nsc prep
i'm trying to get through the games i played this weekend in quackle, but real life is getting in the way. monday, my ear still hurt (it was pretty bad all weekend, but i self medicated with lots of advil and hard cider) -- i finally took myself to the doctor and have antibiotics. i was exhausted all day and mostly did nothing. yesterday, we went to an amazing beer/food social at the brewery, where i ate about a dozen figs, a couple kebabs, 3 spring rolls, 2 spicy pretzel rolls with spicy cheddar spread, and two donuts stuffed with chocolate and cocoa nibs, and tried five different beers. friends came over after that and i played spades (badly/semi drunkenly) until 1130. work has actually been busy too, so not too much quackling at the office (one game so far today - maybe another by the time i leave). also, i really don't think i'll learn a whole lot from these games, so i should probably set them aside and work on teh studying. i need to learn some eight letter words. seriously. my studying is totally haphazard with eights, and my retention is horrible. like i can find UPTEMPOS in a second, but i'll never see NITRATOR ever. i have focused my six and seven study on words that have eights in their variants, but still. running out of days.