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sherryillkSo...I woke up early to finish up Bond. I didn't end up finishing Bond. And the saddest part of this? I'm pretty sure I've read Bond before. I'm about 98% sure of it -- there were very distinct aspects of the story that I'm familiar with and while the more stereotypical aspects of it did have me thinking I might not have read it before, I'm still sure that I've read this story before. Not on Fiction Alley, probably Hex Files or the HP Fandom... I'm better on the latter because I vaguely remember this story and reading it amongst blue.
Okay, enough of that. I found out late last night that we have readings to do for Ecology (which turns out the text is optional which is good because that cuts out $100 off) so I decided to go and print off all the readings since I have the class tomorrow. What I didn't count on was that I would have to read 11, count that, 11 articles by tomorrow. I nearly died just printing them!
I also went down printed off the next three week's worth of readings and I think I'm going to cry. I guess I should have expected it since the class only meets once a week and there aren't any recitations and the textbook is optional. Still, I'm a bit freaked. And we have three field trips -- one of them really is a nature/ecology walk through Central Park as I thought it would be. That one tells us to bring our bird guide and I was like we have a bird guide?! And binoculars. I seriously hope I don't have to shell out money for binoculars that I use one time only. The others are going to the Central Park Zoo and to the Natural History Museum, both of which I've already been to before. The zoo at Central Park is dinky so I'm not too happy about having to go again but the museum will totally be cool and fun and I'll be able to hit the exhibits I wasn't able to go to last time. ^^
The only other thing that really bothers me is that we have these poster presentations we have to do for Ecology. I'm so not looking forward to it so hopefully it won't be that bad... It's only 5% of our grade so at least it's not weighted very heavily...
However, what does freak me out? The fact that the midterm is worth 15% more than the final. It's a whopping 45% of our grade with the final only at 30%. That to me doesn't make much sense but I will have to study so damn hard because dying on the midterm could seriously screw me over.
Okay, enough about Ecology. I haven't even had the class yet. Let's talk about the class I did have -- Japanese!
So who was our first professor? Hulkyrar-sensei! The evil one! When Lin-san said she was the professor for today, two girls went "fuck!" and when she walked in and confirmed our fears, you could see the unhappy faces of everyone in the class. Not good. I managed not to die so I was happy. I wasn't picked on all the time but then again, there's 12 people in the class so there's more people to spread the questions to.
So, they've changed the way they structure the class. Being late counts as 1/3 of an absence. I personally think that's all because of Kondo-san and his always being late thing that always gets Hanawa-sensei upset. And we get pop quizzes! They totally want us completely committed to this class all the time. I have to do some serious review tonight... They sprung a pop quiz on us today (the first freaking day of the class!!!) and I think everyone failed. I definitely did... We really didn't know what the hell they wanted from us or what we were really doing. :\ And since I wouldn't put it past them to do two straight quizzes in a row, I'm going to do my review and study like hell. I've only had one class and I'm already so behind on my work.
So, tonight! Ecology reading! Japanese review and studying the concepts from Intermediate I. And possibly House slipped into that mix. And if SGA finishes before I go to sleep, that as well. I heard from Masha that Weir has an exploding tumor?! Or something like that? And that they're getting rid of her and Carson? *shakes head* I'm reserving my judgment until I actually see the episode but I seriously hope it won't be as bad as I think it is.
Oh, one last comment? The PV to the Flavor of Life -Ballad Version- is really nicely set up because you can see all the instruments but the version I have is not that good in quality. And Utada Hikaru is a lot more demur that I thought she would be... The song is wicked awesome so everyone should give it a listen. Especially you Diana! You would love this song!
Okay, enough of that. I found out late last night that we have readings to do for Ecology (which turns out the text is optional which is good because that cuts out $100 off) so I decided to go and print off all the readings since I have the class tomorrow. What I didn't count on was that I would have to read 11, count that, 11 articles by tomorrow. I nearly died just printing them!
I also went down printed off the next three week's worth of readings and I think I'm going to cry. I guess I should have expected it since the class only meets once a week and there aren't any recitations and the textbook is optional. Still, I'm a bit freaked. And we have three field trips -- one of them really is a nature/ecology walk through Central Park as I thought it would be. That one tells us to bring our bird guide and I was like we have a bird guide?! And binoculars. I seriously hope I don't have to shell out money for binoculars that I use one time only. The others are going to the Central Park Zoo and to the Natural History Museum, both of which I've already been to before. The zoo at Central Park is dinky so I'm not too happy about having to go again but the museum will totally be cool and fun and I'll be able to hit the exhibits I wasn't able to go to last time. ^^
The only other thing that really bothers me is that we have these poster presentations we have to do for Ecology. I'm so not looking forward to it so hopefully it won't be that bad... It's only 5% of our grade so at least it's not weighted very heavily...
However, what does freak me out? The fact that the midterm is worth 15% more than the final. It's a whopping 45% of our grade with the final only at 30%. That to me doesn't make much sense but I will have to study so damn hard because dying on the midterm could seriously screw me over.
Okay, enough about Ecology. I haven't even had the class yet. Let's talk about the class I did have -- Japanese!
So who was our first professor? Hulkyrar-sensei! The evil one! When Lin-san said she was the professor for today, two girls went "fuck!" and when she walked in and confirmed our fears, you could see the unhappy faces of everyone in the class. Not good. I managed not to die so I was happy. I wasn't picked on all the time but then again, there's 12 people in the class so there's more people to spread the questions to.
So, they've changed the way they structure the class. Being late counts as 1/3 of an absence. I personally think that's all because of Kondo-san and his always being late thing that always gets Hanawa-sensei upset. And we get pop quizzes! They totally want us completely committed to this class all the time. I have to do some serious review tonight... They sprung a pop quiz on us today (the first freaking day of the class!!!) and I think everyone failed. I definitely did... We really didn't know what the hell they wanted from us or what we were really doing. :\ And since I wouldn't put it past them to do two straight quizzes in a row, I'm going to do my review and study like hell. I've only had one class and I'm already so behind on my work.
So, tonight! Ecology reading! Japanese review and studying the concepts from Intermediate I. And possibly House slipped into that mix. And if SGA finishes before I go to sleep, that as well. I heard from Masha that Weir has an exploding tumor?! Or something like that? And that they're getting rid of her and Carson? *shakes head* I'm reserving my judgment until I actually see the episode but I seriously hope it won't be as bad as I think it is.
Oh, one last comment? The PV to the Flavor of Life -Ballad Version- is really nicely set up because you can see all the instruments but the version I have is not that good in quality. And Utada Hikaru is a lot more demur that I thought she would be... The song is wicked awesome so everyone should give it a listen. Especially you Diana! You would love this song!
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on 2007-01-17 07:30 am (UTC)