"The revolution is just an ethical haircut away"
Schedule for the rest of the semester:
Monday 5/3: Final paper for enviro policy seminar due
Tuesday 5/4: Last response paper for AFP
Thursday 5/6: Last GIS lab
Friday 5/7: GIS final project due (5 PM)
Monday 5/10: AFP take-home exam due (8-12 pp., 4 PM)
This really isn't as bad as it sounds -- the response paper should take about an hour or so, the final draft for the Death Paper™ should only take a few (add 5 more pages, add some sources, give it the once-through), the lab should only take a couple hours too, and if all goes according to plan, actually performing the tasks for the GIS final project shouldn't take too long either. And I'll have all of next weekend to work on the take-home exam, since by that time that'll be the only assignment I have. I've been through worse. ^_^;
But I haven't made it a secret how utterly burned out I am right now, and how much I don't want to do any work right now. And our GIS prof tried to explain how much work we had to put in our final projects by saying it was the "equivalent of a semester project, which is 15 to 20 pages." O_O; Now, I don't think he expects us to write that much, but he was being deliberately obtuse, and quite frankly, I am not writing 20 pages or making a goddamn booklet for this project. I only have a week left -- I don't have the time or energy! DX
This really hasn't been a good week at all -- it's been one worth forgetting. Hell, I think it's safe to say that this hasn't been a good year. I really don't want to get all whiny and emo here, because honestly there have been a lot of fun and interesting moments throughout, and I realize how utterly lucky I am to be here, how many privileges and great experiences I have, have had, and will have. I'm fully cognizant of the fact that things could be far worse, and luckily they aren't. But overall, the novelty of college life has completely worn off, and the bad outweighed the good. I kinda expected it to, so I was pretty well-prepared for it, but....yeah. When people you know (or used to know) ignore you and look the other way when you say "Hi" to them, and when you're about to become a senior and you still feel like a lonely, homesick freshman who just got here, it's really hard to lie to yourself and others and say things are going good. (Though I really suspect it wouldn't have mattered all that much which college I went to -- I'd still be feeling something similar right about now.)
The only really good thing about this week was that the prof for our enviro policy seminar held a pizza party at his house in Bristol Wednesday evening, and most of our class went. I was the only one not allowed to have the beer from a local microbrewery they had on hand, considering I'm the only one in my class who's still technically underage (even though I didn't really want any anyway all right, fine, I kinda did XDDDDDDDDDDDD). I was actually a little worried some people wouldn't be, shall we say, all that responsible with their drinking or whatever, but thankfully that didn't happen; the pizza was delicious, and a great time was had by all, myself included. :D (Though the ride back to campus wasn't so awesome. No, kids, I actually didn't want to hear about your drunken exploits when you were in D.C. last summer and how ~*~totally awesome!!!~*~ they were and how you had enough fun to make Dionysus jealous. In fact, it's actually quite annoying. Hmmm, I do wonder why I avoid 90% of everyone my age? :P)
Anyway, to make up for all that, I'm putting up this week's song early, to make up for all the times I've put it up late. A kick-ass song I heard at the pizza party, by an artist I really want to check out more:
And in case you're interested, here's an updated version of the song. ;-)
Monday 5/3: Final paper for enviro policy seminar due
Tuesday 5/4: Last response paper for AFP
Thursday 5/6: Last GIS lab
Friday 5/7: GIS final project due (5 PM)
Monday 5/10: AFP take-home exam due (8-12 pp., 4 PM)
This really isn't as bad as it sounds -- the response paper should take about an hour or so, the final draft for the Death Paper™ should only take a few (add 5 more pages, add some sources, give it the once-through), the lab should only take a couple hours too, and if all goes according to plan, actually performing the tasks for the GIS final project shouldn't take too long either. And I'll have all of next weekend to work on the take-home exam, since by that time that'll be the only assignment I have. I've been through worse. ^_^;
But I haven't made it a secret how utterly burned out I am right now, and how much I don't want to do any work right now. And our GIS prof tried to explain how much work we had to put in our final projects by saying it was the "equivalent of a semester project, which is 15 to 20 pages." O_O; Now, I don't think he expects us to write that much, but he was being deliberately obtuse, and quite frankly, I am not writing 20 pages or making a goddamn booklet for this project. I only have a week left -- I don't have the time or energy! DX
This really hasn't been a good week at all -- it's been one worth forgetting. Hell, I think it's safe to say that this hasn't been a good year. I really don't want to get all whiny and emo here, because honestly there have been a lot of fun and interesting moments throughout, and I realize how utterly lucky I am to be here, how many privileges and great experiences I have, have had, and will have. I'm fully cognizant of the fact that things could be far worse, and luckily they aren't. But overall, the novelty of college life has completely worn off, and the bad outweighed the good. I kinda expected it to, so I was pretty well-prepared for it, but....yeah. When people you know (or used to know) ignore you and look the other way when you say "Hi" to them, and when you're about to become a senior and you still feel like a lonely, homesick freshman who just got here, it's really hard to lie to yourself and others and say things are going good. (Though I really suspect it wouldn't have mattered all that much which college I went to -- I'd still be feeling something similar right about now.)
The only really good thing about this week was that the prof for our enviro policy seminar held a pizza party at his house in Bristol Wednesday evening, and most of our class went. I was the only one not allowed to have the beer from a local microbrewery they had on hand, considering I'm the only one in my class who's still technically underage (even though I didn't really want any anyway all right, fine, I kinda did XDDDDDDDDDDDD). I was actually a little worried some people wouldn't be, shall we say, all that responsible with their drinking or whatever, but thankfully that didn't happen; the pizza was delicious, and a great time was had by all, myself included. :D (Though the ride back to campus wasn't so awesome. No, kids, I actually didn't want to hear about your drunken exploits when you were in D.C. last summer and how ~*~totally awesome!!!~*~ they were and how you had enough fun to make Dionysus jealous. In fact, it's actually quite annoying. Hmmm, I do wonder why I avoid 90% of everyone my age? :P)
Anyway, to make up for all that, I'm putting up this week's song early, to make up for all the times I've put it up late. A kick-ass song I heard at the pizza party, by an artist I really want to check out more:
Click to viewAnd in case you're interested, here's an updated version of the song. ;-)