Week two of .... *sigh*
Six hours of Biology 121 down. Approximately 72 more hours to go. If you're planning to murder me, I'd appreciate you doing it now, and not perhaps at the end of the semester. Save us all some trouble.
My science teacher and I are having some communications issues. Some of it really is an english as a first language barrier. Not that he dosen't speak perfect fluent english, but the subtleties of explaining "Yes, I understand what you're trying to explain, but I still don't understand what it means in a practical sense ..." Yeah.
Katya and I had our first study session last night. We did not accomplish as much as we wished to, but I at least got a lot more done with her there than I would have on my own. Next week, we will know to set a time. AND NOT TALK ABOUT BOYS. Yes.
I bought this lovely tea at intelligencia which I have started to consume large quantities of. Tea is a new thing for me, and less bad than coffee, but that doesn't mean I should drink it like I used to drink coffee- 40oz a day. I should also buy some herbal for the end of the day. That would be clever. Or somethin.
I didn't see movies over the weekend. I somehow lost the 60 dollars I'd taken out of the bank, veeery upsetting, since I didn't really have the money in the first place. It's not the end of the world. but I was in a bad mood for a lot of the weekend, and didn't see people.
I did go downtown to look at the end of season coat sales, and I might buy myself one soon.
I hate that people "sir" me in my winter coat, and doubly hate that it doesn't have a hood. There's a cute one at Nordstrom's on sale for 300, down from 700, and it might be worth it, although certainly that's my last coat for a long time. But it's a real, GOOD coat, for everyday, and short enough to wear on the bike. We'll see.
I fucking hate the weather. I want to ride my bike for FUN dammit.
Trying to be a bit better about diet. As always, a flawed plan. I need to get my stomach smaller again, I feel like I'm always fucking hungry. But at least yesterday I planned to be hungry, and had lots of apple and carrots available. Today I've brought a powerbar so maybe dunkin donuts won't seem tempting. Yes.
Stayed away from the news entirely lately. Absolutely no idea what's happening. I'd like to start reading the NY times again, in physical form. Won't happen, but sounds nice.
Ok, so now I've opened up the BBC news site, and they've told me the Fed has announced immmergency interest rate cuts and yes folks, we're in a recession. No surprise there. Still depressing of course.
Fred Thompson will not be president. Also not news.
Iraq will have a new flag, only vaguely anti-Kurdish.
Atonement and not Sweeney Todd is nominated for Best Picture. That's just silly. I have not seen Michael Clayton or There Will Be Blood, something that I will yes, still rectify.
To say I'm concerned abot the US Economy would not begin to cover it, but what is also disturbing is that I don't really understand it. Eh. I think the election and different foreign policy will help next year, but 2008 is going to be hard on a lot of people. It upsets me greatly that the election is going to cost a billion dollars ... and the economy is suffering so much. Money makes no fucking sense to me sometimes.
(And this journal is so incoherent so much of the time.)
Finished Pat Barker's Trilogy, also The Things They Carried. Also The Last Boleyn, a piece of trash historical fiction that I none the less loved. But I was foolish and finished it in a day. Not much for savoring, am I.
Amazon package has still not come in, but here's hoping soon, otherwise I shall be out of books and also missing one of my textbooks. But Social Science arrived today, so huzzah.
Nothing to say. Life keeping me surprisingly busy. Other personal matters I'm not quite up to talking about yet, and probably won't. But life is good overall.
My science teacher and I are having some communications issues. Some of it really is an english as a first language barrier. Not that he dosen't speak perfect fluent english, but the subtleties of explaining "Yes, I understand what you're trying to explain, but I still don't understand what it means in a practical sense ..." Yeah.
Katya and I had our first study session last night. We did not accomplish as much as we wished to, but I at least got a lot more done with her there than I would have on my own. Next week, we will know to set a time. AND NOT TALK ABOUT BOYS. Yes.
I bought this lovely tea at intelligencia which I have started to consume large quantities of. Tea is a new thing for me, and less bad than coffee, but that doesn't mean I should drink it like I used to drink coffee- 40oz a day. I should also buy some herbal for the end of the day. That would be clever. Or somethin.
I didn't see movies over the weekend. I somehow lost the 60 dollars I'd taken out of the bank, veeery upsetting, since I didn't really have the money in the first place. It's not the end of the world. but I was in a bad mood for a lot of the weekend, and didn't see people.
I did go downtown to look at the end of season coat sales, and I might buy myself one soon.
I hate that people "sir" me in my winter coat, and doubly hate that it doesn't have a hood. There's a cute one at Nordstrom's on sale for 300, down from 700, and it might be worth it, although certainly that's my last coat for a long time. But it's a real, GOOD coat, for everyday, and short enough to wear on the bike. We'll see.
I fucking hate the weather. I want to ride my bike for FUN dammit.
Trying to be a bit better about diet. As always, a flawed plan. I need to get my stomach smaller again, I feel like I'm always fucking hungry. But at least yesterday I planned to be hungry, and had lots of apple and carrots available. Today I've brought a powerbar so maybe dunkin donuts won't seem tempting. Yes.
Stayed away from the news entirely lately. Absolutely no idea what's happening. I'd like to start reading the NY times again, in physical form. Won't happen, but sounds nice.
Ok, so now I've opened up the BBC news site, and they've told me the Fed has announced immmergency interest rate cuts and yes folks, we're in a recession. No surprise there. Still depressing of course.
Fred Thompson will not be president. Also not news.
Iraq will have a new flag, only vaguely anti-Kurdish.
Atonement and not Sweeney Todd is nominated for Best Picture. That's just silly. I have not seen Michael Clayton or There Will Be Blood, something that I will yes, still rectify.
To say I'm concerned abot the US Economy would not begin to cover it, but what is also disturbing is that I don't really understand it. Eh. I think the election and different foreign policy will help next year, but 2008 is going to be hard on a lot of people. It upsets me greatly that the election is going to cost a billion dollars ... and the economy is suffering so much. Money makes no fucking sense to me sometimes.
(And this journal is so incoherent so much of the time.)
Finished Pat Barker's Trilogy, also The Things They Carried. Also The Last Boleyn, a piece of trash historical fiction that I none the less loved. But I was foolish and finished it in a day. Not much for savoring, am I.
Amazon package has still not come in, but here's hoping soon, otherwise I shall be out of books and also missing one of my textbooks. But Social Science arrived today, so huzzah.
Nothing to say. Life keeping me surprisingly busy. Other personal matters I'm not quite up to talking about yet, and probably won't. But life is good overall.