Almost over...

I KNEW there was another reason why I like Mo (my sign language prof). He's REASONABLE!!

Oh my gosh...So I've been stressing out this week that I have all these projects due and I have 3 major ones due for ASL. Well, tonight we looked at the schedule and the class decided that we'd turn in our video for the book on the 17th of May (we had our discussion tonight on the book). This video we're suppose to answer 4 questions out of the 8 Mo gave us and to do a 3-5 minute signed answer for each. Then we were looking at when our final project was due, which is a reflection on the last 4 semesters of sign language and we were to pick ONE thing that stood out to us. Well, we were suppose to have them done by next Wednesday (the 3rd of May) and the following Wednesday (10th of May). We'd use both days to do the final presentations (everyone had to have it completed by the 3rd, but you could go the 10th). These presentations were suppose to be 7-10 minutes long in sign language...On top of that, we had 2 more demos due, which are anecdotes or short stories that we write ourselves following a certain list of criteria. They have to be around 3-5 minutes long (though, I don't think we pay attention to the time, only fulfilling the criteria under 5 minutes). They're also in sign language. Any ways, it was beginning to be a LOT of work and self writing and signing. So...Mo decided that we didn't have to do our 4th demo and that we'd move the final project presentations to the 8th and 10th of May. It felt SO good...Oh my gosh...I have breathing space to get things DONE. This is only his 2nd semester of teaching ASL 202, so he understood he kind of piled things up on us at the end. I'm just so thankful!

Due dates:
Demo #3: May 1st
Final project presentation: May 8th & 10th
Video: May 17th

(Of course there's our exit dialogue, that's informal, but scary none-the-less! It's sometime between the 15th-17th of May)

Lastly, I got my schedule all figured out after a load of stuff...I'm taking Media Tools, which is CST 201. It's the on-line class, which I'm taking for various reasons. The class will fulfill my art requirement, which is the cool thing. It's basically making a webpage on Dreamweaver, using Photoshop, and using Flash. On top of that I'm taking GIS + L, Bio II + L, and ESSP 300. It's a good solid 16 units. So far, from what I hear of past/current students, GIS, 300, and 201 are all really time consuming classes. Of course, Bio II will also be time consuming. So...I'm going to have to make sure I keep up on things! I'm planning to take Geol/hydro during the summer at MPC, still.

So, while I'm talking about classes, I should mention my lovely registration issues. I submitted, I thought, my schedule for next semester to my advisor and I waited 4 days with no answer back. I was just about to email her when I was reading the "steps" on planner web and realized I didn't SUBMIT my schedule. I had only ADDED my classes. *rolls eyes* So, of course, I submitted it and within a few hours I got it approved. What a bother...All I'm waiting for now is my fee waiver to go through so I can register on Friday. I think it's so dumb that I have to have the fee waiver entered BEFORE I can register. Why does CSUMB care? Knocks them out of money if I submit it. Oh well...Also hoping my "prepayment required" notice will go away with the fee waiver entered. Lastly, I have to call MPC tomorrow (should have today, but I forgot) because I can't register on-line for my summer class! The dumb program wouldn't accept my password. So, yeah, I gotta figure out what's wrong with that. I'm going to be SO upset if that class is already full and I can't take it in the summer. Wait, I'm not thinking that. I AM going to get into geol/hydro at MPC for the summer of 2006. I WILL.

As you can see...I've been having LOADS of fun with registration...I hate it so much...

Well...I think that's all my current whoas. On to more pleasant things...

Tomorrow night is CSUMB's # annual Celebration of Community dinner. I will be attending that. It's a big formal dinner to help raise money and honor the local "leaders" in the community in various categories. It's like $175 a ticket. Since I benefit from the Local Area Scholarship that CSUMB gives out, I get to attend for free because my money partly comes from this dinner/fundraiser. I had fun last year, so I'm hoping it'll be fun this year!

Friday I work and Sunday I have the aquarium. I seriously wasn't sure when I was going to get my ASL projects done, but now I have a little breathing room. Still going to be working my butt off, but the semester is almost over!

The Aquarium's Spring Gala (which is late by about 1 month) is coming up too! It's on May 12th. Looking forward to that. I already RSVP'd (I almost forgot!). That is definitely an event I hope to never miss at the aquarium. It is so much fun.

Well, I think that's all the news I have for now.

Fall schedule, hopefully...

So...Yes...Hrm...

I spent hours deciding on my fall schedule after I seemingly decided it about a week ago. Turns out, the CST class I was originally going to register for has a prereq when you actually try and submit your schedule. It's not ON the schedule, but it's on when you try submitting your schedule. Go figure...

Any ways, after a little reshuffling, looking at syllabuses (or syllabi), and seeing if I actually could do the prereq for CST 328 (the class I originally planned for), I decided to go for the on-line version of the prereq. It shall be interesting and some major self learning, but I think it'll be worth my time and I sometimes do things better outside the class and self teaching myself. The class fulfills my art/creative expression ULR, just like CST 328 did. So that's good. I still have to get an instructor's approval for the on-line class, but there's no profs even LISTED for the fall classes yet, so it's kind of hard to ask for approval when there's no profs listed.

So...My schedule for next fall, thus far:
Monday: Bio 241 (8:30am-9:50am), ESSP 300 (10am-11:50am), MAYBE ESSP 332 (intro to GIS 5pm-7:50pm)
Tuesday: MAYBE ESSP 332 (2pm-5pm)
Wednesday: Bio 241 (8:30am-9:50am), ESSP 300 (10am-11:50am), MAYBE ESSP 332L (5pm-7:50pm)
Thursday: MAYBE ESSP 332L (2pm-5pm)
Friday: Bio 241L (9am-11:50am)

No scheduled time class: CST 201

I'm not sure, yet, which day I want to take GIS. I could have Tuesdays/Thursdays free, or be done Mondays/Wednesdays after 12pm. Do I want to lug myself to campus for ONE class in the middle of the day or take a class that gets out at 8pm (I hate nigh classes...it's official). It's a big decision!

My schedule hasn't been approved yet, so I'm not sure what's gonna happen. Hopefully it'll get approved and I can move on!

I hope everyone had a good Easter or whatever holiday you celebrate. My Easter was spent at the aquarium volunteering. It was semi-busy, but fun. It didn't quite feel like an Easter, not sure why.

Since I'm now procrastinating from doing my homework, you get the following:

You Are a Fortune Cookie

You're a rather normal person, except that you have extraordinary luck in life. People want to be around you (even when they're a little sick of you), in hopes of being lucky too!

What Kind of Cookie Are You?

I don't know about this....Do you guys feel lucky when you're around me?

You Are 22 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

Haha! I'm acting my age, or close to my age. I have been thinking, weirdly enough, I feel like I'm catching up to my age. When I was younger I felt older, but now I feel like I'm really in my twenties, though just barely.

Registration

WHY does it have to be so hard to figure out what classes I need to take next semester?! WHY is it the classes I want overlap another class?! UGH, UGH, UGH, UGH

I've decided to take geol/hydro at MPC over the summer since I can't take it at CSUMB next fall. I've decided to take CST 328 (I thin it is) to fulfill my art because MPC has less unit requirement and I'd have to take like 3 art classes to fulfill my ULR at CSUMB.

So...I'm down to 12 units. What am I going to take to get 16 units next semester? I DON'T know. I looked into Constitutional Law. One of my profs recommended it and I could use it for one of my Policy classes. Well, it's a 4 hour once a week class, great, right? Well...It runs into my CST class and you have to have fulfilled the Engcom ULR and I've only fulfilled half of it. So yeah, there went THAT idea. I was going to take Physics, well, that class is at the SAME TIME as Bio 241. For kicks, I decided to check taking multivariate calculus in the fall. It's at the same time as my CST class.

*sigh* I'm out of options...I just don't know what to take. Maybe I was only meant to take 16 units next semester and I shouldn't do geol/hydro at MPC in the summer. I dunno...

On top of all that...Before I can register I have to submit my fee waiver, which I have to give about a week to clear. If it doesn't clear, I can't register. My registration slot is in 2 weeks! *bangs head on desk* I've never had fun my whole 4, going on 5, semesters at CSUMB. I swear this campus has it in for me in registration!

Test Grades/Next Semester

GUESS WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I got a 99% (99/100) on my bio test! I got the highest grade in the class. Kind of bummed about missing the one point, especially since it was on a question she told us to know. :- Oh well, I still got a 99!!! This should definitely bump up my Bio grade, which is at an 83% going into this 2nd test. Hopefully I'll get a B+ now (I don't know if it'll make it to an A- or not with the weights). It's so funny because our professor is "I look at you each individually and if I see your test grades go up and up then that's good." So I'm thinking, "great, that means I have to get above a 99% or higher on the final?" I just hope for an A on the final and I might actually pull an A- in the class! I'm excited! Come to think of it, if she drops my 3 lowest quiz grades, which she's suppose to do, I actually have a shot at getting an A if I get into the B+/A- range with this 2nd test. Wow...

I also got a 94% on my Stat test. I missed 5 points (79/84). :- At least it's still a good solid A. I got a 99% (missed 1 point) on the first test. I still have the final to get through. Other than that, I'm doing well in the class. I do have a project due, though, that is worth 20% of my whole grade. We shall see.

ASL I still have an A+ in. 10 points away from a perfect in the class (last time I saw at least, Mo's about 1.5 weeks behind on the grades). I have more demos coming up, though, so my grade should still stay in the A range, but I don't think I'll maintain an A+, but who knows! We also have two projects left for the semester. >.< They're big, so I don't hope for an A+ by the end, but definitely an A. Of course, I shall try my hardest to get the highest grade I can.

Econ I got a 91% (91/100) on the final so that gave me an A- for that class. I was excited about that! I still have to get through Judith's part, though. So far I'm doing well, but we're only 2.5 weeks into the class with her. We haven't had any quizzes, yet. Kind of worried about that. Her final I'm scared about, that's for sure! I have to memorize the Constitution (not word-for-word). I have to know the amendments and articles. I have to know what the big issue/point in each amendment and article is. I also have to be able to APPLY each article/amendment to a situation. So, yeah, I basically need to know it frontwards and backwards. I am enjoying learning about our government, though, which is good. It's really interesting with all the politics and how people get around things. Just as long as I pass the class...I'm good!

Bio lab I'm doing well in so far too.

I'm really looking forward to the end of this semester. I'm about to die from lack of sleep and everything else. Oh well, I'm doing well so far. That's the important thing! I struggled in the beginning, but I'm working my way to A's.

Next semester, I'm not sure what I'm going to take. So far it looks like I'm going to...Summer school! I'm going to take Geology/Hydrology at MPC. It's a 8am-12pm class once every Saturday for 8 weeks. The lecture is "take home" and the lab is the Saturday meeting, though we have "required" attendance 3 times or something. We also have, I think, 2 weekend fieldtrips. (No clue what that involves!) I'm planning, so far, to take Bio II and L, ESSP 300 (writing class and something else), and CST ### (I forgot the number, but it's digital art and design). I have NO clue what I'm taking for my last 4 unit class to make it 16 units next semester. I almost was going to take Physics, but Physics is the same time as my Bio class (how dumb of CSUMB). So I don't know what I'm taking. I should talk to Judith about some policy classes, but I haven't asked her yet.

So...that's about all the newest school information so far. Not much else is going on. I'm just tired. So with that, I'm going to end this! I've got homework to do (what else is new) and American Idol to watch and record at 8 pm!

Latas

Happy April!

I hope everyone didn't get any April Fools jokes played on them. I'm very thankful I didn't have work today! Who knows what could have happened at work...

Two of the Harry Potter sites I go onto played a joke on all their users. Playing into this thing that's played out since the release of Half Blood Prince called "Memerson." They basically played it like the two webmasters got married and they merged the two sites. So the forums have been interesting because they even changed those! It's been fun, least for me, but I am having withdrawls from my Chamber 8 (to the Left) reading group! There are some serious people upset, though. I can't understand that, but oh well. The CBBC Newsround did an article and included the two sites for big April Fools Jokes.

As for the rest of my life...It's going. So glad this last week I had one of my classes cancelled all week and had Friday off. Now I need to dig in, though, and get crackin' on the homework and such. Half way done with this semester!

I have a Stat test on Monday, ASL dialogue on Monday, Bio test on Tuesday, Bio lab rough draft due Friday (LONG lab, I need to write-up and come up with a hypo...). Also my new ESSP professor starts teaching this week. I need to start working on her homework and such. That class is on Tuesdays. So I'm going to have a fun first two days of the week, as ususal.

Well, that's all for now. Write more later!