone, but I'll give it a shot.

Now that we have this boring crap out of the way, I shall go on with my life as normal and post about my daily happenings. =D

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Busy

nobody@vox.com(Sierra Elizabeth) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:50:54 +0000

I've been incredibly busy lately and I feel as though I'm drowning in homework. I read for hours every day and I don't seem to be making the slightest dent in what needs to get done. I've completed all my assignments though (except for one which is going to be a bit late since I was really sick for a while) and I'm sure I'll pull through the semester with all A's! I'm signing up for classes next week and I'm hoping to take 5 classes (worth 4 credits each) so that I'll only have to take one class over the summer and then I'll be done! I quit my job at Rite Aid yesterday because I honestly don't have the time for it, even though I was only working one day a week. It was a lot more than that though, including being offered a job in the pharmacy (after I quit the front end) and then it turned out they had too many employees back there so they put me back on the front end and that was it. I quit because I didn't want to work on the front end again. I was only making 50 dollars a week there anyway. Now I'm living off of my loan money until I graduate and get a full-time job.

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On Profanity and other things

nobody@vox.com(mortalcarousel) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:46:01 +0000

I think profanity gives people a way to express themselves, whether to hurt others or just to show distress. Yes, it may be abusive and rude but the old and overused saying that bottling up feelings is unhealthy. Sometimes it's a bit unnecessary. Here's an example from experience. I was at my locker sophomore year when a classmate walks up to me. I kept a bottle of hand-lotion shaped like an apple inside my top locker.

She asks:"----, what the fuck is that?"

I was mildly offended but explained to her anyway. Maybe she was trying to tell me she didn't like me since she had said things like that to me before but I'll never really know. Adding expletives to whatever you're saying just adds more emotion to what you're talking about or whom you are speaking to.
Like:"Fucking A, man!" or "Shut the fuck up, shitface."

I personally don't swear much unless I am really riled up about something because I was brought up thinking cussing makes you look uneducated. But then again, this is the internet so you can get away with anything.

Today was really bad and full of self-loathing. I think I offended someone today. We were talking about Drown and I said that the author may not be the protagonist because he uses so many drugs in the book that he can't be a professor, which the author is. The other person gets mad and disproves me by saying you can't judge someone by what they used to be. I didn't say that it was because the character did so many drugs that it looked like he had a lot of free time or he did nothing to keep his grades up. I mean, he had to be at least older than 15 unless he was smoking pot and sleeping around when he was 12. I hate it when this happens. I hope this person doesn't hold this against me.

I feel like such a waste of time.

.//edt: I just spent THREE hours coloring a picture. I felt like I wasted a lot of precious Copic ink but I feel so much better now. Onto homework! Or maybe a nap...

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This damn paper...

nobody@vox.com(Weekend Lush) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:38:18 +0000

the past 2 days ive been trying to write this stupid paper on Coney Island. i basically have to review this website about Coney Island and take one primary source on there and talk about its historical context concerning our readings and the site. its 3 to 4 pages double spaced exclusive of title and foot/end notes. honestly really, its a bullshit paper. i dont know why i just cant bring myself to finish it and get on with my life. i keep wandering away and getting distracted. maybe its because i know its a bullshit paper, i really dont care about it.

meanwhile, a week ago, i banged out 15 pages on cellular extraction and Euglena Gracilis cell composition without a hitch. It is definitely because i dont care or because the work isnt mentally challenging to me. Really, i should just bang the paper out in the next 45 minutes like i know i can do, and then hop to the next academic task in my life.

W 15 P Chem Quiz5 1040 , History paper 520pm
Th 16   Work 8am-9pm
F   17   Biochem Lecture 935, Chemistry Seminar, P Chem 1250, Spending the Night and Dinner/Drinks in the Times Square Apt*
Sa 18   630am train from NYC to work*, Work 8am -6pm, Sigma Alpha Mu Annual Homecoming Open House Party *
Su 19   Work 8am - 4pm
M   20   Biochem 935, P Chem 1040, History 530
T    21   Biochem Lab and Lab Report due 5pm-9pm ****
W 22    Biochem 935, P Chem and Homework 6 1040, History Exam 520-540
Th   23   Work 8am -9pm
F     24   Biochem 935, Pchem 1040 and 1250
Sa   25 Work 8am-6pm
Su   26 Wok 8am -4pm
M     27 Biochem 935, PChem 1040, History 520, Biochem exam 2 830-1030pm

* tentative, contingent on my mood and ambition
*** actually this day is my 22nd birthday and i dont wanna discuss how i dont have time in my life to celebrate. can we talk about that haha. can... we... talk....

and yes this entire post is just perpetuating what i am talking about. now its 135 and i have no intention of writing this thing til like 4. i dont even know why im still sitting here in the library. blahhh at leat i have the title page, 2 pages of bull and the foot and end notes done....

PS: my hair is still fabulous from just rolling out of bed late this morning. honestly if it werent for the fire alarm going off, i might not have left the room haha.

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three thursdays

nobody@vox.com(annainparis) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:58:07 +0000

reading a book that begins with some long genealogy and how there was once a week with three Thursdays and how the middle of August was in May. I'm very confused.

Otherwise, I'm looking forward to FRIDAY (Going to Burgundy!!)

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Schoolloop....

nobody@vox.com(Tougher Love) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:49:21 +0000

For all of you people with kidlets, please take a tour of this site. Maybe your school might be interested!

My 13 year old has it at his school and everyday I get an email that updates his grades, homework, etc. Tells me if there are missing assignments, etc....and you can email the teachers with any questions as well!

I love it!

http://www.schoolloop.com

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Autumn, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

nobody@vox.com(Aubrey O.) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:07:36 +0000

Nothing is better than reading U.S. History out on the front porch, while the leaves are falling and everything else is still. The sky is cloudy; we're expecting rain and a cold front later today and tomorrow. I had to capture the moment:)

The Writing of the Constitution with a Side of Fall Foliage

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And now for another round of catch-up.

nobody@vox.com(Aubrey O.) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:57:22 +0000

It looks like October is going to be even busier than August was...and it's all leading up to a very hectic end of 2008. I've been given the opportunity to help organize the Goodman Museum's Victorian Christmas Gala (fancy talk for "help us clean out the attics and hang Christmas lights", but I'm excited anyway). I may even get to dress in costume the night of the event and mill about looking all Charlotte Pitt-like. I have to start going out to the house on Tuesday and Thursdays mornings, so it doesn't get in the way of school. That's usually the time I set aside for studying...a slight predicament. I already feel like I don't have enough time to get all the reading done. My god, there's a lot of reading.

I feel very much at home on campus now. I run into classmates and we chat, I have a favorite little carrel in the library that never seems to be occupied, I know which snack machines run out of Pop-Tarts last (my morning meal, most of the time, while running to my math class). The Homecoming pep rally was last Friday; a parade and then a huge show on the front lawn with free hamburgers and hot dogs...they even canceled the noon classes so everyone could attend. Funny story with the parade: I was in Humanities taking a bitch of a major test. We're all bent over our papers, writing essays on Confucianism vs. Taoism, when we hear a terrible racket. It's gets louder and louder, and we all crane our necks to look out the window, where the 116-member marching band is shuffling by not three feet away. We couldn't concentrate on anything. I hope the teacher goes easy on our essays. I recently talked to her during office hours and she was excited to hear that I'm a History major...even more excited when she discovered I had an interest in archaeology. She gave me the name of a close friend who is an amateur archaeologist, and told me to get in touch with him, that he could be a very helpful source of information. Score!

California Roll

I've got Brian's sister's wedding this weekend, and I'll be meeting his parents for the first time. I was very nervous at first, but he insists that they'll like me and I don't need to wear a paper bag over my head. They're taking everyone out to Benihana after the ceremony...a first for me. I've never even been to Shogun's here in Tyler. And they have SUSHI.

I've become hopelessly addicted to sushi. You can get decent California Rolls fairly cheap at the local grocery store. It's a hell of a lot healthier than hamburgers, and much tastier. Yum! I'll probably stop by and get some more after I get paid tomorrow.

More studying for me.....but I'll leave you with a video that accurately describes my mood today.

Boing, boing, boing!!

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And the list goes on (bah-dum-bah-dum-bah-dum-a), the list goes on

nobody@vox.com(Ubi Caritas) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:57:19 +0000

(hat tip to Mama Cass)

Sorry. It's Tuesday. My brain is mush. I couldn't resist.

The to-do list:

-English: Read four poems, write analyses thereof, post one to discussion board, write non-snarky comments to two other posts.

-History: Exam, paragraph about "Industrialization in America," read about the Market Revolution in the South

-Algebra: Rational exponents, radical expressions, simplifying/adding/subtracting radicals

-Theory: Analysis of a Bach piece. (Thanks be to Shiva, that isn't due 'til Friday)

Oh, yeah, and there's that minor (no pun intended) detail of practicing. Heh.

In short, I am off to be a good student--and, once again, will refrain from blogging until this mess is finished. (Due to my blog addiction, I should then have this list finished within the day.)

Clearly, this calls for coffee, and lots of it.

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父母的幸福指数

nobody@vox.com(KoalaCling) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:45:23 +0000

近几个星期忙着准备论文，昨天终于交上去了，如释重负。有三个星期没在blog留言了，好象是破了自己的记录。。。

忙归忙，还是抽空回家看父母。虽然妈妈常说，忙就不需要回去（娘家）了，但我的观点是，现代的都市儿女，天天都很忙，时间肯定是不够用的。重点是：你想把时间用在哪里？把生活里的大大小小，零零总总理出个轻重来，便会有头绪了。

上星期天的早报，刊登了一则新闻，题目是 “老人幸福关键：子女是否常回家看看”。文章里提到老人们觉得“子女尽孝不可或缺”，而他们想要儿女尽孝心的方式，就只是简单的“回家看看”而已。不是金钱，不是物质，就只是“回家看看”而已。这就是“亲情无价”吧。

所以，想要提高父母的幸福指数，并不是件难事。大家加油，多回家看看吧！

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Oh, blogging, where is thy sting?

nobody@vox.com(Carly the Jagyularr) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:22:10 +0000

Life has been getting absolutely crazy. The culmination of all of this craziness will be this Wednesday, when I have three tests to take, all in a row, one of which is a theatre midterm that has the potential to make my head explode.

I really don't know what's been going on with me lately. Some of it is stress, I'm sure of it; I've alloted part of my only block of free time tomorrow to go to the health center and see if they can help me with my stress headaches. I've had a headache for at least part of the day every day for the last two weeks, and I'm sure it's not only allergies that are getting to me.

I've just gotten really frustrated because there are several non-school things that I need to get done within the next couple of weeks - my Halloween costume and a piece of fanart for a DevArt contest, for example - but at the end of the day I'm so tired from all the shit that's happened that day that I have no motivation to do anything besides goof off on the Internet or relax with Jason.

I'll have a free weekend after this week, but even then it won't be very free because although I am going to spend it away from school, most of it will be scheduled and I will have to have a rough draft of a German paper written by the following Monday.

This has been my toughest semester so far. I can't scrounge an ounce of joy or satisfaction from my German class, Humanities is more boring than last semester, and even though I like my theatre history class, I always feel like I have a massive brainclog at the end of the hour.

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