6 more days till Spring Break!

I have a B+ in econ (before the midterm)!! Yay for me! Now for the sad, yet true story behind my grade. I have the 5th highest grade, which you think is PRETTY neat when there's 24 people in the class, but when you find out the highest grade is an 83.2% you get kind of depressed. When you find out that the 5th highest grade (that would be mine) is a 70.9% you get even MORE depressed. Yes, the truth. There is only 6 people in my class with a 70.0% or higher out of 24 people. Does that say something about the professor? I'm not quite sure. My grade, though, is considered a B+ when he curves it. I need a 73% in the class to make an A- and an A, is considered at 81.7. There's no B-'s, four B's, two B+'s (70.9, 70.1), two A-'s (73.3, 74.6), and two A's (81.7, 83.2). Interesting, huh?

The midterm (or Econ final) is on Thursday. I need to do well on it! It's worth 50% of my grade!

Next week is kind of weird...

Monday: Stat homework due (our only 2nd homework), ASL dialogue (as normal)
Tuesday: Bio hw due (as normal), (most likely) a bio quiz, two econ homework/quizzes due, econ practice test needs to be completed (my own personal due date)
Wednesday: ASAP for bio, stat class (project development day, I think), work for 4 hours, video workbook due for ASL
Thursday: Bio (who knows what!), econ final (*cringe*)
Friday: Goin' to the dunes to do transects

I guess it's not weird, it's just full and it's the WEEK before Spring Break so it seems long, boring, and whatever else. I guess the work day within that makes it seem weird. I'm not sure.

I got called in to go to work tonight for 3.5 hours. It wasn't bad. It felt kind of weird working though. Course, I seem to be getting called in a lot. Seems almost every week work calls now (not just for going in). Though, next week I already know. I'm sure if I didn't go in tonight, Tracy (my GM), would have called me later. It's cool, though. I almost feel more productive going in for a few hours than I do going in for a full shift. It's fun to see everyone too since I normally only work once a week on Friday nights.

Well, that's all for now. Mainly wanted to tell about my Econ grade. I got a lot to work on before Tuesday for that class. Gotta make new flashcards for my new bio stuff we went over, also. I'm going to have a MASSIVE stack of bio flashcards before this test comes in another 4 weeks or something. I need to do well in the class though. I want an A in it! So I've gotta work.

All for now

Your Hair Should Be Purple

Intense, thoughtful, and unconventional. You're always philosophizing and inspiring others with your insights.

What's Your Funky Inner Hair Color?

Ha! I'd have to say I agree with this color. The description isn't bad either, but I've always thought having purple highlights would be really cool (not a full purple).

Welcome everyone into the month of March!

Well...school is ALMOST half over. Spring break is March 20th-24th. That'll be the middle of the semester. I'm doing okay this semester. Struggling a little in Bio and ESSP 280 (which is split into two parts -- the first half being econ). Statistics, Bio lab, and ASL are all going fine. I'm still not enjoying most of my classes this semester. Didn't help that I've had a cold for about two weeks now, but I just keep pluggin' along.

Last Saturday I volunteered at the National Ocean Science Bowl aka "Otter Bowl." I was a "rules judge." I basically made sure all procedures were observed and such. There was also a science judge, moderator, score keeper, and time keeper. It was pretty fun. My group was a nice lot and we had fun.

For those that don't know, the Otter Bowl is like a decathalon. They have a 6 minute "Toss-up question" period that various team members can buzz in to answer. Then there's two team challenge questions that the team members work together to answer in a given amount of time (varying between 2-5 minutes). Lastly, there's another 6 minute toss-up question period.

The team that won was undeafted through ALL the rounds. And that's a LOT of rounds. It was like 12 rounds or something. I was volunteering at the Otter Bowl from 8am-7:30pm. There was about an hour for lunch and an hour for dinner. With the double elimination periods, I was "working" for a good majority of that time.

Well, I do believe that is all for now.

ALMOST a month later!

Not a whole lot has been going on and a whole lot has. Does that make sense?

School is going. I'm not too impressed with this semester. I don't prefer most of my teachers, I guess. I'm not sure. I either a) don't like the class (the content), b) the teacher's teaching style, or c) the time it's at. *shrugs* Life. I just hope next semester is MUCH better than this semester!

In past news, Colin came out for almost two weeks. He came out to visit, but also to work the AT&T (oh wait, I mean at&t) pro-am. He got to work in the kitchens making sandwiches. It was fun having him out here. He took me to the Sardine Factory for Valentine's Day. That was an experience and a half! How often are you asked if you'd like a chilled fork with your salad? Any ways, it was lots of fun.

That's all I got to say for now. I'm too tired to really function right now. I'm trying to pull myself together to do my bio homework.

Did I forget to mention that I found out I was less thaan 2% away from an A+ in ASL 201? I just found that out tonight when I saw Mo's syllabus, which is almost the same as last semester. Who would have thunk...I could have had FOUR A+'s instead of THREE! Oh well, too late for that. I'm keeping ASL 202 on credit/no credit this semester, though. Least that's what I'm thinking of so far. Wonder if I can change that as the semester moves on...Rumor has it that all 202 classes are credit/no credit.

First day of school!

I SURVIVED!! I endured my first statistics (Stat 250) class and my first ASL 202 class (which is my last semester of ASL!!!!!). I also endured a 6 hour stretch of time between classes. I survived!

Tomorrow I have class at an obscene time..8:25 am. Yes, 8:25 am, not 8:30. 8:25 am. Than I have class again at 4pm. Alas, another 6 hour stretch between classes. This is just one of the worst schedules someone could have. Not enough time inbetween to really work (unless I wanted to do a four hour span, which I'm contemplating if I go crazy with these 6 hour stretches). I also can't just turn my brain off for the rest of the day too. It's a bummer, but hopefully this'll be the last semester of these weird schedules. Last spring was the best. I had no late classes. Ever since then I've had a class that goes till 8pm. It's just a bummer of a time.

I get this feeling that ESSP 280 is going to be my toughest class, if all the word on the professor is correct. I'll guess I'll determine that a few weeks into class.

Write more later on classes.

Happy January!

So I haven't updated in a while. My Christmas was wonderful. It was loads of fun and I got some pretty cool things.

This is what I got for Christmas: Harry Potter “Knight Bus” t-shirt, another shirt, 2 books, gift card to Borders, toe socks, calendar set, cloth luggage bag and mini backpack set, PSP, PJs, travel cosmetic/shampoo/etc thing, horse bookends (nice ones!), Cinderella and Felicity DVD, Narnia soundtrack, Harry Potter Quidditch dice game, and some other things.

New Years was well low-key. I worked from 9am to 5pm, came home and worked on my room (I'm doing a thorough cleaning) and went downstairs like 15 minutes before midnight to see what was on TV and such. That was about it. I've been really tired so I didn't really want to do more than that any ways.

As for my semester grades...I just got them today!

Chem lecture: A+
Chem lab: A+
HPWE: A+
SL: A
ASL: A
SBS: A

*grins*