here to relive your darkest moments
1. I've pretty much lost my voice. This is my fault, because I was already sort of sick, but then I went out on Thursday to celebrate getting my practical, and then I went out again yesterday even though I had a feeling I should stay in. The problem is that both places were really loud, so most of the talking was more like yelling. So now my voice is almost gone. I'm just glad I didn't go to the club with my friends after the bar (they were trying to be persuasive, haha), because I really did need to rest.
But I have a presentation this Wednesday, and I haven't even practiced it yet. I'm almost done with the Powerpoint, but I really need to practice it to see how long it takes me, because it's supposed to be a 20-minute presentation. I don't know what to do. Should I run through it at least once today, despite my throat hurting and my voice cracking every 2 seconds? Or should I try and wait for tomorrow? I'm just afraid my voice will be even worse tomorrow, even if I don't use it at all today, and then I wouldn't be able to practice it at all.
I've been drinking water like nobody's business today, so.
2. I recently made a separate Tumblr for non-fandom stuff, which you can check out here.
3. Um, so I'm really excited about getting the practical I wanted, because I really lucked out there - but now I'm also taking 18 credits of other classes, which is no problem for right now... but my practical, when it starts, goes from 08:30 to 18:00 - so I'm not really sure how skipping three weeks of my classes will go, exactly... but that's what everyone does. (That is, skip class in favour of their practicals). Also, the reason I'm even taking 18 credits is because I had no idea if I would get a practical this semester. The day I got the practical - before I found out I had a place, that is - I went to a new class and signed up for the seminar as well, which brought me from 13 to 18 credits. (I'm also taking 6 units worth of German classes, but that doesn't count towards my degree).
So remember how I was going to work on all those fics after I finished with my presentation this upcoming week? LOL NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ANYMORE, because I have another presentation in a month, and I need to start reading the journal article waaay in advance because SCIENCE IS HARD, OKAY? But the paper is on cancer and how it basically makes pretend blood vessels to sustain itself and I COULD NOT RESIST THE PAPER. SHUT UP I AM A DORK. Also this new class - the lecture and the seminar I just joined - is in German, which makes me really excited. The slides are in English, so I'm not completely lost. I definitely don't understand every single word, but I get the general gist. He said I could present in English (as well as take the exam in English), so that's no problem.
I would drop some classes, but I'm actually starting to enjoy the classes I'm in.
4. Have a meme I got from gilligankane:
Comment to this post, and I will list five things I associate with you. They might make sense or they might be totally random. Then post that list, with your commentary, to your LJ (or just add a reply back to me). Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.
(Might as well say...) Apples
I cannot deal with this. This was like, the perfect last line, because the Warehouse loves Helena again and I'm pretty sure she's the only one of the current team to smell it and WHYYYYYYYYYY APPLES, WHYYYYYYYYYYY?! I don't actually eat that many apples, which is a good thing, considering I would probably just get sad every time I saw one.
Warehouse 13 in general
THIS IS THE SHOW OF MY HEART. ♥ It started out as a guilty pleasure - I only really started watching it because Jaime Murray was guest starring on it - and then at some point, it just took over my heart. And this season has just been so good; even though Helena hasn't been in most of the season, I loved that we got to see Myka develop, that we saw Steve be included into the fold so easily, and that we got to see the bond between the gang strengthen. I love, love, love the Pete/Myka friendship and the Claudia/Jinks one as well, and I think the show handles friendship very, very well. And I also like that we did see the Myka/Helena friendship, relationship, or whatever you prefer to call it/whatever you see (romantic friendship?) develop with what little time they had together. I cannot talk about this show without talking about my OTP.
Bo/Lauren
I feel like I would be a little more in love with them if Warehouse 13 hadn't destroyed my heart. I'm not actually sure how I feel about Bo/Lauren anymore. I was unhappy with how they handled things the first season: how unfair it was that Kris Holden-Reed was a regular but Zoie Palmer wasn't, how we saw Dyson all the time but hardly ever saw Lauren. And now it is definitely more of a balance, but... I don't know. I like Bo and Lauren together, but I feel as though Lauren will never be anything but Bo's second choice. And there's also the complication of Nadia (who I'm actually ready to ship with Lauren, if she turns out not be a crazy bitch) - but I have a feeling there's a lot about Nadia that Lauren doesn't know, and whenever she does wake up, we'll learn all of it. But anyway, I've never been a huge fan of Bo, and I think Lauren deserves a lot better. But Bo's been improving this season, so we'll see how things develop. :)
Legend of the Seeker
Oh, this show. It was so much fun, and I liked it a whole lot. Cara's facial expressions, especially. I was significantly less pleased about what they did with Dahlia - I felt like that could have been handled a lot better - but really, this show was about epic fight scenes and epic, gorgeous hair and silly snarkiness for me.
Pretty Little Liars
This show is basically all about pretty girls doing silly things. I have a not-so-secret crush on Troian Bellisario; Spencer has some of the best lines in the series, and I like how protective she can get. I wish they'd just catch a break sometimes, though - they have it so hard; nothing works out for them because A's always there to mess something up, and it kind of sucks to watch that. I really like the friendship between the four of them and hope that the show touches more on that aspect of things.
But I have a presentation this Wednesday, and I haven't even practiced it yet. I'm almost done with the Powerpoint, but I really need to practice it to see how long it takes me, because it's supposed to be a 20-minute presentation. I don't know what to do. Should I run through it at least once today, despite my throat hurting and my voice cracking every 2 seconds? Or should I try and wait for tomorrow? I'm just afraid my voice will be even worse tomorrow, even if I don't use it at all today, and then I wouldn't be able to practice it at all.
I've been drinking water like nobody's business today, so.
2. I recently made a separate Tumblr for non-fandom stuff, which you can check out here.
3. Um, so I'm really excited about getting the practical I wanted, because I really lucked out there - but now I'm also taking 18 credits of other classes, which is no problem for right now... but my practical, when it starts, goes from 08:30 to 18:00 - so I'm not really sure how skipping three weeks of my classes will go, exactly... but that's what everyone does. (That is, skip class in favour of their practicals). Also, the reason I'm even taking 18 credits is because I had no idea if I would get a practical this semester. The day I got the practical - before I found out I had a place, that is - I went to a new class and signed up for the seminar as well, which brought me from 13 to 18 credits. (I'm also taking 6 units worth of German classes, but that doesn't count towards my degree).
So remember how I was going to work on all those fics after I finished with my presentation this upcoming week? LOL NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ANYMORE, because I have another presentation in a month, and I need to start reading the journal article waaay in advance because SCIENCE IS HARD, OKAY? But the paper is on cancer and how it basically makes pretend blood vessels to sustain itself and I COULD NOT RESIST THE PAPER. SHUT UP I AM A DORK. Also this new class - the lecture and the seminar I just joined - is in German, which makes me really excited. The slides are in English, so I'm not completely lost. I definitely don't understand every single word, but I get the general gist. He said I could present in English (as well as take the exam in English), so that's no problem.
I would drop some classes, but I'm actually starting to enjoy the classes I'm in.
4. Have a meme I got from gilligankane:
Comment to this post, and I will list five things I associate with you. They might make sense or they might be totally random. Then post that list, with your commentary, to your LJ (or just add a reply back to me). Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.
(Might as well say...) Apples
I cannot deal with this. This was like, the perfect last line, because the Warehouse loves Helena again and I'm pretty sure she's the only one of the current team to smell it and WHYYYYYYYYYY APPLES, WHYYYYYYYYYYY?! I don't actually eat that many apples, which is a good thing, considering I would probably just get sad every time I saw one.
Warehouse 13 in general
THIS IS THE SHOW OF MY HEART. ♥ It started out as a guilty pleasure - I only really started watching it because Jaime Murray was guest starring on it - and then at some point, it just took over my heart. And this season has just been so good; even though Helena hasn't been in most of the season, I loved that we got to see Myka develop, that we saw Steve be included into the fold so easily, and that we got to see the bond between the gang strengthen. I love, love, love the Pete/Myka friendship and the Claudia/Jinks one as well, and I think the show handles friendship very, very well. And I also like that we did see the Myka/Helena friendship, relationship, or whatever you prefer to call it/whatever you see (romantic friendship?) develop with what little time they had together. I cannot talk about this show without talking about my OTP.
Bo/Lauren
I feel like I would be a little more in love with them if Warehouse 13 hadn't destroyed my heart. I'm not actually sure how I feel about Bo/Lauren anymore. I was unhappy with how they handled things the first season: how unfair it was that Kris Holden-Reed was a regular but Zoie Palmer wasn't, how we saw Dyson all the time but hardly ever saw Lauren. And now it is definitely more of a balance, but... I don't know. I like Bo and Lauren together, but I feel as though Lauren will never be anything but Bo's second choice. And there's also the complication of Nadia (who I'm actually ready to ship with Lauren, if she turns out not be a crazy bitch) - but I have a feeling there's a lot about Nadia that Lauren doesn't know, and whenever she does wake up, we'll learn all of it. But anyway, I've never been a huge fan of Bo, and I think Lauren deserves a lot better. But Bo's been improving this season, so we'll see how things develop. :)
Legend of the Seeker
Oh, this show. It was so much fun, and I liked it a whole lot. Cara's facial expressions, especially. I was significantly less pleased about what they did with Dahlia - I felt like that could have been handled a lot better - but really, this show was about epic fight scenes and epic, gorgeous hair and silly snarkiness for me.
Pretty Little Liars
This show is basically all about pretty girls doing silly things. I have a not-so-secret crush on Troian Bellisario; Spencer has some of the best lines in the series, and I like how protective she can get. I wish they'd just catch a break sometimes, though - they have it so hard; nothing works out for them because A's always there to mess something up, and it kind of sucks to watch that. I really like the friendship between the four of them and hope that the show touches more on that aspect of things.