I got an e-mail from my minority health professor yesterday (this is the class I'm taking online this summer). I got the impression again that it will be an easy class. We only have to come to campus twice throughout the ten-week course - once for the midterm and once for the final. Other than that, we do everything online. It makes me glad I got my computer fixed! I haven't seen the syllabus or the lecture outlines, but I'm yet again hopeful I might actually get something out of the class and find at least some of it interesting. I hope so. Now physiology, my other class, I know will be interesting and helpful later in life...but definitely not easy.
I've just been hanging around in Dallas this week. On Tuesday night I played with Elliot - we ate at Chilis, went to see "Robot Stories" at the Angelika (I liked it), and then came back to my house and watched "Finding Nemo" (Elliot hadn't seen it!) and talked until 1:30. Which meant it was an early night as far as hanging out with Elliot goes. :) We were just impressed that we managed to see each other twice in two weeks. Yesterday I had lunch with Taylor and Emily, and then I hung out with Matt for the rest of the day. He'd just finished his CPA test (hopefully for good) and needed companionship. Tomorrow we leave for the mini-ranch. It'll be a fun weekend, having Matt's family (and Jeff) down there for the first time. Maybe the other two cows will get named. Then on Sunday it is off to College Station for summer school. Weee...
So Phish is breaking up after their summer tour. Very sad. :( I understand their wanting to end it on a high note, but it's hard to believe that Undermind, their new album, will be their last (unless they release more Live Phish). Matt is happy he'd already purchased tickets for the Indiana shows before Trey's announcement, though, since now the ticket prices will be shooting up and tickets will be getting scarce.
Thursday, May 27, 2004
Monday, May 24, 2004
Hello all. Not much to report. This Saturday, Matt and I went to the Texas-A&M baseball game. We had to get there 2 hours early to get seats in the student section. The sun was beating down on us, we were greasy with sunscreen...but it was very fun. Even though we didn't win (we did on Sunday, though, 7-1), it was quite enjoyable. Patton had two home runs, and the Texas pitching (supposed to be the best in the nation) didn't stop us from getting 9 runs. :) It was our last sporting event as students - sad - but it was a good game to go out on. Although Sunday might've been nicer. And Matt and I did realize later that saying it was our last game as students wasn't entirely true. There is a good chance I'll be back there in a couple years again as a student. Matt was excited about that realization. On Sunday, Matt drove us back to Dallas so we could see Leslie. She was in Texas to see friends graduate from UT, and Mom and Dad flew her up to Dallas so we could see her. It was really great to see her. She can't wait for school to be out for the summer. And she had to sleep with me because her bed is now at the mini-ranch (it was just like Christmas Eve without the presents!). Murphy positioned himself right between our pillows; her would occasionally turn over and fill our faces with fur. Comfy. But Les was off again at 7:30 this morning to get back to Austin. The other fun event yesterday was a bagpipe party at the Roberts. Matt's parents threw a party for the Macdad (and his new wife), all the pipers past and present, and parents. There were a lot of people there (a lot of people are starting to learn and get on the pipes - very exciting). It was good to see Mr Macpherson, since I think it has been a year or two since I saw him last.
Today I've been really worthless...Matt's over at his house studying for the CPA, and I'm wandering around aimlessly. I can't wait for him to be done with that, and neither can he. Wednesday afternoon it'll all (hopefully) be over. Matt's getting very nervous about passing (only 10% of the people do pass all 4 sections) but I'm more confident. He's been studying for hours a day all semester. I can't imagine him not being in that highly talented 10%. But I'm biased. Still, everyone can try and send happy accounting thoughts Matt's way Tuesday and Wednesday morning.
Today I've been really worthless...Matt's over at his house studying for the CPA, and I'm wandering around aimlessly. I can't wait for him to be done with that, and neither can he. Wednesday afternoon it'll all (hopefully) be over. Matt's getting very nervous about passing (only 10% of the people do pass all 4 sections) but I'm more confident. He's been studying for hours a day all semester. I can't imagine him not being in that highly talented 10%. But I'm biased. Still, everyone can try and send happy accounting thoughts Matt's way Tuesday and Wednesday morning.
Saturday, May 22, 2004
Reasons why The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (WW) is not a copy of Ocarina of Time (OoT):
- WW is a sequel. You wouldn't say that F-Zero GX is a copy of the original F-Zero, and that has even less of a story progression than the one that occurred between OoT and WW. Nor would you say all the Mario games are copies, even when it is Mario saving the Princess from Bowser just about every time. (sometimes not...just like the variations in Zelda storylines like Majora's Mask, Oracle of Ages/Seasons, and Link's Awakening). The WW takes place at least 100 years after OoT. Hyrule is under the ocean; the tons of little islands dotting the ocean are all that are left of Hyrule. The people have even changed - the Kokiri forest people are now bizarre little wooden blobs that sound like rainsticks when they walk and have no fairies. The Zora (water people) are now bird-people, the Rito [which makes perfect sense, now that Hyrule is a land of water...uh, yeah...]. The events in OoT are reduced to legends of the remnants of Hyrule.
- The WW world is much larger than the land you could explore in OoT. Getting from the farthest point north to the farthest point south in the WW takes for-ev-er (and is really annoying) even though the King of Red Lions (Link's talking boat) is at least as fast as Epona (horse in OoT).
- OoT and WW have different ratios of dungeon/non-dungeon playing time. OoT had a ton more dungeons - The Great Deku Tree, Dodongo's Cavern, Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly, Forest Temple, Fire Temple, Water Temple, Shadow Temple, Spirit Temple, Ganon's Castle - vs the WW's Forsaken Fortress x 2 [hardly counts - pretty wimpy and first time you don't even have a sword and there isn't a boss battle], Dragon Roost Cavern, Forbidden Woods, Tower of the Gods, Earth Temple, Wind Temple, Ganon's Tower [which only halfway counts since re-killing the previous 4 bosses isn't that amusing]. If you count a dungeon as a long dangerous adventure full of puzzles and battling in a specific place with a boss battle at the end, and disregarding the final Ganon "dungeon", you have 8 OoT dungeons versus 6 WW dungeons. Most of the adult Link dungeons in OoT also require work as young Link before each dungeon (like getting the Goron tunic, going down in the well, or getting the Silver Gauntlets). In general, I found the OoT dungeons were much longer, more challenging, and comprised a much larger part of the game than the dungeons in WW.
- The flipside of the dungeon/non-dungeon playing time ratio: in the WW, interacting with other characters is much more important and comprises a larger part of the game than in OoT. Partly due the larger size of the WW world, there are more people with whom you interact (and want to interact with). Collecting treasure maps, finding pieces of heart, sidequests etc require more interaction with other characters than they did in OoT.
- There are more mini-games (of a greater variety) than in OoT. It isn't just archery anymore; you have battleship, picture-taking, item collecting (Knight Crests, feathers, etc), golfing with huge nut-like things, an auction to attend, etc.
- Fairies are no longer little balls of light with wings in the WW as they were in OoT. In the WW, fairies look like little angels, which makes their apparent death when they heal you all the more disturbing. And the Great Fairies no longer look like scary exotic dancers as they did in OoT; in the WW, they look more like bizarre Hindu goddesses, with their four arms and lotus flowers.
- The weapons and items are NOT the same between the two games. Sure, they're pretty similar, this is a sequel after all, but the differences are there. First, you can hold so many more arrows and bombs in the WW than OoT and those upgrades are much easier to get (thank god). In OoT you had to be pretty awesome at archery, not to mention patient, to get to hold the maximum of 50 arrows in your quiver. Patience was also required to get your bomb bag up to a max carrying capacity of 40 bombs. In the WW, you could get up to 99 arrows and bombs simply by dropping in on the great fairies. Second, the boomerang can lock on to as many as 5 targets as once in the WW, an awesome feature not found in OoT. Third, there was no Deku Leaf to use for wind generation or as a parachute/glider in OoT. The same goes for the grappling hook, picto box, telescope, Tingle Tuner (joy...), and Wind Waker baton. Likewise, WW lacked these weapons and items found in OoT: masks, Gold Skulltulas, tunics, hover boots, slingshot, ocarina, magic spells, scales for diving. Also, the hookshot is a lot cooler in OoT (can be shot at lots of stuff) than in the WW (used infrequently, assumes you need a cutesy visual cue to alert you that something can be hookshoted).
- No gold skulltula collection in WW.
- No diving underwater in WW, and you have a air gauge so Link can't swim forever like in OoT.
- Iron boots are used differently in the two games.
- Link in WW is (at least) the spiritual descendant of OoT's Link, not the original Link of OoT. Tetra (Zelda) (WW) is the biological descendant of OoT's Princess Zelda but is unaware of her identity until partway through the game. [question: is Tetra the descendant of OoT's Zelda and Link? :) ] Link's still without parents in WW, but he does have a relative (grandmother), unlike OoT Link.
- Money plays a more important role in WW, as you have to come up with the cash to pay Tingle to decode the maps in WW. And speaking of Tingle, he wasn't even in OoT, but was most recently seen in Majora's Mask (and is still annoying). You can also carry a lot more money in the WW than in OoT.
- At the end of OoT, Ganon is banished to the Evil Realm, while in the WW, Ganon turns to stone. I hope he's dead, but turning to stone could still give him a means of escape. Of course, he is stone at the bottom of the ocean, but still, Ganon is good at getting out of bad situations.
- Basically, the flow of the two games are different, the amount of time within and without dungeons are different, the amount of time to beat the two games is different, the difficulty levels of the two games are different. The plotline is different, the amount of time interacting with other characters is different, the weapons and items in the two games are different, the size of the game and means of traveling are different...these two games are not the same! The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker has all the elements of a LoZ game: Link, puzzles, dungeons, and it is a more typical Zelda game in that it involves the Princess Zelda and Ganon. But it is not a carbon copy of Ocarina of Time presented in cell-shading.
- WW is a sequel. You wouldn't say that F-Zero GX is a copy of the original F-Zero, and that has even less of a story progression than the one that occurred between OoT and WW. Nor would you say all the Mario games are copies, even when it is Mario saving the Princess from Bowser just about every time. (sometimes not...just like the variations in Zelda storylines like Majora's Mask, Oracle of Ages/Seasons, and Link's Awakening). The WW takes place at least 100 years after OoT. Hyrule is under the ocean; the tons of little islands dotting the ocean are all that are left of Hyrule. The people have even changed - the Kokiri forest people are now bizarre little wooden blobs that sound like rainsticks when they walk and have no fairies. The Zora (water people) are now bird-people, the Rito [which makes perfect sense, now that Hyrule is a land of water...uh, yeah...]. The events in OoT are reduced to legends of the remnants of Hyrule.
- The WW world is much larger than the land you could explore in OoT. Getting from the farthest point north to the farthest point south in the WW takes for-ev-er (and is really annoying) even though the King of Red Lions (Link's talking boat) is at least as fast as Epona (horse in OoT).
- OoT and WW have different ratios of dungeon/non-dungeon playing time. OoT had a ton more dungeons - The Great Deku Tree, Dodongo's Cavern, Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly, Forest Temple, Fire Temple, Water Temple, Shadow Temple, Spirit Temple, Ganon's Castle - vs the WW's Forsaken Fortress x 2 [hardly counts - pretty wimpy and first time you don't even have a sword and there isn't a boss battle], Dragon Roost Cavern, Forbidden Woods, Tower of the Gods, Earth Temple, Wind Temple, Ganon's Tower [which only halfway counts since re-killing the previous 4 bosses isn't that amusing]. If you count a dungeon as a long dangerous adventure full of puzzles and battling in a specific place with a boss battle at the end, and disregarding the final Ganon "dungeon", you have 8 OoT dungeons versus 6 WW dungeons. Most of the adult Link dungeons in OoT also require work as young Link before each dungeon (like getting the Goron tunic, going down in the well, or getting the Silver Gauntlets). In general, I found the OoT dungeons were much longer, more challenging, and comprised a much larger part of the game than the dungeons in WW.
- The flipside of the dungeon/non-dungeon playing time ratio: in the WW, interacting with other characters is much more important and comprises a larger part of the game than in OoT. Partly due the larger size of the WW world, there are more people with whom you interact (and want to interact with). Collecting treasure maps, finding pieces of heart, sidequests etc require more interaction with other characters than they did in OoT.
- There are more mini-games (of a greater variety) than in OoT. It isn't just archery anymore; you have battleship, picture-taking, item collecting (Knight Crests, feathers, etc), golfing with huge nut-like things, an auction to attend, etc.
- Fairies are no longer little balls of light with wings in the WW as they were in OoT. In the WW, fairies look like little angels, which makes their apparent death when they heal you all the more disturbing. And the Great Fairies no longer look like scary exotic dancers as they did in OoT; in the WW, they look more like bizarre Hindu goddesses, with their four arms and lotus flowers.
- The weapons and items are NOT the same between the two games. Sure, they're pretty similar, this is a sequel after all, but the differences are there. First, you can hold so many more arrows and bombs in the WW than OoT and those upgrades are much easier to get (thank god). In OoT you had to be pretty awesome at archery, not to mention patient, to get to hold the maximum of 50 arrows in your quiver. Patience was also required to get your bomb bag up to a max carrying capacity of 40 bombs. In the WW, you could get up to 99 arrows and bombs simply by dropping in on the great fairies. Second, the boomerang can lock on to as many as 5 targets as once in the WW, an awesome feature not found in OoT. Third, there was no Deku Leaf to use for wind generation or as a parachute/glider in OoT. The same goes for the grappling hook, picto box, telescope, Tingle Tuner (joy...), and Wind Waker baton. Likewise, WW lacked these weapons and items found in OoT: masks, Gold Skulltulas, tunics, hover boots, slingshot, ocarina, magic spells, scales for diving. Also, the hookshot is a lot cooler in OoT (can be shot at lots of stuff) than in the WW (used infrequently, assumes you need a cutesy visual cue to alert you that something can be hookshoted).
- No gold skulltula collection in WW.
- No diving underwater in WW, and you have a air gauge so Link can't swim forever like in OoT.
- Iron boots are used differently in the two games.
- Link in WW is (at least) the spiritual descendant of OoT's Link, not the original Link of OoT. Tetra (Zelda) (WW) is the biological descendant of OoT's Princess Zelda but is unaware of her identity until partway through the game. [question: is Tetra the descendant of OoT's Zelda and Link? :) ] Link's still without parents in WW, but he does have a relative (grandmother), unlike OoT Link.
- Money plays a more important role in WW, as you have to come up with the cash to pay Tingle to decode the maps in WW. And speaking of Tingle, he wasn't even in OoT, but was most recently seen in Majora's Mask (and is still annoying). You can also carry a lot more money in the WW than in OoT.
- At the end of OoT, Ganon is banished to the Evil Realm, while in the WW, Ganon turns to stone. I hope he's dead, but turning to stone could still give him a means of escape. Of course, he is stone at the bottom of the ocean, but still, Ganon is good at getting out of bad situations.
- Basically, the flow of the two games are different, the amount of time within and without dungeons are different, the amount of time to beat the two games is different, the difficulty levels of the two games are different. The plotline is different, the amount of time interacting with other characters is different, the weapons and items in the two games are different, the size of the game and means of traveling are different...these two games are not the same! The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker has all the elements of a LoZ game: Link, puzzles, dungeons, and it is a more typical Zelda game in that it involves the Princess Zelda and Ganon. But it is not a carbon copy of Ocarina of Time presented in cell-shading.
Thursday, May 20, 2004
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
No, my computer isn't fixed. I'm in Dallas. Well, my computer may be somewhat fixed - Elliot looked at it last night and the RAM refused to give us the error message anymore, so that problem may be solved. But I still have to reinstall Windows, and the CD is in College Station, so I won't be able to do that until tomorrow at the earliest. Elliot also cleaned out my computer with compressed air - it was FULL of dust (nasty). We both sneezed a lot. The biggest breakthrough with the computer may have been when I discovered I still have 75 days (well, 74 now) left in my Dell warranty. So when I go back to College Station, the first instant it gives me any trouble, I'm making Dell deal with it (which will most likely be a huge ordeal in itself, but whatever).
Speaking of Elliot, we had a really nice time last night. Dust was blown, dogs were played with, Dr. Peppers were drunk. Oh, and Elliot got stung by a bee from the hive that is illegally living in their alley. Ah, Boniface's legacy. And speaking of Boniface, I talked with him for a long time yesterday up at the high school. He's leaving to go teach Latin and British Lit at a high school in Connecticut next year. He isn't leaving HP on the best of terms, but he is excited about his new job and making twice as much money there.
Back-tracking a bit, I think my last post was before the moving extravaganza that was last weekend. Emily spent Wednesday-Saturday moving out of the dorm and into the duplex (my side). The other two roommates, GG and Liz, also moved in on Friday. On Friday, Matt's parents and grandmother and my parents rolled into town. Mom and Dad were there for JJ Washam's graduation and for Matt's, as well as to get some furniture from my place to take to the mini-ranch [we moved all of Matt's furniture to my side]. Matt's graduation was at 7 on Friday. He looked SOOO cute in his master's hood (maroon and white satin inside for A&M, yellow velvet border for Masters of science). After he walked across the stage, rather than walking up the center aisle and sitting back down, he slipped out the side. We were most appreciative, because that meant we didn't have to sit through thousands of undergraduates in two more hours of ceremony. On Saturday, we cleared out the last of Emily's dorm stuff and did some other furniture shuffling. Matt's graduation party was at Uncle Johnny's at lunchtime, and it was quite fun. Then I walked Mom and Dad around the vet school. That night we all attended the Aggie baseball game versus Kansas State. We kicked their butt. :) On Sunday, Mom, Dad and I got all my furniture that was leaving (living room and dining room stuff) onto the trailer and we headed to the mini-ranch. I got to meet the cows and saw the one I am responsible for naming. Anyone have any good girl cow names they want to suggest? We spent Sunday night at the mini-ranch and came to Dallas yesterday.
I'm leaving for College Station tomorrow, and hopefully my computer will behave and I can post more regularly again. Although, with the break in school, there might not be much to report, other than video game progress. :)
Speaking of Elliot, we had a really nice time last night. Dust was blown, dogs were played with, Dr. Peppers were drunk. Oh, and Elliot got stung by a bee from the hive that is illegally living in their alley. Ah, Boniface's legacy. And speaking of Boniface, I talked with him for a long time yesterday up at the high school. He's leaving to go teach Latin and British Lit at a high school in Connecticut next year. He isn't leaving HP on the best of terms, but he is excited about his new job and making twice as much money there.
Back-tracking a bit, I think my last post was before the moving extravaganza that was last weekend. Emily spent Wednesday-Saturday moving out of the dorm and into the duplex (my side). The other two roommates, GG and Liz, also moved in on Friday. On Friday, Matt's parents and grandmother and my parents rolled into town. Mom and Dad were there for JJ Washam's graduation and for Matt's, as well as to get some furniture from my place to take to the mini-ranch [we moved all of Matt's furniture to my side]. Matt's graduation was at 7 on Friday. He looked SOOO cute in his master's hood (maroon and white satin inside for A&M, yellow velvet border for Masters of science). After he walked across the stage, rather than walking up the center aisle and sitting back down, he slipped out the side. We were most appreciative, because that meant we didn't have to sit through thousands of undergraduates in two more hours of ceremony. On Saturday, we cleared out the last of Emily's dorm stuff and did some other furniture shuffling. Matt's graduation party was at Uncle Johnny's at lunchtime, and it was quite fun. Then I walked Mom and Dad around the vet school. That night we all attended the Aggie baseball game versus Kansas State. We kicked their butt. :) On Sunday, Mom, Dad and I got all my furniture that was leaving (living room and dining room stuff) onto the trailer and we headed to the mini-ranch. I got to meet the cows and saw the one I am responsible for naming. Anyone have any good girl cow names they want to suggest? We spent Sunday night at the mini-ranch and came to Dallas yesterday.
I'm leaving for College Station tomorrow, and hopefully my computer will behave and I can post more regularly again. Although, with the break in school, there might not be much to report, other than video game progress. :)
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
This post is coming to you from the SCC (Student Computing Center for you non-Ags out there). I still haven't had the inclination to attempt to fix my computer yet. Maybe tonight or tomorrow. I'll probably try tomorrow - tonight we have a baseball game, if it doesn't get rained out for the 3rd time. I just took my last final this afternoon. It was pretty hard, but it isn't in a class that really matters. That is, it doesn't matter if the curve goes well. But I did get some really good news this morning - I got an A in biochemistry!!!! That's right, between my awesome third test grade and one of the best grades on the final in the class, I pulled off an 85 in the class, which turns out is an A. I was really really pleased, since I worked really hard in that class. And it takes some of the worry off about my anatomy grade (although I'd really love an A in there too...and I've been assuming I don't get a B in microbiology, the class I have not been working hard at). But we'll see. Regardless, I'm really proud of myself for my biochemistry grade.
Another very exciting event from today: at E3, Nintendo showed a trailer for the new Legend of Zelda game and it looks AWESOME! Super realistic, no cell-shading, I'm very excited! I can't wait for more info. You can look at screen shots and the trailer at Zelda Elements. Nintendo also had previews on the Metroid sequel and the Nintendo DS. I am definitely looking forward to Metroid; the DS I'm still not sure about.
So yes, a good day. Took my last final, got an A in biochem, found out good gaming news, baseball tonight. :) Now I should probably go home and help the roommates move out. :( I'll miss Lori and Andi, their nice new boyfriends, their unnecessary screaming, their giggling in the hallway, their baked goods, the constant watching of Lifetime. Well, all things change. They'll be branching out, living with new people, and I get to have a blast living with Emily this summer!
Hopefully my next post will come from my computer. But don't hold your breath.
Another very exciting event from today: at E3, Nintendo showed a trailer for the new Legend of Zelda game and it looks AWESOME! Super realistic, no cell-shading, I'm very excited! I can't wait for more info. You can look at screen shots and the trailer at Zelda Elements. Nintendo also had previews on the Metroid sequel and the Nintendo DS. I am definitely looking forward to Metroid; the DS I'm still not sure about.
So yes, a good day. Took my last final, got an A in biochem, found out good gaming news, baseball tonight. :) Now I should probably go home and help the roommates move out. :( I'll miss Lori and Andi, their nice new boyfriends, their unnecessary screaming, their giggling in the hallway, their baked goods, the constant watching of Lifetime. Well, all things change. They'll be branching out, living with new people, and I get to have a blast living with Emily this summer!
Hopefully my next post will come from my computer. But don't hold your breath.
Sunday, May 09, 2004
Hey, so yeah, this post is coming to you via Matt's computer. Why, you ask? Because my computer has blown up. Okay, not really, but something like a major RAM failure happened on Friday night and I haven't had the time or inclination to deal with it yet. So my computer is completely incapacitated. Plus, I figured it wasn't a good idea to put my hands inside my computer while I'm still angry at it. Just what you want to happen around finals time. The diagnosis of the problem (since all I knew was my computer was super messed up) came from Elliot, my personal computer consultant and all-time hero. I have a few things he told me to try, but I don't want to mess with it until after finals. Besides, I'm kind of curious what life is like without instant access to a computer 24/7. But I'm pretty annoyed about the whole situation still. Grr.
My biochemistry final is tomorrow. I think it is going to suck. I'm completely burned out on studying and I'm sick of thinking about metabolic pathways and I am ready for the summer. SO yeah, good times. And then, once that's over with, I get to study for my microbiology final, which covers something like 1,000 powerpoint slides that I haven't even looked at yet. Well, enough whining.
News: Mom and Dad got 6 cows for the mini-ranch! They're down with Carolyn there this weekend for Mother's Day. I didn't join them because of studying and the end-of-the semester work party at Dr. Hildreth's last night. It was once again very fun - Matt came with me, we ate good food, played some horseshoes and Catch Phrase. Very nice distraction from studying. I didn't go into work all last week, but luckily Dr. Hildreth didn't seem to have noticed. :) So that's about it for me. I may not update again until mid-week or so, probably not before the micro final Wednesday afternoon. Hopefully I can get my computer up and running again without too much difficulty.
My biochemistry final is tomorrow. I think it is going to suck. I'm completely burned out on studying and I'm sick of thinking about metabolic pathways and I am ready for the summer. SO yeah, good times. And then, once that's over with, I get to study for my microbiology final, which covers something like 1,000 powerpoint slides that I haven't even looked at yet. Well, enough whining.
News: Mom and Dad got 6 cows for the mini-ranch! They're down with Carolyn there this weekend for Mother's Day. I didn't join them because of studying and the end-of-the semester work party at Dr. Hildreth's last night. It was once again very fun - Matt came with me, we ate good food, played some horseshoes and Catch Phrase. Very nice distraction from studying. I didn't go into work all last week, but luckily Dr. Hildreth didn't seem to have noticed. :) So that's about it for me. I may not update again until mid-week or so, probably not before the micro final Wednesday afternoon. Hopefully I can get my computer up and running again without too much difficulty.
Friday, May 07, 2004
Whew! No more anatomy until vet school! My final exam was this morning - it went pretty well. The thing was, I had to make an 88% to get an A in the class. I thought I did pretty well on the test - a B or higher - but I don't know that I got at least an 88. So we'll see. I'm in a relatively good mood, and I am so glad to have that final behind me so I can focus on biochemistry. But I wish I'd walked out of the room feeling like I aced it, rather than being uncertain. Oh well, right now, I'm just happy to have it over with!
I watched the series finale of Friends last night. I thought it wrapped it up well. I particularly enjoyed Monica and Chandler's surprise delivery, and of course the baby chick and duck. :) It's odd to think that I'd never watched Friends until I came to college. It became such an integral part of my weekly television schedule (not to mention countless reruns I'd never seen) once I got to A&M. There was one point sophomore year that I could watch a 90 Friends block thanks to Fox and TBS. I also watched ER last night (I was pretty burnt out on studying...I tried to do a little muscle studying during commercials). Now if Friends made me get a little sentimental, ER had me bawling. Okay, not quite, but the Kem/Carter baby storyline was insanely sad. I can't even imagine having to go through that in real life.
I watched the series finale of Friends last night. I thought it wrapped it up well. I particularly enjoyed Monica and Chandler's surprise delivery, and of course the baby chick and duck. :) It's odd to think that I'd never watched Friends until I came to college. It became such an integral part of my weekly television schedule (not to mention countless reruns I'd never seen) once I got to A&M. There was one point sophomore year that I could watch a 90 Friends block thanks to Fox and TBS. I also watched ER last night (I was pretty burnt out on studying...I tried to do a little muscle studying during commercials). Now if Friends made me get a little sentimental, ER had me bawling. Okay, not quite, but the Kem/Carter baby storyline was insanely sad. I can't even imagine having to go through that in real life.
Thursday, May 06, 2004
great, now my google ads are for lightsabers...what happened to my "zelda ocarinas?"
did i mention i'm going to fail my anatomy final tomorrow? totally... :( oh well, more futile studying to do until the series finale of friends starts in 45 minutes (maybe i'll study some muscle origins and insertions during the commercials).
ps: it is good to have matt back from taking the cpa in dallas
did i mention i'm going to fail my anatomy final tomorrow? totally... :( oh well, more futile studying to do until the series finale of friends starts in 45 minutes (maybe i'll study some muscle origins and insertions during the commercials).
ps: it is good to have matt back from taking the cpa in dallas
Excitement! We have new eggs in our hanging plant bird nest by our front door. They're green and speckled and cute. I couldn't tell how many there were, because I didn't want the mother bird to get too anxious about me peering into her nest (my guess is 1-3). I hope all the chicks make it this time.
Wednesday, May 05, 2004
It's odd - as long as I haven't seen it within the last month or so, I can always watch The Shawshank Redemption. If I flip by it while channel surfing, I will inevitably watch it. I don't know that I do that with any other movie.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic continues to be good. I'm still on the planet Taris, but I should be leaving it shortly. My available party members now consist of me (male human scout), a male human soldier, a female human Jedi (lightsaber = greatness), a Wookie, and a female Twi'lek. Oh, and a droid. His beeps are adorable.
As for the rest of my day, I just studied anatomy and biochemistry. Speaking of which, I need to get back to that. I need to be done with anatomy by 7 tomorrow so I can watch the series finale of Friends with Matt, who will be back from taking half of the CPA exam. :)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic continues to be good. I'm still on the planet Taris, but I should be leaving it shortly. My available party members now consist of me (male human scout), a male human soldier, a female human Jedi (lightsaber = greatness), a Wookie, and a female Twi'lek. Oh, and a droid. His beeps are adorable.
As for the rest of my day, I just studied anatomy and biochemistry. Speaking of which, I need to get back to that. I need to be done with anatomy by 7 tomorrow so I can watch the series finale of Friends with Matt, who will be back from taking half of the CPA exam. :)
Tuesday, May 04, 2004
I picked up my genetics test and anatomy case study exam today - chalk up two more good grades from the week of hell. Maybe the fact that I got all A's in my hardest week of the semester bodes well for vet school. Unfortunately, the rest of the day didn't go quite as well. I did my anatomy studying and had a good session of playing KOTOR, but then when I went to check the mail I locked myself out of the house. I had to unlock the door to get out, and I reflexively locked it behind me. Oops. It's a really good thing Matt lives next door, because even though he wasn't home to let me in, I got to go over there and watch TV for the 1.5 hours my roommates were gone. And I ate his food, because it was getting late and I hadn't had dinner. So I didn't get as much studying done as I would have liked this evening. Thank goodness Lori came home at 8:30 so I could get in.
Now I need to study photosynthesis. Yippee.
Now I need to study photosynthesis. Yippee.
Monday, May 03, 2004
Biochemistry today was interesting. It was our last lecture, and I sat in a different place than usual - closer to the front and in the middle - so I could sit with some friends. First off, the guy behind me thought that when chewing and crunching ice all class, no one around him could hear it. Wrong! And then this junior Corps guy a row ahead of us was feeling up his girlfriend all through class, spasmodically clutching up and down her leg (massage???), and when his hand got tired, resting it in her crotchal area. Dude, we can see you! For those two reasons, biochem today was annoying. But for this next reason, it rocked: I got a 94 on my biochemistry test #3! A REAL A! Now, my first test was an "A" at a 77, but this test was both a real and curved A (87-100 was an A, the average was a 67). I was SO happy. Because I thought I did fairly well on this test, but then I thought I did okay last time and got a C. So I was not allowing myself to hope that I did well on this test. But I did! Yay! :)
Sunday, May 02, 2004
Quickie: Halo is awesome (I already knew this, but now that I own it, I really still feel that way). Matt and I played through the first three missions last night. KOTOR is cool too - much more complicated than I suspected, which was a surprise but I think it'll make it more fun. I named my character Tuor from the Silmarillion. He's a Scout (I'm trying to make him go to the Light side...we'll see). My finals studying is going pretty well, although I'm really sick of looking at my anatomy notes by now.
In other news, the Texas Aggie Women's Tennis team won the 2004 Big 12 Championship! They beat t.u. in the finals! Whoop! And the baseball team pulled off a much-needed win against Nebraska today.
In other news, the Texas Aggie Women's Tennis team won the 2004 Big 12 Championship! They beat t.u. in the finals! Whoop! And the baseball team pulled off a much-needed win against Nebraska today.
Saturday, May 01, 2004
So I don't really feel like posting the details of the worst week of college ever, but I thought I'd let my readers (both open and stalkers...ehem - Laura) know that I made it through (barely). The head exam didn't go as spectacular as I would have liked, considering how much time I spent studying for it, but it was okay. My micro lab test was a joke. Genetics was fine, only because I didn't need to make a great grade on it. And biochemistry yesterday...well...I thought it went okay (not great, not horrible, okay) but last time I thought that I got a C. So I won't talk about it anymore. I'll get most of those grades back Monday.
I was so exhausted by night-time last night. Matt and I played basketball in the afternoon (I think he let me win b/c if I hadn't I might've punched him or at least sulked for a while), and then I had to get ready to go to the ACS Chemistry banquet. I picked up Amanda and we headed to the Faculty Club. It was pretty fun, but only because I got to talk with Amanda, Laura, and Jenny, none of whom I see in classes anymore. And I might not see Laura and Jenny again...ever? They're both headed to California for grad school (Laura to UC Irvine; Jenny to Berkeley - Les, I should give her your phone number or something as an emergency contact b/c she doesn't know anyone in that area). Also, the food was good and I got $50 for being an "outstanding senior chemistry student." Yay! Amanda was an outstanding junior, and Laura and Jenny were outstanding graduating students. I have smart friends. :) The $50 was good because it helped to defray the costs I incurred at Best Buy in my post-stressful week buying frenzy where I ended up with an Xbox (the green Halo edition) and Knights of the Old Republic. Heehee. I like my Xbox. Last night Matt and I watched Shrek on it and he tucked me in at 11:30.
So that's about it for my week. Now I get to start studying for finals because anatomy is less than a week away. But I guess it could be worse - I could be taking the CPA exam next week. Yikes.
I was so exhausted by night-time last night. Matt and I played basketball in the afternoon (I think he let me win b/c if I hadn't I might've punched him or at least sulked for a while), and then I had to get ready to go to the ACS Chemistry banquet. I picked up Amanda and we headed to the Faculty Club. It was pretty fun, but only because I got to talk with Amanda, Laura, and Jenny, none of whom I see in classes anymore. And I might not see Laura and Jenny again...ever? They're both headed to California for grad school (Laura to UC Irvine; Jenny to Berkeley - Les, I should give her your phone number or something as an emergency contact b/c she doesn't know anyone in that area). Also, the food was good and I got $50 for being an "outstanding senior chemistry student." Yay! Amanda was an outstanding junior, and Laura and Jenny were outstanding graduating students. I have smart friends. :) The $50 was good because it helped to defray the costs I incurred at Best Buy in my post-stressful week buying frenzy where I ended up with an Xbox (the green Halo edition) and Knights of the Old Republic. Heehee. I like my Xbox. Last night Matt and I watched Shrek on it and he tucked me in at 11:30.
So that's about it for my week. Now I get to start studying for finals because anatomy is less than a week away. But I guess it could be worse - I could be taking the CPA exam next week. Yikes.
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