I'm working on changing the background of this here site. I'm fiddling with various pictures. I'm kind of tired of "Sky Song" too. I've only had it up almost since day 1 (that was over two years ago, mind you). I'll probably use some more digitalblasphemy.com pictures. I LOVE the stuff ("Sky Song" is a digitalblasphemy.com picture). I'm a member of digitalblasphemy now so I can get some cool pictures. I figured I've been downloading his pictures for years, I might as well go for the $25 a year and be a member. I haven't regretted it!

I'll probably do a Christmas theme. My first try called "Morning Star" didn't look as nice it should. The text and one banner takes away from the overall picture.



That's the picture with a size adjustment.

So, if you one day come on here and don't see a picture, see a different one, or a different one the next day it's because I'm fiddling with the background.

Happy end of November! Or 1st of December (depending on your time zone).

The countdowns begin...

12/13 days left of school
21 days till my 20th birthday
25 days till Christmas

The 12/13 days of school depends on when I take my finals. I either will be done with finals on Monday December 12th or Tuesday December 13th. There's a rumor that my Chem teacher might let us take our final a day early. Also, if I get to do my ASL exit dialogue on Monday or Tuesday. Come to think of it, I don't even know if I have a final in my HPWE class...*shrugs* If I did, that'd also be Tuesday. So who knows. I'll find out next week (end of) if I get out Monday or Tuesday.

Okay, to update on my end of the semester. I survived this week. I worked my butt off for two days on Thanksgiving break. Now I've gotta somehow work out all my assignments for next week and work 2.25 days. I have a two-hour meeting on Sunday night along with my normal hours at work.

What I have due next week:
Monday - Democratic Participation Paper (SBS), Book review essay (SBS), Demo #4 (ASL), Journal 9 essay (SL)
Tuesday - Wellness Plan Paper (HPWE), Chem lab (Chem)
Wednesday - Bird 9 (ASL), Mask of Benevolence discussion (ASL), On-line portfolio (SBS), Dorothy's Presentation (SL)
Thursday - Lab? (Chem)
Friday - Mask of Benevolence iMovie (ASL)

I have a ton of projects and such and have I really started working on ANY of them? Nah. Starting to write my Wellness Plan Paper and Democratic Participation Paper (DPP). I don't need to do any reading or a whole lot of thinking on my wellness plan paper. My DPP takes a bit of research for, but it's mostly free form too. What's next worrying me is my iMovie for ASL. I have yet to finish the reading for it...Also my book review for SBS. The SBS one is easier though. I have to make 4 comments on the reading and 5 questions. I can kind of fib around on it. The only assignments that aren't such a BIG deal to me is my chem lab and KIND of my SL journal 9. Everything else is either a "final" or HUGE part of my grade. Kind of scares me.

Any ways, off to work on homework.

UGH!!!!

So...I went to go register for my classes tonight since today is the first day I can register, well! My ASL 202 class, my LAST semester of ASL, it's FULL. I checked like a week or two ago and there were 3 people registered for it. Now it's a full 30. I'm SO upset! I can't believe this! I'm going to have to check daily and like twice or trice a day now to wait for someone to drop and a spot opens up. I'm fairly sure a spot will open. There's a few months till Spring starts.

On other register notices, I decided to drop my Nature Photography class and take Calc III (Multivariable Calc). I decided just to go for it. I can take my art almost anywhere and anytime. I wasn't very partial to this particular class too. So next semster I'm HOPING to take ASL 202, Bio I and Lab, Stat 250, and Calc III. That'll be a solid 16 units. I was thinking of just going for the 20 units and doing Nature Photography, but I dunno if I can handle another 19-20 unit this semester. 2 math classes, bio, ASL 202, and photography just don't strike my fancy. I'm probably going to go for a 20 unit in the fall of 06, though. Gotta challenge somewhere and after a nice calm 16 and a summer I should be ready then.

On totally different news, I've seen Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire twice now! Saw it at 12:01am on Friday and 1pm on Sunday. Excellent the first time and 2nd time I saw it. Now I'm waiting for Narnia to come out!

Think that's all for now!

How is it...an Asian band called "Twelve Girls Band" now has 13 girls in it?

3 more days till HP comes out!

8 more days till Harry Potter: GOF movie!

Candy is my friend...*eats sour patch kids*

Btw...I bought my HP 12:01am ticket already! YAY! Movie comes out the 18th of November!

Btw, have I mentioned that I've seen almost 20 minutes of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire? I don't mean those TV Spot commercial ones or trailers. I mean REAL clips of the movie! I'm SO excited for the movie to come out! Reminds me, I need to buy my 12:01am tickets...Yes, I am going to try and see it at the midnight premier!

See, it all worked out! The 17th of Nov is my last class before Thanksgiving break. I get out of class around 1pm (probably sooner because we have a test in Chem that day and it'll take me about 1.5 hours and class starts at 10am). I can go to the theatre and stand in line (yes, I'm going to go REALLY early...need good seats!) and then I can watch the movie at 12:01am. Get out around 3am (movie is 154 minutes long). Go home, sleep until 2pm. Get up, go to work at 3pm! I work Fri from 3pm-11:30pm, Sat (normally) at 1pm-9pm. Sunday is church. Monday is...Thanksgiving break! No school that week. So I don't have to worry about getting homework done or anything! It all works out...

I'm thinking if I can convince my former Calc teacher to move the multivariable calculus (aka Calc III) to MW at 10am I'll go for the minor. I can't tell him "move the class from TTH at 4pm" and NOT take the class! It'd be kind of nice if he did because I'll have 3 classes on MW (10am-12pm, 12pm-2pm, and 8pm-10pm) and then only 1 class on T (8:25am-9:50am) and 2 on TH (8:25am-9:50am and 2pm-4:50pm). I'm wanting to have ONE day in the week open so I can leave that option open for work and take Sundays and Saturdays off from work. Course, I'm thinking in GENERAL on working one day a week next semester or fewer hours in a day. I don't know. I'm finding I get all these opportunities to do things, but I just DON'T have time to do them! I'm kind of tired of telling people, "I'll see if my schedule allows it." Either that, or I'm just tired in general. I'm still trying to figure out, though, what I want to do. I still need to get my art in somewhere. I'd either do it in the winter at MPC or the summer at MPC. I'd also like to take speech at MPC instead of CSUMB. I'm still trying to get out in 4 years if I go for the minor. If I decide to take the extra Policy classes though, I'm gonna shoot for 4.5 years. We'll see though. LOTS more time to decide all this since I can't even register for classes until the 21st of November!

I'm currently signed up for ASL 202 (my last and 4th semester of it), Stat 250 (statistics), Bio I (that funky 8:25am class and 3 hr lab), and a TTH photography of nature class (my art on TTH 10am-12pm). I dunno if I'll take off the photography of nature and do multivariable calc instead or not. Depends!

HAPPY NOVEMBER!

So...I got a 100/100 on my ASL iMovie (yay!) and a 100/100 on my ASL dialogue from last night (yay!) and a 90/100 on my ASL demo/story (yay!). I've got a 94% in ASL! YAYAYAYAYA!!!

2nd...I got a 94/100 on my Chem II test (yay). Not as high as I'd like, but it's STILL good. I've still got a nice A+ in the class.