So dead...

God, I'm dead. I'm so screwed for this exam. Here's to praying to the exam gods to look favorably on me today so I can pass this dead easy class with an A. I'm hoping that I didn't seriously misjudge and fucked myself over for this class. I mean I skipped a month of the classes but I have Dreamweaver and Excel down so I really didn't think I needed to go. It's a computer class for god's sake. I've been around computers since I was in elementary school (starting with Macs, later PCs) and unlike what seems like a good portion of that class, I was forced to take Computer classes in high school (and in middle school actually) where we covered this before. And I took a web design class back then too so I already knew how to use Photoshop and Dreamweaver. I mean the class really isn't for me at all -- maybe that's why all the other kids were so clueless? They really didn't have exposure to the subject? *shrugs* I was just looking to improve my skills but ended up learning not a whole lot.

Anyway, I hope I do well because it would suck if I screw it up now. But the assignments are half the grade and I've being doing pretty well on those... Plus, the class is curved (why, I don't know, but curves always help) so should I be worrying?

Just wait. I'm probably going to come back from that exam going "Oh my god, I so failed it!" or something along those lines in a few hours. Although at this point, I don't care and I'm not really sure I'm awake enough to really process it either.

As for Japanese, well, I'm still three paragraphs shy of finishing it. I was able to do the translations, mostly. The last one was perfect! I'm so proud of myself for that one. And I think I finally get what the hell it's saying so maybe the three that I skipped would be easier now that I've read through the whole thing and have a sense of what the overall theme is about...

I still have to translate the poem form the Book of the Dead which sucks. People say it's not as bad as the article but I don't know. It's a hard to understand poem in English so a translation in Japanese has to be a bit difficult as well.

Okay, I've got to get changed and get going to my exam.

*grumbles* People who make students have 8 AM final exams suck. Are they trying to kill us? I think so.

Ugh, I need coffee...

Japanese some more

So I went to my exam and it was fine. Mostly. There were a handful of questions that I guessed on, a couple more that I was mostly sure of and two that I had just totally forgotten but out of a 100 question exam, it really wasn't bad. Plus, it was cumulative, something I normally wouldn't rejoice about but the stuff we covered earlier in the year were the ones I was actually good at, both because I was familiar with the subject matter much more so than the later topics and because I actually went to those lectures. *laughs* I'm just glad this class is over.

Now back to Japanese. I went to sleep for about five hours but I feel better awful right now despite getting sleep. And I have so much more to do with this assignment! I need to finish up summarizing two paragraphs and the first part of another so two and a half paragraphs. And then the poem. The evil poem by Rukeyser. If anyone can tell me what the hell her The Book of the Dead poem is all about, it would be greatly appreciated. From what I've read online, it's about a tragedy in the 1930s and about objectivity... I would never have guessed that.

And I don't suppose anyone out there can tell me a bit about the history of Gunzou? I can't figure out if Tsushima was talking about writing for it in 1978 or if the magazine started its publication during that time... :\ How not fun. What subjects are omitted, I get confused.

Oh well, hopefully I'll figure something out. I was able to finish the translations so it's only a summary so I'll try and get most of it but if I don't, it probably won't be too bad...Hopefully. :\ This is my last final and I have until 5 PM tomorrow to turn it in. Here's to hoping for a productive day of Japanese. One that doesn't require me to stay up all night.