Damn! Only one more week of clinical to go!
And I'm finally getting the hang of the labyrinth that is this odd little hospital. I like to think it wouldn't have taken this long if I'd been here consistently rather than going elsewhere for the various rotations. And now we have next week off and December 1 will be the last day of clinicals. Lecture goes a bit longer. We have our last regular exam on the 10th of December and then the final on the 14th, which is nice and early compared to most years. Usually, we're finishing up within a few days of Christmas. Still haven't coughed up that last case study or any of the med sheets for pharm. Must get on that. It's so easy to procrastinate though, which is one of the things I hate about online courses. Or at least about me taking them. Clearly I have all the self-discipline of a toddler turned loose in a candy shop.
Instructor again asked what it is I'm doing that could help some of the other students. One of these times, I swear I'm going to answer, "Spend what should be study time writing severely messed-up novel-length AU fanfiction." Because that's about the only thing I haven't suggested yet, but I have a feeling that wouldn't work for most people. Though I do think the theme of "work smarter instead of harder" has something to recommend it. I swear half the problem with some of my classmates is that they're burning themselves out with these marathon study sessions.
Trying to get some kind of a handle on next semester. The course coordinator will be doing exam review with us tomorrow, so maybe she'll have something to say about how to try and plan for it. I sincerely hope she's more organized than this semester's coordinator. The scheduling clusterfucks have been ridiculous, to the point even the hospitals are catching on that it's not us students messing up. Not good.
In other news, Patsfan and I watched Waters of Mars the other night (with him continually going on about the sound quality on my laptop). And wow. Just ... wow. Have read some interesting meta about Ten's character development in light of it and looking over everything since his regeneration at the end of S1. Interesting food for thought. Ergh. Can't wait for the Christmas special. Specials? Whatever. My bet still holds about just who will be the "he" who "knocks four times" though. All that harping on "fixed points" was either some seriously heavy-handed foreshadowing of exactly that or else some serious misdirection. And in at least one interview, Barrowman has mentioned meeting the guy who'll play the new Doctor, though not in what context. Potential spoilers like that are among the many reasons I ought to avoid reading/hearing/seeing those kind of interviews, but it still might not be what I think. Am slightly annoyed by the whole, "We're going to call this series one for the 11th Doctor" thing, mainly because I'm still going bonkers trying to watch the old stuff in something vaguely resembling the original order, a project that would be far easier if a consistent series numbering system had been used from the start, rather than having to match episode lists against Netflix's offerings. It is worth it though, I think, to see things like the original sticking of the chameleon circuit, the first encounter with the Daleks ... and then the second, not to mention the first time the Doctor took off without someone (this time actually leaving them to help rebuild the Earth). *ponders cutting that and decides it's stupid to consider something that aired in 1964 as a spoiler*
Have had to beg an extension on my S2B4 offering. *sigh* And here I thought, "So long as I stick with the craft side of things, I shouldn't have a problem. Right?" Wrong. Because my eyes are informing me that they are, in fact, 41 years old and have been badly abused for much of that time, so they won't cooperate and focus long enough to get good stretches of work done. May see if I can get a single pack of contacts in my current Rx, because what I'm needing to do is wear OTC reading glasses *over* my normal glasses. (No OTC strength works without my regular glasses, most of them seeming too strong, which defies everything I ever thought I understood about nearsightedness versus farsightedness, but whatever.) There will definitely have to be an eye doctor visit over the Christmas break though. I think that's when I'm due anyway. Hope so, or it'll be out of pocket. *sigh*
Huh. Just went looking to see if I had a "vision" tag. (I don't. Settled on "health.") In the process, I saw that I have a tag for "vitamin k." WTF?? I have so got to clean up these tags.
Not to mention it'd be nice if I got some tagging done on the fangirl_tour. *sheepish look*
Wow. Almost 8:30 already. Best start getting ready for a day of tutoring then. Happy hump-day!
Instructor again asked what it is I'm doing that could help some of the other students. One of these times, I swear I'm going to answer, "Spend what should be study time writing severely messed-up novel-length AU fanfiction." Because that's about the only thing I haven't suggested yet, but I have a feeling that wouldn't work for most people. Though I do think the theme of "work smarter instead of harder" has something to recommend it. I swear half the problem with some of my classmates is that they're burning themselves out with these marathon study sessions.
Trying to get some kind of a handle on next semester. The course coordinator will be doing exam review with us tomorrow, so maybe she'll have something to say about how to try and plan for it. I sincerely hope she's more organized than this semester's coordinator. The scheduling clusterfucks have been ridiculous, to the point even the hospitals are catching on that it's not us students messing up. Not good.
In other news, Patsfan and I watched Waters of Mars the other night (with him continually going on about the sound quality on my laptop). And wow. Just ... wow. Have read some interesting meta about Ten's character development in light of it and looking over everything since his regeneration at the end of S1. Interesting food for thought. Ergh. Can't wait for the Christmas special. Specials? Whatever. My bet still holds about just who will be the "he" who "knocks four times" though. All that harping on "fixed points" was either some seriously heavy-handed foreshadowing of exactly that or else some serious misdirection. And in at least one interview, Barrowman has mentioned meeting the guy who'll play the new Doctor, though not in what context. Potential spoilers like that are among the many reasons I ought to avoid reading/hearing/seeing those kind of interviews, but it still might not be what I think. Am slightly annoyed by the whole, "We're going to call this series one for the 11th Doctor" thing, mainly because I'm still going bonkers trying to watch the old stuff in something vaguely resembling the original order, a project that would be far easier if a consistent series numbering system had been used from the start, rather than having to match episode lists against Netflix's offerings. It is worth it though, I think, to see things like the original sticking of the chameleon circuit, the first encounter with the Daleks ... and then the second, not to mention the first time the Doctor took off without someone (this time actually leaving them to help rebuild the Earth). *ponders cutting that and decides it's stupid to consider something that aired in 1964 as a spoiler*
Have had to beg an extension on my S2B4 offering. *sigh* And here I thought, "So long as I stick with the craft side of things, I shouldn't have a problem. Right?" Wrong. Because my eyes are informing me that they are, in fact, 41 years old and have been badly abused for much of that time, so they won't cooperate and focus long enough to get good stretches of work done. May see if I can get a single pack of contacts in my current Rx, because what I'm needing to do is wear OTC reading glasses *over* my normal glasses. (No OTC strength works without my regular glasses, most of them seeming too strong, which defies everything I ever thought I understood about nearsightedness versus farsightedness, but whatever.) There will definitely have to be an eye doctor visit over the Christmas break though. I think that's when I'm due anyway. Hope so, or it'll be out of pocket. *sigh*
Huh. Just went looking to see if I had a "vision" tag. (I don't. Settled on "health.") In the process, I saw that I have a tag for "vitamin k." WTF?? I have so got to clean up these tags.
Not to mention it'd be nice if I got some tagging done on the fangirl_tour. *sheepish look*
Wow. Almost 8:30 already. Best start getting ready for a day of tutoring then. Happy hump-day!