Snow day!
So I’m now inclined to believe that there is a god and I’ve been sacrificing virgins or baby cows to this wondrous deity in my sleep or something. There are no words to describe how much I needed this snow day, despite finishing my paper proposal at freaking 4 AM in the morning.
I do [...]
So it’s “holy shit midterms and tests and everything is due” week. I’ve skipped a couple of classes and meals and have become an insomniac. I also managed to lose my voice for a couple of days (by ‘losing’ I mean that my voice alternated between sounding like that of a pixie fairy and that [...]
Screw you, bed.
I definitely did not need a four hour nap today!
TO DO LIST:
Chinese homework/review of characters I still don’t know how to write (read: all).
Finish Wild Swans + paper.
Get at least 4 hrs of shelving done tomorrow, submit time sheet.
Prepare for my individual conference for tomorrow because I don’t know anything from this lesson.
Breaking [...]
Jesus, I am actually drawing a flow chart/family tree for my Japanese Civ reading.
We’re covering the first book of The Tale of Heike and I can’t keep anyone’s names straight (and I’m usually decent with names) which is a major problem. Plus I have to do a write-up for this and I’m so not up [...]
1. What’s up with me losing everything today? This is so not on. I’m upset over losing my favorite earring, it took me ten minutes for me to locate my iPod this morning, and another five minutes to find my iPod USB cable. :[
2. Aikawa Nanase and Shiina Ringo are the Queens of Japanese Rock.
3. [...]
So yesterday I was in an incredibly foul mood because the girls who live on either side of me set their alarms at insane hours of the morning. One of them set their clock for 4 AM and I had just finished some work and trying to succumb to sweet, blessed unconsciousness when her alarm [...]
whine and cheese; please ignore.
I am so tired right now. On the bright side, I managed to complete my hellee’s schedule and it’s only about eight freaking pages because I’m a little crazy. I finished my discussion question for Chinese Revolution, copied some notes from a class I missed, am currently thoroughly knackered.
However, I still [...]
I just realized that I’m crazy particular with carrels the same way my mom is crazy particular with parking spaces.
You see, whenever my mom goes anywhere– she is obsessed with finding the perfect parking space. It has to be near the entrance of the store and it has to be roomy (also preferably with neighbors [...]
TRUTHS
♥ Michelle Branch can’t even be classified as a guilty pleasure.
If I just breathe/fill the space between/I know everything is all right
(I wish that were true, but for now, I can pretend.)
♥ I don’t know why I’m so tired right now…?
♥ I am terrified of bombing my Chinese exam. I’ve been trying to study– but [...]
I’ve basically been a big ball of stress because I have so much shit to do between this week and next. Yesterday at around 11 PM, I was all “…screw this, I’m going to bed.” And I did and had wacky dreams because my subconscious likes to fuck with my mental health.
I woke up today [...]
1. iPad? … iPad? Seriously, Steve Jobs? I’m an Apple geek through and through but no.
2. I am embarrassingly excited for Zombieland when it becomes available on Netflix. I may have a slight obsession with zombie movies (I find them hilarious, okay?).
3. Words cannot describe how much I want the weekend to be here already. [...]
Andrea: I really hate how hard it is to get to the new Chinese classroom. You have to wander through the labyrinth, only instead of a minotaur you have to face CHIANG LAOSHI.
This was the funniest thing I heard all day which speaks volumes of how terrible today was. :(
Things I Love:
My Japanese Civilization class! (I am such a fake East Asian Studies major.)
The (500) Days of Summer soundtrack. So many great tracks. I’ve always loved The Smiths, Regina Spektor, and Carla Bruni but the movie introduced me to The Temper Trap’s “Sweet Disposition” and Mumm-Ra’s “She’s Got You High”.
My late morning classes. [...]
An inauspicious start to this semester.
First day of shopping week and registration.
Registration started late but hopefully I did it right and I now have the two PE classes I want. I’m excited about Pilates.
I skinned my knee climbing out of bed today. Le siiiigh.
Bryn Mawr’s honor code about grades is so vague that I always feel a bit uneasy when discussing them. (When I talk to friends from other schools, I always have to remind myself that it’s normal to talk about them.)
In any case– here’s to being vague!– this was the hardest semester of Chinese yet and [...]
Every time I update my Facebook status, I ask myself before posting, “On a scale from 1-10, how ridiculously nerdy/lame do I sound?”
And the answer every time is “very”.
Current facebook status: Stacy wishes she were secretly saving the world every day to explain her less-than-stellar academic performance and frequent absences this semester.
(Unfortunately, I am no [...]
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I have this insatiable craving for peppermint hot chocolate right now. Last year my parents got a pack of Stephen’s Gourmet Candycane Hot Cocoa mix from Costco. For some reason, no one else in the family liked it which meant I brought all of it to college with me! It was so [...]
I’m still adjusting to Daylight Savings. I’m not used it to looking so dark so early so when I took a nap this afternoon and woke up at 5:30 PM, I nearly had a mini heart attack because I thought it was much later1.
Then I wandered into Andrea’s room looking very disheveled and uttered this [...]
All the classes I want to take in the spring meet on Mondays/Wednesdays 2:30 to 4 PM.
Kill me now.
1. I look like death today.
2. Taylor Swift music is not supposed to make me sad.
3. I am not at all prepared for my quiz in Chinese drills today nor am I prepared for for my appointment with my Anthro prof.
4. I still don’t know what to major/minor if my ideal plan for study abroad+ [...]
…. that was a terrible idea.
I don’t know why I always try to pull all-nighters because they’re so terrible for me.
I feel ridiculously ill at the moment– I could only take three bites of breakfast because the girl gave me gigantic portions of eggs, sausage, and hash browns. I guess I looked like I needed [...]
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I need to make a Daydreamer/Idealist playlist. I’ve always viewed myself as a cynical optimist (since I was thirteen at least) but I’ve become more of an idealist recently. I think our new administration has a lot to do with it; I’m pretty much in love with the direction that [...]
Apropos nothing.
ME: … Wait, are you breaking up with me over Facebook?
ANDREA: I’m simplifying my life.
ME: … NOT EVEN THROUGH A TEXT MESSAGE, OVER FACEBOOK?
ANDREA: Well…
ME: … I’m breaking up with you first! *pause* See, I AM NOT IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU ANYMORE.
ANDREA: My facebook profile is now so much less cluttered! … But [...]
I predict that the next two weeks will be incredibly hellish for me.
I have three group projects to work on, a 15 page paper for Human Rights, finals to deal with, and reading that should somehow magically get done. Needless to say, I think Starbucks is going to become my new best friend. BUT AFTER [...]
Ever got a paper back so covered with red marks that you’re even too afraid to touch it, even when given the opportunity to rewrite it for a higher grade?
Yeah, that’s me right now.
How to Know You’re on the Right Track
If you’re learning more than you’ve ever had and you don’t understand half the concepts but you’re loving the entire process anyway.
That’s when you know.
I just had a pretty kickass Anthro class.
GOOD THINGS!
1. I have girl scout cookies! Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Patties, and Thanks-A-Lots. I’m probably going to gain ten pounds in the next two weeks but I don’t care.
2. I’m madly in love with Psych, the show. It’s predictable, safe, adorable, and hilarious. In other words: perfect braincandy for me to watch when I [...]
I’m in the process of writing my first and final sociology paper in which I talk about the effects of Affirmative Action on East Asian Americans and Southeast Asian Americans in Higher Education. I’m still not sure if even I know what I’m talking about. This… might not end well.
By tomorrow, I’m supposed to have:
a) [...]
CSEM: Greek Mythology
Course Description: For over two millennia, the myths of the Greeks have provoked outrage
and fascination, interpretation and retelling, censorship and elaboration, beginning with the Greeks themselves. As we explore one of the richest treasure troves of the ancient world, we will see how
some of these stories have been read and understood, recounted and [...]
