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I have become one of those obnoxious people who gets an A and contests the five points they didn't end up receiving. In my defense, I didn't get the ten points because I apparently didn't answer -- though I thought I had, really -- the ever-so-important question that gets tagged on the end of every descriptive exam question: "What do you think?"
It's irrational. I'll admit there are a lot of little tiny things that I feel strongly about that are irrational. I don't know, though, I always feel like that's the "redeem yourself, justify your existence" part of the question for the people who couldn't do the first half of the question. I'll tell you my opinion, sure, face-to-face, when it's something that's opinion-worthy. Exam questions that are little more than description of the basics?
I had an opinion but I don't see why she should care, that's all.
I got a 95. I'm happy. Really. As of right now, I am acing the class. I'm just irrationally irritated. And now all of you who are not acing your classes are going to hate me, I'm sorry. I really am. I am trying really hard to appreciate this, but these days, I'm more often irrationally pissed off than not.
Was tagged by dramaturgy to make a list of ten things that make me happy lately. Hope I can think of something? Here goes.
1. The song "Home" by Zero 7. Zero 7 itself, actually, has really helped me lately. I'm probably going to upload a sample -- I used to have more but now I only have When It Falls, I mean to get more. It's one of the few things that's been soothing me lately.
2. People have been driving me. I usually take mass transit, and mass transit's not bad, don't get me wrong. You just have no control over mass transit whatsoever, so it can be totally on time or it can be late or early or the bus driver can stop at a gas station to buy some chips and a Red Bull, and you are fucked, ladies and gents. I know that's how the system works, but it doesn't mean I have to like it. Either way, I have been getting rides from my family, which is fantastic.
3. My friends. If I say more, I will get emotional. Can't afford to do that here. Suffice to say they're all godsends.
4. God help me, but werewolves. I love my werewolves, no matter in what incarnation.
5. I've been writing. And it makes sense, and it fits. I've never had writing be so fluid before. It's reassuring. It reminds me of how writing used to make me feel.
6. Along the same lines... at last, recognition from a fandom? Grey's fandom is reacting well to my most recent stuff, which I know is totally due to the fantastic ideas from roseanna as well as my tendency to cross-post and promote. (Two fandom messageboards have asked me to post my fic and nominate it for awards. Huh.) This sounds egotistical. But it makes me happy.
7. The Les Aspin Center for Government, AKA the opportunity to go to summer school in DC and intern in either a congressperson's office or a place of our choice, is open to me. And you'd have to be crazy to think I'm not going to do whatever I have to do to get in there.
8. Television. Heroes, House, Grey's, CSI, Desperate Housewives, you name it, I love it, I love TV, damn it. I need to just take a fucking break and watch The Office and CSI.
9. I'm probably going to be visiting kaesa in 15, if I can figure out a way to get to IWU.
10. The fact that my birthday is in 25 days. I'll be 21 on the 28th. We're going to the casino to gamble (nickle and dime slots, nothing huge) and have a few drinks, I guess, but odds are low on me getting drunk. I'm more excited about getting a DVR installed in my room so I can start watching all of my usual stuff plus the nerdy, nerdy shit I've always wanted to watch, like Doctor Who, Flash Gordon, BSG, the list goes on.
Hey. There is stuff. Cool.
Maybe people should just stay out of my way today, because even that list isn't calming down the bulky green monster in the back of my head that's going RAWLKEJRLSRGH.
Fair warning.
I need new icons.
I'll edit this with people who I want to tag later. I sort of have class to attend.
It's irrational. I'll admit there are a lot of little tiny things that I feel strongly about that are irrational. I don't know, though, I always feel like that's the "redeem yourself, justify your existence" part of the question for the people who couldn't do the first half of the question. I'll tell you my opinion, sure, face-to-face, when it's something that's opinion-worthy. Exam questions that are little more than description of the basics?
I had an opinion but I don't see why she should care, that's all.
I got a 95. I'm happy. Really. As of right now, I am acing the class. I'm just irrationally irritated. And now all of you who are not acing your classes are going to hate me, I'm sorry. I really am. I am trying really hard to appreciate this, but these days, I'm more often irrationally pissed off than not.
Was tagged by dramaturgy to make a list of ten things that make me happy lately. Hope I can think of something? Here goes.
1. The song "Home" by Zero 7. Zero 7 itself, actually, has really helped me lately. I'm probably going to upload a sample -- I used to have more but now I only have When It Falls, I mean to get more. It's one of the few things that's been soothing me lately.
2. People have been driving me. I usually take mass transit, and mass transit's not bad, don't get me wrong. You just have no control over mass transit whatsoever, so it can be totally on time or it can be late or early or the bus driver can stop at a gas station to buy some chips and a Red Bull, and you are fucked, ladies and gents. I know that's how the system works, but it doesn't mean I have to like it. Either way, I have been getting rides from my family, which is fantastic.
3. My friends. If I say more, I will get emotional. Can't afford to do that here. Suffice to say they're all godsends.
4. God help me, but werewolves. I love my werewolves, no matter in what incarnation.
5. I've been writing. And it makes sense, and it fits. I've never had writing be so fluid before. It's reassuring. It reminds me of how writing used to make me feel.
6. Along the same lines... at last, recognition from a fandom? Grey's fandom is reacting well to my most recent stuff, which I know is totally due to the fantastic ideas from roseanna as well as my tendency to cross-post and promote. (Two fandom messageboards have asked me to post my fic and nominate it for awards. Huh.) This sounds egotistical. But it makes me happy.
7. The Les Aspin Center for Government, AKA the opportunity to go to summer school in DC and intern in either a congressperson's office or a place of our choice, is open to me. And you'd have to be crazy to think I'm not going to do whatever I have to do to get in there.
8. Television. Heroes, House, Grey's, CSI, Desperate Housewives, you name it, I love it, I love TV, damn it. I need to just take a fucking break and watch The Office and CSI.
9. I'm probably going to be visiting kaesa in 15, if I can figure out a way to get to IWU.
10. The fact that my birthday is in 25 days. I'll be 21 on the 28th. We're going to the casino to gamble (nickle and dime slots, nothing huge) and have a few drinks, I guess, but odds are low on me getting drunk. I'm more excited about getting a DVR installed in my room so I can start watching all of my usual stuff plus the nerdy, nerdy shit I've always wanted to watch, like Doctor Who, Flash Gordon, BSG, the list goes on.
Hey. There is stuff. Cool.
Maybe people should just stay out of my way today, because even that list isn't calming down the bulky green monster in the back of my head that's going RAWLKEJRLSRGH.
Fair warning.
I need new icons.
I'll edit this with people who I want to tag later. I sort of have class to attend.