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So, today my friend defended his thesis for a PhD in history. Lori and I attended and I was amused and entertained for like the first 15 minutes. My attention span had been running at the max and...well, that cannot go on for very long, if you know me at all. The dissertation went on for 1 1/2 hour and in the end, lo and behold, a PhD was awarded!! I was so excited for him! Now he will work upon turning his thesis, orginally 600 pages, into a book for publication. I have decided I never want to go beyond a very basic degree, and I will certainly be choosing a major that doesn't require even a 50 page thesis for graduation. Count on it. I spent the remaining 75 minutes, antention-span-less, thinking about what it would be like to embark upon a 'journey to the center of the Earth' type expedition with that group of scholars (on the council board. Very, very nice!!). They were all pretty old though; we'd have to stop for lots of rest breaks. Lori said "You know it's bad when you have to differentiate between different shades of white (hair color)".
Tomorrow, another test. Wow, don't you love accelerated classes? I wish this teacher could maybe, at some point, humor us with some multiple choice and not keep hurling down numerous short answer and essay questions.
Hmmmm...que mas? Oh, tomorrow (this I had better remember tomorrow morning!) I have an appointment by phone with my advisor so hopefully by Monday I will have my fall schedule set. Tomorrow night Carine and Johann (my old French roommate and her *husband*!) are having a little party to celebrate their marriage. They weren't married when they arrived here, now they are, and I still don't think their family knows! But it was nice to be roomies for....5 days. I am suprised- for being French and all, the only things in their fridge are an orange, a 24 pack of beer, and a bottle of BBQ sauce.
Yesterday Ashley and I came upon this insane idea during a walk to return some videos. We bought a whole bunch of simple white flowers at the store and gave them to the guys up on 5th floor...Knock, knock. Door opens. "Hi, I brought you a flower. See you around!"... sounds crazy, huh? But it was a lot of fun and as for the people who gave us odd looks or demanded explanations, little do they know how we laughed at them. But most people were really flattered. And all that matters is that we had a good time.
There's really nothing else to say. I am just typing because I don't want to go study. Last Friday's exam was horrid enough- I don't know if I can do it again. Short answer questions are icky and should be banned by federal law. Or at least made optional. My last score was an 86% though. For me, I was impressed.
Brandon from last summer called last night. We're going hiking this weekend. Ash and I were orginally hiking Diamond Head but with him along, Mr Trail Expert, there's a million better spots to be.
Okay, okay, I have to go study. Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tomorrow, another test. Wow, don't you love accelerated classes? I wish this teacher could maybe, at some point, humor us with some multiple choice and not keep hurling down numerous short answer and essay questions.
Hmmmm...que mas? Oh, tomorrow (this I had better remember tomorrow morning!) I have an appointment by phone with my advisor so hopefully by Monday I will have my fall schedule set. Tomorrow night Carine and Johann (my old French roommate and her *husband*!) are having a little party to celebrate their marriage. They weren't married when they arrived here, now they are, and I still don't think their family knows! But it was nice to be roomies for....5 days. I am suprised- for being French and all, the only things in their fridge are an orange, a 24 pack of beer, and a bottle of BBQ sauce.
Yesterday Ashley and I came upon this insane idea during a walk to return some videos. We bought a whole bunch of simple white flowers at the store and gave them to the guys up on 5th floor...Knock, knock. Door opens. "Hi, I brought you a flower. See you around!"... sounds crazy, huh? But it was a lot of fun and as for the people who gave us odd looks or demanded explanations, little do they know how we laughed at them. But most people were really flattered. And all that matters is that we had a good time.
There's really nothing else to say. I am just typing because I don't want to go study. Last Friday's exam was horrid enough- I don't know if I can do it again. Short answer questions are icky and should be banned by federal law. Or at least made optional. My last score was an 86% though. For me, I was impressed.
Brandon from last summer called last night. We're going hiking this weekend. Ash and I were orginally hiking Diamond Head but with him along, Mr Trail Expert, there's a million better spots to be.
Okay, okay, I have to go study. Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!