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I figure while I'm wasting time instead of writing my response for Civ (which, amazingly enough, I've noticed at least two other people are doing over on the uchicago community) I should make an attempt to write something that is not only not complaining, but also not emo. I'm in a good mood today, I think I can pull it off. I almost had a decent post written out in my head earlier today, but I didn't really sit down in front of the computer for long enough to write it since I've had such a pile of reading staring me down all day.
I figure at least I got through French today. I had to turn in four assignments. Four! And I'm not even behind on things. That's how much was due today! But this is borderline complaining, so I'll let it pass. It turns out that everyone else had a ton of trouble with the assignment, so we stood around outside the room complaining about it before class today and it was cathartic and good. Then I tried to buy my packets for Civ and Darwin (I love how the first verb that's been occuring to me today for "buy" is "achèter"), but the office was closed so I ran to lunch and then bought them. Luckily they turned out to be an even ten dollars, so I didn't have to worry about not having change. And, on a whim, I finally made an apointment with my advisor. I think it was because I was feeling oddly competent today or something. I go through mood swings like that. Hopefully I'll still be feeling competent when I go to see my advisor next Monday.
Heh, then I came back to the dorm and did some reading... and fell asleep on the couch and woke up terrified that I'd forgotten to go to class or missed a deadline or something else scary like that. I stared at the clock for about a minute wondering 1) why it was five and 2) where it was, exactly, that I was supposed to be. I'm still not sure, but that's okay.
For some reason, while reading Herodotus, this seemed like a really awesome sentence: "For my part I know of no river called Ocean, and I think that Homer, or one of the earlier poets, invented the name, and introduced it into his poetry." I don't know why.
All right, since I've had this entry minimized on my taskbar here for the last three hours I think I'll go get something done. I should really do more of my Darwin reading before this year-old plot bunny gnaws through the last of my reserves and forces me to finally get around to finishing this story of mine. It's only been a year since I finished chapter two and outlined the rest of the plot because, apparently, an incredibly obvious and easy way out of my little plot/timeline problem took a year to occur to me. Go me. (We'll do our best to ignore the fact that the plot's been done to death already and it's a huge cliché... my ending's different).
(14:49:36) Shlee: I don't think I've burned anything past 97, but I'll willingly burn up yo Neji.
(14:49:37) Me: which reminds me I should burn some of the AMVs I have to free up harddrive space
(14:49:45) Me: ::snickers::
(14:49:45) Shlee: *to
(14:49:49) Me: that is an awesome typo
(14:50:05) Me: you have to read it with the right angry accent, though
(14:50:13) Me: hehehe
(14:50:14) Shlee: yes XD
(14:51:12) Me: "man, 'm gon burn up yo Neiji if you don stop talkin' bout ma momma"
(14:51:28) Me: considering I can't pronounce that either, it's no wonder I can't type it
(14:51:31) Me: ^__^
I figure at least I got through French today. I had to turn in four assignments. Four! And I'm not even behind on things. That's how much was due today! But this is borderline complaining, so I'll let it pass. It turns out that everyone else had a ton of trouble with the assignment, so we stood around outside the room complaining about it before class today and it was cathartic and good. Then I tried to buy my packets for Civ and Darwin (I love how the first verb that's been occuring to me today for "buy" is "achèter"), but the office was closed so I ran to lunch and then bought them. Luckily they turned out to be an even ten dollars, so I didn't have to worry about not having change. And, on a whim, I finally made an apointment with my advisor. I think it was because I was feeling oddly competent today or something. I go through mood swings like that. Hopefully I'll still be feeling competent when I go to see my advisor next Monday.
Heh, then I came back to the dorm and did some reading... and fell asleep on the couch and woke up terrified that I'd forgotten to go to class or missed a deadline or something else scary like that. I stared at the clock for about a minute wondering 1) why it was five and 2) where it was, exactly, that I was supposed to be. I'm still not sure, but that's okay.
For some reason, while reading Herodotus, this seemed like a really awesome sentence: "For my part I know of no river called Ocean, and I think that Homer, or one of the earlier poets, invented the name, and introduced it into his poetry." I don't know why.
All right, since I've had this entry minimized on my taskbar here for the last three hours I think I'll go get something done. I should really do more of my Darwin reading before this year-old plot bunny gnaws through the last of my reserves and forces me to finally get around to finishing this story of mine. It's only been a year since I finished chapter two and outlined the rest of the plot because, apparently, an incredibly obvious and easy way out of my little plot/timeline problem took a year to occur to me. Go me. (We'll do our best to ignore the fact that the plot's been done to death already and it's a huge cliché... my ending's different).
(14:49:36) Shlee: I don't think I've burned anything past 97, but I'll willingly burn up yo Neji.
(14:49:37) Me: which reminds me I should burn some of the AMVs I have to free up harddrive space
(14:49:45) Me: ::snickers::
(14:49:45) Shlee: *to
(14:49:49) Me: that is an awesome typo
(14:50:05) Me: you have to read it with the right angry accent, though
(14:50:13) Me: hehehe
(14:50:14) Shlee: yes XD
(14:51:12) Me: "man, 'm gon burn up yo Neiji if you don stop talkin' bout ma momma"
(14:51:28) Me: considering I can't pronounce that either, it's no wonder I can't type it
(14:51:31) Me: ^__^
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