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i just finished my final exam. that was my last assignment for the semester. i feel like a great weight has been lifted. of course, i haven't submitted it yet, since i want to take tomorrow evening to go over my answers and make sure they aren't completely stupid (the essay ones, not the multiple choice ones). i'm not sure why this exam took ( Read more... )

i just submitted my term paper. i'm really nervous after the type of treatment my last assignment got, but i spent a week on this paper and gave it a lot more attention than anything else. i really REALLY hope it will be OK. i need a better than nice grade if i want to finish the class with a solid B. i don't think i've ever worked this hard ( Read more... )

i just finished writing a little over 16 pages about the librarian stereotype and how best to combat it ( Read more... )

you know what an awesome way to start your day is? getting your cat, especially a kitten with their tiny and super sharp claws, to shred the inside of your wrist. i looks like i had a very unsuccessful attempt at cutting. she practically shredded the skin. i'm not even sure what happened exactly. i picked her up and something spooked her and ( Read more... )

here's what i'm looking forward to these last 4.5 weeks of the semester:

• assignment 2: 30-90 item post-coordinated vocabulary list (search term list) and 15-30 item pre-coordinated vocabulary list (subject headings) for 15 articles written about information and information retrieval to be used in a data structure of my creation, in addition to a ( Read more... )

despite the fact that i was feeling like absolute crap this weekend, i had a pretty good one!

i finally finished with my midterm early friday evening. marshall and i stayed in and at yummy pizza and watched another disc of boondocks. the rest of the night, i honed my drum skills with practically 3 hours of rock band 2. this game as become my ( Read more... )

i worked from tuesday to last night on my literature review and annotated bibliography for my "information and society" class. i was hoping to have it finished by thursday night, but i needed to take a small break. i took an hour break to watch "the office" and SNL's thursday-night thing. i managed half of the annotated bibliography thursday ( Read more... )

apparently the ps3 bundle for rock band 2 doesn't come out until october 19th, not the 14th.

i guess i can consider this a good thing. i won't be distracted while i'm trying to finish this stupid interesting project. in actuality, now that i've decided what my topic is, i've been having lots of luck finding valuable sources. of course, saying ( Read more... )

school is kicking my ass ( Read more... )