The whole class knew we'd be getting our midterm marks back today. The place was astir ( Read more... )

I may have to go back on my promise to score a 70 on that test! I lost my review sheet with all of the questions I was going to complete!! What a waste of an afternoon! I got my homework finished, but the material covered in today's class (and tonight's homework) isn't on the test ( Read more... )

Well, I had my chemistry midterm tonight. I've been telling everybody who cares to hear that I think I rocked it. Now, I dunno what to compare it to. This course can be summed up as: "Grade 11 and Grade 12 chemistry in eight weeks." I'd never before taken chemistry ( Read more... )

Tonight we're celebrating L.'s birthday - we'll be meeting at Fuji Grand in about 90 minutes. We may go see Iron Man - word is it's pretty good ( Read more... )

It’s been a so-so end to the semester, what with the Sword of Damocles* hanging over me - papers here, exams there, stuff to think about everywhere. And the socializing! I love socializing, but it’s going to be three nights in a row. I haven’t even sat down to watch The Masters yet. Wow.

* - Upon further research, this metaphor doesn’t really fit ( Read more... )

I wrote my Contemporary Canadian Fiction final tonight. I think I did pretty well, and I was bolstered by the fact that I got an A+ on my term paper, on “The Cross-Cultural Appeal of Alistair MacLeod’s No Great Mischief.” I’ve never gotten an A+ on a term paper before - not in any course, not even Intro Lit ( Read more... )

Wow! I had a great day yesterday (the 8th) - let me break it down!

It started with me staying up into the wee wee hours watching the midterm election on CNN. (By the way, the only channel I could get that really covered it was CNN (we don’t have Redne- Fox News on regular cable here - in fact, I don’t think it’s legally available in Canada at all ( Read more... )