10:45 pm
When I said that last week was hell week, I lied and really meant that this week is hell week.
I literally sat for 8 hours at the table today studying for the lab practical tomorrow. I woke up this morning actually feeling confident that I would be able to get all the readings and stuff done at a reasonable hour. And I pretty much have. I've read everything at least once (I mean it's half a semesters' worth of 4-7 page long labs) and all I have left is to look over the diagrams in the manual. I'm planning on reading over everything again at least once tonight and a couple of times tomorrow morning.
But it's just that feeling again. I was talking to Red about it earlier... I don't typically display test anxiety physically. My mind is usually going 100 mph until I dive into the test... then it breaks even. I don't particularly think it's how I study... granted I'd give up a Friday and Saturday night to go out than stay in and study. I know, I've seen me do it. But when I do sit down to study, I get nose to the grind focused on it. Part of my problem, I believe, isn't so much the inability to retain information but rather WHICH information I retain. Because it seems like it's usually the irrelevant stuff that I can recall. I guess that's just part of the fun of the guessing game on college exam day.
I should be getting the Physics test back tomorrow. Awesome way to start Monday.... I won't look at it until after I get home so if I start crying, I can just hop in the shower and let it out.
Wednesday, there is a Chemistry Lab midterm. This is another nerve wrecker because I don't know what to expect from this new professor. I'm crossing my fingers that it is somewhat easier than Dr. A's. So far the reports have been easy to understand and do. But I just don't know.
Thursday, there's another Bio lecture quiz. I'm pretty sure I did fairly terribly on the one last week because, frankly, I forgot there was one until about 11pm the night before. I was too preoccupied with Physics and I forgot. So I'll need to get on that asap.
... I was totally gonna do goals this week in a form of a day-by-day itinerary, but it's too exhausting. And I'm tired.
So I'll just leave it at the fact that we added to the zoo today with a puppy. He's a 5 1/2 month old chihuahua, white with a few caramel spots on his back and his name is Casper and he is the sweeeeeeeeeetest thing ever.
The last puppy we got was on August 31 (June-bug/the-baby-dog)... The only reason I remember that is cause it was the day Matt & Zac left for boot camp and I was thoroughly distraught all day. Then I came home and there was a puppy on the floor. :] So the longest my stepmother can go without adding a new pet is 6 months.
not including the frogs.
February 28, 2010
February 26, 2010
It's Bad Decision Friday!
11:50am
So many bad decisions were made this morning....
1) It took me until 8:20 to decide to get out of bed and go to my 9:00 class.
2) I did not eat breakfast or drink any coffee
3) I opted out of a bra... a very bad decision.
4) I wore a shirt that plainly makes me look like I'm not wearing a bra
5) Out of sheer laziness and partly because I was running late, I put on flip flops... when it's like 28 degrees outside.
6) I did not bother to put on any deodorant because it was one short class
7) I didn't pee upon waking up
Well that's the gist of it at least.
Happy Friday!
So many bad decisions were made this morning....
1) It took me until 8:20 to decide to get out of bed and go to my 9:00 class.
2) I did not eat breakfast or drink any coffee
3) I opted out of a bra... a very bad decision.
4) I wore a shirt that plainly makes me look like I'm not wearing a bra
5) Out of sheer laziness and partly because I was running late, I put on flip flops... when it's like 28 degrees outside.
6) I did not bother to put on any deodorant because it was one short class
7) I didn't pee upon waking up
Well that's the gist of it at least.
Happy Friday!
February 24, 2010
Uhoh.
10:18am
It's that time of year again.
Physics test time.
And from what I've heard so far, I'm about to go fail the living shit out of it.
One guy said it took him nearly 5 hours and he left two of them blank. (There's only 7 questions)
Another girl said that she left one blank too, after three hours.
greeeeeeeat.
***
1:11pm
I think that must be what getting raped in the ass with a cactus, over a fire, and with Rick Astley playing in the background feels like.
That was unnecessary, but it was pretty brutal.
Chem Lab time, AWESOME.
not.
***
7:36 pm
mmmmmmm I love El Tap Wednesdays.
So I've figured it out. The next couple of weeks are going to be pretty brutal. I had my Physics test today which, indeed, ripped me a new one. And since I'm clearly not the only one who had trouble with it, Dr. Rulison will (hopefully) give us some extra credit to come in and do. Next Monday I have a Bio lab practical/midterm that is work a pretty significant chunk of the final grade. Then Wednesday, I have a Chem lab midterm. Sometime soon after that (I can feel it in my bones) there will be the dreaded oral presentation for Core.
I guess I need to go start making flash cards for Monday.
sooooooo mmmmuuuccchhh tttooo ssstttuuudddyyyyyyyy.
It's that time of year again.
Physics test time.
And from what I've heard so far, I'm about to go fail the living shit out of it.
One guy said it took him nearly 5 hours and he left two of them blank. (There's only 7 questions)
Another girl said that she left one blank too, after three hours.
greeeeeeeat.
***
1:11pm
I think that must be what getting raped in the ass with a cactus, over a fire, and with Rick Astley playing in the background feels like.
That was unnecessary, but it was pretty brutal.
Chem Lab time, AWESOME.
not.
***
7:36 pm
mmmmmmm I love El Tap Wednesdays.
So I've figured it out. The next couple of weeks are going to be pretty brutal. I had my Physics test today which, indeed, ripped me a new one. And since I'm clearly not the only one who had trouble with it, Dr. Rulison will (hopefully) give us some extra credit to come in and do. Next Monday I have a Bio lab practical/midterm that is work a pretty significant chunk of the final grade. Then Wednesday, I have a Chem lab midterm. Sometime soon after that (I can feel it in my bones) there will be the dreaded oral presentation for Core.
I guess I need to go start making flash cards for Monday.
sooooooo mmmmuuuccchhh tttooo ssstttuuudddyyyyyyyy.
February 23, 2010
A wintry mix is in the forecast for tomorrow :(
10:34am
Nothing like a dose of good 'ol Core to nearly knock me back to sleep. At least we got out early so I could go stretch my legs and walk over to the library.
Physics test in the AM. I haven't quite gotten to freakout point yet, but I can feel it coming. It will be here by at least this evening.
I need more coffee.
***
1:06pm
I have a throbbing headache, which is all the more reason to not want to go to Physics Lab.
Goddammit.
Today I've realized that I've stalled long enough on making this blog into a study aid to the point where I don't want to do that anymore. Well, false, I do want to do it still, but so far I seem to be getting more satisfaction out of using it to bitch and moan about stuff instead.
Besides, that recall thing in that Cornell system of taking notes has never worked for me... wouldn't this basically be the same thing?
Nothing like a dose of good 'ol Core to nearly knock me back to sleep. At least we got out early so I could go stretch my legs and walk over to the library.
Physics test in the AM. I haven't quite gotten to freakout point yet, but I can feel it coming. It will be here by at least this evening.
I need more coffee.
***
1:06pm
I have a throbbing headache, which is all the more reason to not want to go to Physics Lab.
Goddammit.
Today I've realized that I've stalled long enough on making this blog into a study aid to the point where I don't want to do that anymore. Well, false, I do want to do it still, but so far I seem to be getting more satisfaction out of using it to bitch and moan about stuff instead.
Besides, that recall thing in that Cornell system of taking notes has never worked for me... wouldn't this basically be the same thing?
February 22, 2010
kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
repeat.
10:55am
Actually if all we had to memorize were the kingdoms, phyla, and so on, this lab practical would be easy as fluck.
I don't have much time to write anything because I have a strict schedule for today because there is so much to do.
And I have to go poop.
***
4:08pm
woooooo Massage Mondays! It was a little bit of a surprise but I came home and got offered one of the afternoon massages... yeeeeah!
And I got an 83 on my Bio test. yeeeeeah!
And I'm in a really, really good mood right now. yeeeeeah!
10:55am
Actually if all we had to memorize were the kingdoms, phyla, and so on, this lab practical would be easy as fluck.
I don't have much time to write anything because I have a strict schedule for today because there is so much to do.
And I have to go poop.
***
4:08pm
woooooo Massage Mondays! It was a little bit of a surprise but I came home and got offered one of the afternoon massages... yeeeeah!
And I got an 83 on my Bio test. yeeeeeah!
And I'm in a really, really good mood right now. yeeeeeah!
February 21, 2010
Sunday Night Jitters
I feel silly, but Sunday nights seem to be having a recurring theme. It's those damn nerves.
Again, I feel silly.
I've always dealt with nerves of some form or another when it comes to going to school. Always. They aren't completely terrible on Sunday nights because on Sunday nights, I at least still have the rest of the evening and night to enjoy not being at school. The butterflies start kicking into overdrive when I pull into the Goslin parking lot. I don't have a real good reason that I can think of to blame these nerves on, but here's a few I can list:
>> I admit, I don't have many friends at Oglethorpe. I didn't at Berry either, and it was much worse then. But I don't, and that's the plain and simple truth. It doesn't bother me, though. Social situations terrify me more than the upcoming oral presentation in Core. The thing is, I am completely okay with it because I prefer being alone and having my distance anyways. So I always get nervous that I may be thrown into a social situation, which then throws me into panic mode. [[ie. last week I went down into the lounge to help one of my brothers with his lab report and there was another guy down there who happens to be the son of my chemistry professor. For whatever reason it might have been, halfway through helping him I could feel my skin start to burn and could feel myself getting red. Sure enough, when I left and headed to my car I looked in the mirror and I was absolutely COVERED in red hive splotches. Caused by nerves. All I can say is thank god I had a scarf that I could wrap around my neck and chest until I left.]]
>> I'm always afraid that I'll do or say something stupid in class. If there is one thing that I hate in the world more than anything is being laughed at, but usually only by people who I'm not really good friends with [I mean, it's completely different when I'm around my best friends and do something stupid and we all have a laugh... I still turn beet red with embarrassment, but it's better than getting laughed at by strangers.] This particular fear of doing something stupid usually happens on Tuesdays and Wednesdays when I have Physics and Chemistry lab. Physics lab scares me for a list of reasons that would be suitable for a-whole-nother blog. Chemistry lab scares me because it often tends to deal with flammable chemicals and fire. And because I had a traumatic experience with high school Chemistry so all around, I just kind of hate it.
>> I have tests coming up that I am terrified of. Physics is one of them. I'm terrified because last semester, the highest grade I made on any of the tests was, like, a 50 or something. Even though I came out of the class with a C+. I have a lab quiz in Biology, which isn't bad because it's open note and open book and we (supposedly) are going to get to work together on it too. Then a lecture quiz, but that shouldn't be terrible either. I just have a shit-ton of work to do in order to prepare for them. Next Monday, however, I have a lab practical which is a big deal and there's so much material to cover. You just wait until next Sunday night.... oh boy.
>> We're dissecting frogs tomorrow. I mean come the freak on, I've been dissecting stuff for the past three weeks and I'm used to the smell and the grossness. I dunno. I just get really nervous. Again.
That's all I can really think of as far as reasons why I get so nervous so easily, but I'm sure if I wasn't getting anxious about doing work and stuff tonight I could think of more.
Bah. I need to quit being so whiny all the time.
Again, I feel silly.
I've always dealt with nerves of some form or another when it comes to going to school. Always. They aren't completely terrible on Sunday nights because on Sunday nights, I at least still have the rest of the evening and night to enjoy not being at school. The butterflies start kicking into overdrive when I pull into the Goslin parking lot. I don't have a real good reason that I can think of to blame these nerves on, but here's a few I can list:
>> I admit, I don't have many friends at Oglethorpe. I didn't at Berry either, and it was much worse then. But I don't, and that's the plain and simple truth. It doesn't bother me, though. Social situations terrify me more than the upcoming oral presentation in Core. The thing is, I am completely okay with it because I prefer being alone and having my distance anyways. So I always get nervous that I may be thrown into a social situation, which then throws me into panic mode. [[ie. last week I went down into the lounge to help one of my brothers with his lab report and there was another guy down there who happens to be the son of my chemistry professor. For whatever reason it might have been, halfway through helping him I could feel my skin start to burn and could feel myself getting red. Sure enough, when I left and headed to my car I looked in the mirror and I was absolutely COVERED in red hive splotches. Caused by nerves. All I can say is thank god I had a scarf that I could wrap around my neck and chest until I left.]]
>> I'm always afraid that I'll do or say something stupid in class. If there is one thing that I hate in the world more than anything is being laughed at, but usually only by people who I'm not really good friends with [I mean, it's completely different when I'm around my best friends and do something stupid and we all have a laugh... I still turn beet red with embarrassment, but it's better than getting laughed at by strangers.] This particular fear of doing something stupid usually happens on Tuesdays and Wednesdays when I have Physics and Chemistry lab. Physics lab scares me for a list of reasons that would be suitable for a-whole-nother blog. Chemistry lab scares me because it often tends to deal with flammable chemicals and fire. And because I had a traumatic experience with high school Chemistry so all around, I just kind of hate it.
>> I have tests coming up that I am terrified of. Physics is one of them. I'm terrified because last semester, the highest grade I made on any of the tests was, like, a 50 or something. Even though I came out of the class with a C+. I have a lab quiz in Biology, which isn't bad because it's open note and open book and we (supposedly) are going to get to work together on it too. Then a lecture quiz, but that shouldn't be terrible either. I just have a shit-ton of work to do in order to prepare for them. Next Monday, however, I have a lab practical which is a big deal and there's so much material to cover. You just wait until next Sunday night.... oh boy.
>> We're dissecting frogs tomorrow. I mean come the freak on, I've been dissecting stuff for the past three weeks and I'm used to the smell and the grossness. I dunno. I just get really nervous. Again.
That's all I can really think of as far as reasons why I get so nervous so easily, but I'm sure if I wasn't getting anxious about doing work and stuff tonight I could think of more.
Bah. I need to quit being so whiny all the time.
February 17, 2010
Tired of winter.
10:00 am
Supposedly, the temperature is getting up to 60 degrees this weekend. I can only cross my fingers...... I'm very much ready for summertime.
This morning I got on Facebook and saw a status from one of my mom's friends ('cause I'm FB friends with her high school friends and all... I'm just THAT cool....) and it said that another one of their friends had a heart attack. I was really upset by this because this particular friend is one of the sweetest and funniest guys ever. Plus, he was only 40 years old.
A few months ago, I met a whole slew of the people that my mom grew up skating with. At a bar. It was terribly fun because her drunk friends seem more fun that my drunk friends. That night, I met the guy who had the heart attack [his name is Mark] and it was soon obvious that he was the life of the party back then because he sure as hell was the life of the party that night.
So I was really upset to hear that news this morning.
Today after I got out of Physics, I had total intentions of going for my walk around campus... but when I got out to the Quad, aside from the bitter cold wind blowing, I realized that a lot more students were out and about than usual. Probably because it's getting close to midterms (jesus, already??) and they decided to actually go to class today. And, as usual, I didn't want to make my presence noticeable by aimlessly walking around campus, so I'm just skipping it today. I know I'll regret it. It's too damn cold anyway.
My stepsister's grandfather died a couple of days ago and the memorial service is tonight, so I have to go to that. I'll probably go to hell for saying this, but I don't want to miss El Tap tonight for a funeral for a man I never met and whose family I am not related to, neither by marriage nor by blood.
We'll see how it goes.
I have some homework that I should probably do. It's nothing completely overwhelming and I don't have any pressing matters to get done for any classes. There's a Physics test next Wednesday and I made a goal to study for it every single day for a week leading up to the test, so there's some stuff I could do for it. I read the lab handout for Chemistry last night so maybe this week we won't screw it up as bad.
So I'm thinking that I'm gonna take it easy today. Not completely slack off like it's the weekend, but definitely not stress about responsibilities that aren't due for a few days. So I brought my PSP to school today. Gonna work on beating Spyro. Again.
:D
***
10:24 pm
God, I'm exhausted.
And in a bad mood because my Core prof. emailed us and told us that our oral presentations will begin next week.
I mother-fucking hate public speaking.
ugh.
Supposedly, the temperature is getting up to 60 degrees this weekend. I can only cross my fingers...... I'm very much ready for summertime.
This morning I got on Facebook and saw a status from one of my mom's friends ('cause I'm FB friends with her high school friends and all... I'm just THAT cool....) and it said that another one of their friends had a heart attack. I was really upset by this because this particular friend is one of the sweetest and funniest guys ever. Plus, he was only 40 years old.
A few months ago, I met a whole slew of the people that my mom grew up skating with. At a bar. It was terribly fun because her drunk friends seem more fun that my drunk friends. That night, I met the guy who had the heart attack [his name is Mark] and it was soon obvious that he was the life of the party back then because he sure as hell was the life of the party that night.
So I was really upset to hear that news this morning.
Today after I got out of Physics, I had total intentions of going for my walk around campus... but when I got out to the Quad, aside from the bitter cold wind blowing, I realized that a lot more students were out and about than usual. Probably because it's getting close to midterms (jesus, already??) and they decided to actually go to class today. And, as usual, I didn't want to make my presence noticeable by aimlessly walking around campus, so I'm just skipping it today. I know I'll regret it. It's too damn cold anyway.
My stepsister's grandfather died a couple of days ago and the memorial service is tonight, so I have to go to that. I'll probably go to hell for saying this, but I don't want to miss El Tap tonight for a funeral for a man I never met and whose family I am not related to, neither by marriage nor by blood.
We'll see how it goes.
I have some homework that I should probably do. It's nothing completely overwhelming and I don't have any pressing matters to get done for any classes. There's a Physics test next Wednesday and I made a goal to study for it every single day for a week leading up to the test, so there's some stuff I could do for it. I read the lab handout for Chemistry last night so maybe this week we won't screw it up as bad.
So I'm thinking that I'm gonna take it easy today. Not completely slack off like it's the weekend, but definitely not stress about responsibilities that aren't due for a few days. So I brought my PSP to school today. Gonna work on beating Spyro. Again.
:D
***
10:24 pm
God, I'm exhausted.
And in a bad mood because my Core prof. emailed us and told us that our oral presentations will begin next week.
I mother-fucking hate public speaking.
ugh.
February 16, 2010
I mean he's only a former President and all...
3:14 pm
I totally just saw President Jimmy Carter sitting about 50 feet away from me and listened to him talk for a little while.
:]
Core test went aight. At least I feel like it did. We shall see.
Now I have about two more hours to kill until the next speaker comes that I have to go listen to. It's something the brothers got started and now that we have an attendance policy for all events and speakers, I have to stick around.
Anyhoooo. Gonna go do Physics while I wait.
Jimmy Carter! Woo!
***
9:27 pm
I've been having mishaps with baby powder lately and I should probably get it under control so I don't go walking around with white streaks all over my shirt all day.
Why baby powder?
No, I don't have a secret that I need to spill. I've recently began an experiment with this baby powder using it under my arms in the morning to see if it can do anything about my excessive sweatiness. I've been through multiple kinds of regular strength, clinical strength, extra protective, blah blah blah types of deodorant and none can mask the ring of moisture that I get under my shirt. So I went and bought some baby powder that is supposed to soak up excessive moisture and I'm hoping that it will help me. So far, I think.. I hope it's working. It didn't seem to today but it was my first real day with it so... we'll just have to see. I just need to quit spilling it all over myself.
Bahhhhh so. No Physics lab today, which was freaking awesome. It was supposed to be a "research day" for our projects and we had to turn in a rough draft of what we were going to do and stuff. Since neither of my lab partners seem to have any concern about it, nor do they try to get in touch with me about it, I sent in an idea about seeing which methods can cool a room-temperature can of soda the fastest. I found it online and it doesn't seem hard so... we'll see.
And... yeah. Nothing much else. One of my goals from last week was to NOT dawdle around and wait until the last minute to write up my Chemistry lab report so I'm gonna go do that and then possibly work on some Physics problems... but my bed is calling....
I totally just saw President Jimmy Carter sitting about 50 feet away from me and listened to him talk for a little while.
:]
Core test went aight. At least I feel like it did. We shall see.
Now I have about two more hours to kill until the next speaker comes that I have to go listen to. It's something the brothers got started and now that we have an attendance policy for all events and speakers, I have to stick around.
Anyhoooo. Gonna go do Physics while I wait.
Jimmy Carter! Woo!
***
9:27 pm
I've been having mishaps with baby powder lately and I should probably get it under control so I don't go walking around with white streaks all over my shirt all day.
Why baby powder?
No, I don't have a secret that I need to spill. I've recently began an experiment with this baby powder using it under my arms in the morning to see if it can do anything about my excessive sweatiness. I've been through multiple kinds of regular strength, clinical strength, extra protective, blah blah blah types of deodorant and none can mask the ring of moisture that I get under my shirt. So I went and bought some baby powder that is supposed to soak up excessive moisture and I'm hoping that it will help me. So far, I think.. I hope it's working. It didn't seem to today but it was my first real day with it so... we'll just have to see. I just need to quit spilling it all over myself.
Bahhhhh so. No Physics lab today, which was freaking awesome. It was supposed to be a "research day" for our projects and we had to turn in a rough draft of what we were going to do and stuff. Since neither of my lab partners seem to have any concern about it, nor do they try to get in touch with me about it, I sent in an idea about seeing which methods can cool a room-temperature can of soda the fastest. I found it online and it doesn't seem hard so... we'll see.
And... yeah. Nothing much else. One of my goals from last week was to NOT dawdle around and wait until the last minute to write up my Chemistry lab report so I'm gonna go do that and then possibly work on some Physics problems... but my bed is calling....
February 15, 2010
Monday Blues
Tomorrow will be met with a mix of highs and lows. The bad part is that I have a Core test. From what I hear, this professor is extremely easy to get a good grade in and it shouldn't be difficult. But it's still a test, and a Core test nonetheless. I hate Core all the way down to my core. :] But on the bright side, Jimmy Carter is coming to my school to talk tomorrow, which should be really cool. I don't really know what the purpose is for the visit, but it's kind of exciting. At least with that, I can finally get my mother-effing Petrel Point obligation all done. FINALLY.
The Bio test from last Thursday was decent, I suppose. It took me nearly two hours to finish, but I feel like I did well. There were four short essays that took up most of the time because I'd be writing and then get halfway through and think of something else to write and then have to retrace my steps and rewrite a bunch of stuff. But I think it'll be okay.
The weekend was fun. Friday night, apart from sloshing and sliding around in the snow, we went to see Mamma Mia at the Fox as an early birthday present from Tori's mom and it was faaaaaabulous. Lord at all the spandex and platform boots! :] Since I didn't feel like crashing into a ditch in the snow, I stayed at Tori's and we slept in her new bed ;] Saturday morning we woke up early and had breakfast and then went playing in the snow, but not before I broke her new bed.... I swear all I did was jump up and sit on it 'cause it's freaking nearly 4 feet off the ground. When I did, one of the support things popped off. I felt terrible but she called up Ikea and bitched at them. Then we built a snow-ho, complete with titties and a booty to take out some stress from the bed. Red came over and we piled the bed into his car and went to Ikea to exchange it. Came home and put it together and took a nap. Woke up, got some beer, went to Roy's for a bit, then went back to Red's house.
Valentine's Day was sweet. Red made me peanut butter-chip waffles then took me to see the movie Valentine's Day [which was sooooooooo cute] then to dinner at Houston's, then to my house for a little intimacy. It was a good day :]
Today was... whatever. I signed up for the Physics test next Wednesday so I'll start studying for it this Wednesday. Bio lab was, eh. We dissected a starfish, which stunk, but it was cool I suppose. We're saving the frog for next week.
Ahhh so. Yeah. I'm ridiculously nervous for this test tomorrow. I know I shouldn't be because I've had Core tests before and did good on them. Good enough to at least get a B in the class.
Agh, Idk.
More later, maybe.
***
10:01pm
On a side note, but will be a rant saved for another day, is the frustrations from last week's chapter meeting. We passed a bunch of bylaws that may be fucking me over in the very near future.
But it's late and I'm tired and it's something for another day.
The Bio test from last Thursday was decent, I suppose. It took me nearly two hours to finish, but I feel like I did well. There were four short essays that took up most of the time because I'd be writing and then get halfway through and think of something else to write and then have to retrace my steps and rewrite a bunch of stuff. But I think it'll be okay.
The weekend was fun. Friday night, apart from sloshing and sliding around in the snow, we went to see Mamma Mia at the Fox as an early birthday present from Tori's mom and it was faaaaaabulous. Lord at all the spandex and platform boots! :] Since I didn't feel like crashing into a ditch in the snow, I stayed at Tori's and we slept in her new bed ;] Saturday morning we woke up early and had breakfast and then went playing in the snow, but not before I broke her new bed.... I swear all I did was jump up and sit on it 'cause it's freaking nearly 4 feet off the ground. When I did, one of the support things popped off. I felt terrible but she called up Ikea and bitched at them. Then we built a snow-ho, complete with titties and a booty to take out some stress from the bed. Red came over and we piled the bed into his car and went to Ikea to exchange it. Came home and put it together and took a nap. Woke up, got some beer, went to Roy's for a bit, then went back to Red's house.
Valentine's Day was sweet. Red made me peanut butter-chip waffles then took me to see the movie Valentine's Day [which was sooooooooo cute] then to dinner at Houston's, then to my house for a little intimacy. It was a good day :]
Today was... whatever. I signed up for the Physics test next Wednesday so I'll start studying for it this Wednesday. Bio lab was, eh. We dissected a starfish, which stunk, but it was cool I suppose. We're saving the frog for next week.
Ahhh so. Yeah. I'm ridiculously nervous for this test tomorrow. I know I shouldn't be because I've had Core tests before and did good on them. Good enough to at least get a B in the class.
Agh, Idk.
More later, maybe.
***
10:01pm
On a side note, but will be a rant saved for another day, is the frustrations from last week's chapter meeting. We passed a bunch of bylaws that may be fucking me over in the very near future.
But it's late and I'm tired and it's something for another day.
February 14, 2010
Valentine's Day/New Goals for the week/More snow again?!
11:08 pm
It's Valentine's day and my wonderful Valentine broke the rule of no-gift-exchange this year and got me a bouquet of white roses [my favorite] and a little stuffed bear. We went to see the movie Valentine's Day and it was awesome :] Then dinner at Houston's.
That boy is so good to me.
The weekend snow was fun. Tori and I built an anatomically correct snow-ho, complete with tits and a donk modeled after both of us. [Mamma Mia at the Fox on Friday was pretty swell too.] I broke her bed this weekend. Got snowed/iced in at her house.
I guess tomorrow will be a better day to go into detail about the weekend because I am exhausted and it's late and I need to go to bed soon.
Goals for the Week:
-walk on campus everyday
-leave on time for class every day
-start studying for Physics test on Monday, Tuesday at the latest, and study for a straight week.
crap, maybe goals is another thing that would be better suited for tomorrow's post.
It's Valentine's day and my wonderful Valentine broke the rule of no-gift-exchange this year and got me a bouquet of white roses [my favorite] and a little stuffed bear. We went to see the movie Valentine's Day and it was awesome :] Then dinner at Houston's.
That boy is so good to me.
The weekend snow was fun. Tori and I built an anatomically correct snow-ho, complete with tits and a donk modeled after both of us. [Mamma Mia at the Fox on Friday was pretty swell too.] I broke her bed this weekend. Got snowed/iced in at her house.
I guess tomorrow will be a better day to go into detail about the weekend because I am exhausted and it's late and I need to go to bed soon.
Goals for the Week:
-walk on campus everyday
-leave on time for class every day
-start studying for Physics test on Monday, Tuesday at the latest, and study for a straight week.
crap, maybe goals is another thing that would be better suited for tomorrow's post.
February 12, 2010
Snow day?
12:58 pm
It's supposed to snow today and systems are a-go for it BUT IT'S TAKING FOR FREAKING EVER TO GET HERE! AHH!
It's supposed to snow today and systems are a-go for it BUT IT'S TAKING FOR FREAKING EVER TO GET HERE! AHH!
February 11, 2010
Snow Tomorrow?
8:23 am
70 % chance of snow tomorrow. Georgia should just go ahead and close all the schools that it could affect because we just cannot handle a flurry! Oh noes!
I'm ready for summer.
Bio test ahhhhhhh! Annnnnnd GO!
70 % chance of snow tomorrow. Georgia should just go ahead and close all the schools that it could affect because we just cannot handle a flurry! Oh noes!
I'm ready for summer.
Bio test ahhhhhhh! Annnnnnd GO!
February 10, 2010
It's Oglethorpe Day! Hooray!
10:18am
I need to get a move on on my chemistry lab. It's due at 1:45 and I haven't quite finished yet. I'm going to be kicked out of the library at 11:45 because it's Oglethorpe Day and on OU day, all the buildings and classes get randomly shut down/cancelled for about 3 hours. Except on a lab day, labs just get pushed back 15 minutes so instead of starting at 1:30, it's at 1:45. Awesome.
This particular OU day is special, because the school is celebrating it's 175th year.
At 11:45, they're going to ring the carillon bells 175 times, and then at noon there's the Petrels of Fire race. It's where some of the more in-shape and non-athletically challenged students run around the Quad and see if they can finish before the 12th toll of the bells on the noon chime. You wouldn't think that it would be that difficult because the Quad is roughly the size of a football field, maybe a little bigger, and I would guesstimate that there are about 2ish second between each chime, so at noon you have about 24ish seconds to run the Quad. Okay maybe that is a little bit ridiculous, but I've never seen it before so I don't know. I skipped OU day last year because I don't like standing alone, but I feel even more awkward with these people... I've never really become close friends with anyone here so it's just kind of weird. Idk. That makes no sense.
Then at 12:15, we're going to be, and I quote, "serenaded by a bagpiper, down to the performing arts center," to listen to Ted Turner talk about something. Idk if I can sit and listen to an old man talk for that long... I didn't know an old man COULD sit and talk that long. At 1:00, a "Georgia-themed" lunch is being hosted in the cafeteria, but I will probably skip that because I don't want to risk not having time to wait in line and then eat before I have to go to class.
****
12:37 pm
Well I had to skip Ted Turner. I mean I've seen the dude before at dinner last summer at the Atlanta Fish Market. He had a 20 year old hot piece of candy wrapped around his right arm and they were leaving, so it's not like I've never seen him before.
But instead, I'm stuck in the Goslin lounge writing my chemistry lab report. And this time, it's not because I procrastinated all morning. I got down to the last of the four [full, top to bottom] pages and realized that I was using the wrong mother-effing data. So I had to start all over. I decided to type it this time because when I get rushed and have to write shit, I mess up everything. So I got the title page done, all 5 lines of it, and then the librarian came up to me and told me that they were closing for OU day and I had to leave.... Fuck. So I went to the Quad, froze my ass off [[by the way, it's been snow flurrying alllll day] and watched the Petrels of Fire race while I awkwardly stood looking for people I knew. Then it was over (the guy was about 10 feet away from the end of the line when the last bell chimed :( ) and then I ventured down to the lounge and here I am now. The lab is done and I'm about to go print it off, as well as all my bio stuff for the MAJOR test I have tomorrow, and go get lunch somewhere and study a bit.
I need to start graphing my mood swings during the day. It started off pretty good, went to panic mode in a matter of about ten minutes, and now it's climbing back up to perky.
bipolar?
******
3:57 pm
Okay yeah, the mood has definitely been dampened now. We screwed up our Chem lab today. At least I'm pretty sure we did. My partner didn't seem to think so. But there's no way we could have gotten all the stuff done for it and be done before every other group. I kind of stalled around a bit afterwards to see if any other group would get done and one did so I breathed a little bit.
But I still don't think we did it right. I didn't feel like getting fussed at by the TA, even though he's a harmless little old man whose bark is worse than his bite.
So whatever.
I really am going to start tracking my moods throughout the day. I'm gonna get a little notebook and it's gonna be my mood notebook. Sorta like my food notebook... which reminds me that I need to write my lunch in it for today.
I just got done walking around campus for my daily walkaround.
I think I'm gonna go do my Chem lab report due next week and get it over with so I'm not stuck frantically trying to finish it an hour before it's due next Wednesday. And I can see if and how bad we messed up. Then it's studying for Bio until 11am tomorrow morning.
El Tap tonight! Woo!
****
10:19 pm
Oh my god Biology test in the morning. I think I may be going into pretest freakout stage, but I shouldn't be. I know this stuff. I've been reading and skimming over everything for nearly a week. I mean I haven't really been hitting at it as hard as I should have been for the past couple of days. But I know this stuff. I know it.
Ugh.
ps. I was totally right about the lab. I got a really, really bad number at the end.
Bad, as in, the number we were supposed to get was something around 0.3845 something. The number we got was -0.823.
Yup.
The week is not quite over. And once it is, I still have a Core test next Tuesday and a Physics test at some point next week. Physics homework is likely to be due this Friday. There'll be another set due sometime next week too. Then the week after that, I have a lab quiz and then a lecture quiz on back to back days for Bio.
ohhhhhhhhhhhh boy.
I need to get a move on on my chemistry lab. It's due at 1:45 and I haven't quite finished yet. I'm going to be kicked out of the library at 11:45 because it's Oglethorpe Day and on OU day, all the buildings and classes get randomly shut down/cancelled for about 3 hours. Except on a lab day, labs just get pushed back 15 minutes so instead of starting at 1:30, it's at 1:45. Awesome.
This particular OU day is special, because the school is celebrating it's 175th year.
At 11:45, they're going to ring the carillon bells 175 times, and then at noon there's the Petrels of Fire race. It's where some of the more in-shape and non-athletically challenged students run around the Quad and see if they can finish before the 12th toll of the bells on the noon chime. You wouldn't think that it would be that difficult because the Quad is roughly the size of a football field, maybe a little bigger, and I would guesstimate that there are about 2ish second between each chime, so at noon you have about 24ish seconds to run the Quad. Okay maybe that is a little bit ridiculous, but I've never seen it before so I don't know. I skipped OU day last year because I don't like standing alone, but I feel even more awkward with these people... I've never really become close friends with anyone here so it's just kind of weird. Idk. That makes no sense.
Then at 12:15, we're going to be, and I quote, "serenaded by a bagpiper, down to the performing arts center," to listen to Ted Turner talk about something. Idk if I can sit and listen to an old man talk for that long... I didn't know an old man COULD sit and talk that long. At 1:00, a "Georgia-themed" lunch is being hosted in the cafeteria, but I will probably skip that because I don't want to risk not having time to wait in line and then eat before I have to go to class.
****
12:37 pm
Well I had to skip Ted Turner. I mean I've seen the dude before at dinner last summer at the Atlanta Fish Market. He had a 20 year old hot piece of candy wrapped around his right arm and they were leaving, so it's not like I've never seen him before.
But instead, I'm stuck in the Goslin lounge writing my chemistry lab report. And this time, it's not because I procrastinated all morning. I got down to the last of the four [full, top to bottom] pages and realized that I was using the wrong mother-effing data. So I had to start all over. I decided to type it this time because when I get rushed and have to write shit, I mess up everything. So I got the title page done, all 5 lines of it, and then the librarian came up to me and told me that they were closing for OU day and I had to leave.... Fuck. So I went to the Quad, froze my ass off [[by the way, it's been snow flurrying alllll day] and watched the Petrels of Fire race while I awkwardly stood looking for people I knew. Then it was over (the guy was about 10 feet away from the end of the line when the last bell chimed :( ) and then I ventured down to the lounge and here I am now. The lab is done and I'm about to go print it off, as well as all my bio stuff for the MAJOR test I have tomorrow, and go get lunch somewhere and study a bit.
I need to start graphing my mood swings during the day. It started off pretty good, went to panic mode in a matter of about ten minutes, and now it's climbing back up to perky.
bipolar?
******
3:57 pm
Okay yeah, the mood has definitely been dampened now. We screwed up our Chem lab today. At least I'm pretty sure we did. My partner didn't seem to think so. But there's no way we could have gotten all the stuff done for it and be done before every other group. I kind of stalled around a bit afterwards to see if any other group would get done and one did so I breathed a little bit.
But I still don't think we did it right. I didn't feel like getting fussed at by the TA, even though he's a harmless little old man whose bark is worse than his bite.
So whatever.
I really am going to start tracking my moods throughout the day. I'm gonna get a little notebook and it's gonna be my mood notebook. Sorta like my food notebook... which reminds me that I need to write my lunch in it for today.
I just got done walking around campus for my daily walkaround.
I think I'm gonna go do my Chem lab report due next week and get it over with so I'm not stuck frantically trying to finish it an hour before it's due next Wednesday. And I can see if and how bad we messed up. Then it's studying for Bio until 11am tomorrow morning.
El Tap tonight! Woo!
****
10:19 pm
Oh my god Biology test in the morning. I think I may be going into pretest freakout stage, but I shouldn't be. I know this stuff. I've been reading and skimming over everything for nearly a week. I mean I haven't really been hitting at it as hard as I should have been for the past couple of days. But I know this stuff. I know it.
Ugh.
ps. I was totally right about the lab. I got a really, really bad number at the end.
Bad, as in, the number we were supposed to get was something around 0.3845 something. The number we got was -0.823.
Yup.
The week is not quite over. And once it is, I still have a Core test next Tuesday and a Physics test at some point next week. Physics homework is likely to be due this Friday. There'll be another set due sometime next week too. Then the week after that, I have a lab quiz and then a lecture quiz on back to back days for Bio.
ohhhhhhhhhhhh boy.
February 9, 2010
...
3:45pm
Holy fucking Jesus balls I am so pissed off right now I could set off a volcano.
5:34pm
I feel better.
10:28pm
Sacrifice sleep for study? Nahhh.
Holy fucking Jesus balls I am so pissed off right now I could set off a volcano.
5:34pm
I feel better.
10:28pm
Sacrifice sleep for study? Nahhh.
February 8, 2010
Monday
[periodic updates throughout the day]
10:20am
Goals:
- track meals
> breakfast, yes.
> lunch, yes
> snack, yes
> dinner, yes
- walk around campus/ the quad
> check; I got about 20 minutes in today, starting from the basement of Goslin, walking across the quad, down to Emerson, up the stairs, out the back entrance, up the hill to NoSo [my old dorm.. oh the memories], back down the hill past Phase II and Dempsey, around the side path [by the bamboo and water stream.. kinda relaxing], back up the hill to the Quad, cross the front of the library, into basement of Goslin, up three flights of stairs to 3rd Goslin, down the hallway, down the other three flights of stairs back to the basement, across the parking lot to my car to change out books, back across the parking lot, up the side stairs of Goslin, across the Quad to the library, up 2 flights to the 3rd floor of the library and here I am now.
ps. I pretty much live my life in/around the Goslin building, aka where all of the science majors are 24/7. All 6 of my classes are in Goslin, and 4/6 are in the Goslin basement.
pss. I figured carrying around my backback would only help, too. I mean the weight of it is pretty much equivalent to carrying a small child on my back. Plus, it makes me look like I actually have a purpose for meadering around campus in between classes.
- drink water before lunch
> well I left the house in a hurry and forgot a bottle, but there was one in my car and it got cold enough last night to keep it cold, so I have it now.
annnnd. that's about it for now.
5:27pm
Pretty much, I had to beg my dad for ten bucks so I could go to Kroger and get deodorant and have lunch money for tomorrow.
For lunch on M-W, I have to eat lunch near campus, especially on Tuesday because I only have a little bit of time between classes to go grab food. Monday and Wednesday, I could get by with going to Food to Go and getting something, except that means I'd have to make the 20 minute trek away from school and into Clarkston, then turn around and go right back to campus. Driving requires gas. Gas requires money.
I drive no less than 40 miles per day. That's how long it is round trip to school and back. And it's not including the distance it takes to go run errands or get lunch (I mean typically that's less than 2 or so miles) or if I have running around to do near the house. Take 40 miles per day and multiply it by 5 days per week and you get 200 miles per week. Getting into the specifics, my gas tank only holds 13 or so gallons of gas. I only get 15 or so miles to the gallon. Do that math and you get around 200ish miles on a full tank. On a FULL TANK. I usually get about $20 every time I ask for gas money, which gets me [if I'm lucky] between 1/2 and 3/4 of a full tank. So at best, I can get maybe a little over 100 miles out of every fill up. That's two and a half days' worth of driving. Out of the five days that I have class, one tank of gas will get me two and a half of them.
So it's either get bitched at about asking for gas money so often or get bitched at about asking for lunch money to eat out.
I get that money is tight and everything right now, but cut me some fucking slack. There are some things in my life that I cannot help. Commuting is one of them. The price you pay for commuting comes in gas and the deletion of a meal plan [like that would even be a choice, the cheapest one they have is damn near $1000 per year.]
ugh.
9:33pm
Red won't pick up his phone and I'm starting to turn into the freak-out-girlfriend.
It's way past 9 and he's never out this late on a weeknight, let alone this late.
argghghghhghghghg.
9:37pm
Okay he called.
I'm such a nut.
10:20am
Goals:
- track meals
> breakfast, yes.
> lunch, yes
> snack, yes
> dinner, yes
- walk around campus/ the quad
> check; I got about 20 minutes in today, starting from the basement of Goslin, walking across the quad, down to Emerson, up the stairs, out the back entrance, up the hill to NoSo [my old dorm.. oh the memories], back down the hill past Phase II and Dempsey, around the side path [by the bamboo and water stream.. kinda relaxing], back up the hill to the Quad, cross the front of the library, into basement of Goslin, up three flights of stairs to 3rd Goslin, down the hallway, down the other three flights of stairs back to the basement, across the parking lot to my car to change out books, back across the parking lot, up the side stairs of Goslin, across the Quad to the library, up 2 flights to the 3rd floor of the library and here I am now.
ps. I pretty much live my life in/around the Goslin building, aka where all of the science majors are 24/7. All 6 of my classes are in Goslin, and 4/6 are in the Goslin basement.
pss. I figured carrying around my backback would only help, too. I mean the weight of it is pretty much equivalent to carrying a small child on my back. Plus, it makes me look like I actually have a purpose for meadering around campus in between classes.
- drink water before lunch
> well I left the house in a hurry and forgot a bottle, but there was one in my car and it got cold enough last night to keep it cold, so I have it now.
annnnd. that's about it for now.
5:27pm
Pretty much, I had to beg my dad for ten bucks so I could go to Kroger and get deodorant and have lunch money for tomorrow.
For lunch on M-W, I have to eat lunch near campus, especially on Tuesday because I only have a little bit of time between classes to go grab food. Monday and Wednesday, I could get by with going to Food to Go and getting something, except that means I'd have to make the 20 minute trek away from school and into Clarkston, then turn around and go right back to campus. Driving requires gas. Gas requires money.
I drive no less than 40 miles per day. That's how long it is round trip to school and back. And it's not including the distance it takes to go run errands or get lunch (I mean typically that's less than 2 or so miles) or if I have running around to do near the house. Take 40 miles per day and multiply it by 5 days per week and you get 200 miles per week. Getting into the specifics, my gas tank only holds 13 or so gallons of gas. I only get 15 or so miles to the gallon. Do that math and you get around 200ish miles on a full tank. On a FULL TANK. I usually get about $20 every time I ask for gas money, which gets me [if I'm lucky] between 1/2 and 3/4 of a full tank. So at best, I can get maybe a little over 100 miles out of every fill up. That's two and a half days' worth of driving. Out of the five days that I have class, one tank of gas will get me two and a half of them.
So it's either get bitched at about asking for gas money so often or get bitched at about asking for lunch money to eat out.
I get that money is tight and everything right now, but cut me some fucking slack. There are some things in my life that I cannot help. Commuting is one of them. The price you pay for commuting comes in gas and the deletion of a meal plan [like that would even be a choice, the cheapest one they have is damn near $1000 per year.]
ugh.
9:33pm
Red won't pick up his phone and I'm starting to turn into the freak-out-girlfriend.
It's way past 9 and he's never out this late on a weeknight, let alone this late.
argghghghhghghghg.
9:37pm
Okay he called.
I'm such a nut.
February 7, 2010
Goals, take two.
Goals for the week:
- be humble
- track meals every single day
- walk around the Quad every day for at least 10-15 minutes [unless it's raining... then go climb the stairs in Lupton or Goslin and pretend I have a purpose for wandering the halls]
- grab a bottle of water when I leave the house and have the whole thing finished before lunch
Goals for the semester/next couple of months:
- get at least a 3.0 [it won't really boost my cumulative gpa all that much, but it'll make me feel like I can actually do something]
- don't skip Physics [I already busted that one once, but no more... it's just really hard not to do when he doesn't have an attendance policy.]
- quit status-updating so goddamn much on facebook. nobody cares that you flipped your mattress by yourself or that you almost ran over a possum on the way home.
Goals for the next couple of minutes:
- go turn off the light
- get in bed
- go to sleep
- be humble
- track meals every single day
- walk around the Quad every day for at least 10-15 minutes [unless it's raining... then go climb the stairs in Lupton or Goslin and pretend I have a purpose for wandering the halls]
- grab a bottle of water when I leave the house and have the whole thing finished before lunch
Goals for the semester/next couple of months:
- get at least a 3.0 [it won't really boost my cumulative gpa all that much, but it'll make me feel like I can actually do something]
- don't skip Physics [I already busted that one once, but no more... it's just really hard not to do when he doesn't have an attendance policy.]
- quit status-updating so goddamn much on facebook. nobody cares that you flipped your mattress by yourself or that you almost ran over a possum on the way home.
Goals for the next couple of minutes:
- go turn off the light
- get in bed
- go to sleep
February 5, 2010
I mean...
Sometimes on a Friday night, I just want to do nothing but sit at home in my pajamas and watch movies all night. Especially after there's been crappy, cold weather out lately. And that I'd have to take a shower first. And that I don't have gas.. even if I had the balls to ask my parents for even more gas money, I wouldn't go get it tonight. [with the exception of verrrrrrrry rare occasions, I never get gas at night because it's cold at night this time of year, and most nights I'm not really in the mood to get raped] Besides, the only thing I would do is drive into Tucker, go to Roy's house, watch all the idiots play beer pong until past midnight, then probably wind up driving back to my house to drop my car off and then go to Red's house and have to listen to him whine and complain because I want to go to sleep and all he wants is my pants off. Then I would fall asleep and sleep on and off every couple of hours because his bed is very uncomfortable.
It's just one of those times where I'd kinda sorta just rather stay at home.
I've just been really grumpy-like lately. It's not a full-blown grump-fest but I've definitely not been feeling myself lately. I think I'm having some issues right now because I still have not gotten back on track with my diet and have been feeling very... blagh lately. I mean I can go on one week and off the next. It's really hard to deal with because I started off doing so good. I dropped the first 15 pounds so fast and I was loaded with motivation. It went away over winter break and I just still haven't been able to get back together. My main problem is the lack of exercise. Every day that I come home early, I tell myself on the ride home that I'm gonna go home and grab my tennis shoes and go to Stone Mountain. It's pathetic that I live, literally within walking distance of the park, and I never go over there. I have a free pass to get in too. So why don't I go? I just don't seem to have any motivation to drive me to do anything. I can usually talk myself out of going either because I say I have too much homework to do [but then I sit at my desk and play on FaceBook all afternoon] or else it's too cold or too rainy or too something else. Then I think about my Wii Active and how much I really got into that when I first got it. But the sensor to the console broke a while back and I don't have any money right now to replace it.... I think using an excuse that says I don't exercise because I don't have a video game is the most pathetic it can get.
Sooooo yep.
It's just one of those times where I'd kinda sorta just rather stay at home.
I've just been really grumpy-like lately. It's not a full-blown grump-fest but I've definitely not been feeling myself lately. I think I'm having some issues right now because I still have not gotten back on track with my diet and have been feeling very... blagh lately. I mean I can go on one week and off the next. It's really hard to deal with because I started off doing so good. I dropped the first 15 pounds so fast and I was loaded with motivation. It went away over winter break and I just still haven't been able to get back together. My main problem is the lack of exercise. Every day that I come home early, I tell myself on the ride home that I'm gonna go home and grab my tennis shoes and go to Stone Mountain. It's pathetic that I live, literally within walking distance of the park, and I never go over there. I have a free pass to get in too. So why don't I go? I just don't seem to have any motivation to drive me to do anything. I can usually talk myself out of going either because I say I have too much homework to do [but then I sit at my desk and play on FaceBook all afternoon] or else it's too cold or too rainy or too something else. Then I think about my Wii Active and how much I really got into that when I first got it. But the sensor to the console broke a while back and I don't have any money right now to replace it.... I think using an excuse that says I don't exercise because I don't have a video game is the most pathetic it can get.
Sooooo yep.
February 2, 2010
Tuesdays
I hate Physics lab.
Physics lab occurs on Tuesday.
Today is Tuesday.
Therefore, I hate Tuesdays.
Prime effing example of why I hate Physics lab happened today.
We were doing an experiment where we measure the mechanical heat energy value or something or another. In order to do that, we had to set up a calorimeter and run an electrical current through it and measure the temperature change, yada yada. So we get to doing it and it takes about 10 minutes to run the first trial. We didn't get terribly good results, so the prof. told us to run it again and see if we get better results. One of my partners suggested just manipulating to data to make the numbers work better. I said that it would probably not be a good idea because the prof. was kinda-sorta standing there watching us and would probably know if we didn't actually do the experiment again.
So, we get to setting up trial 2. Now, the setup for this experiment was kind of a pain in the ass because you had to fill up the can with no more than 200g of water, and the water had to be running out of the faucet for a couple of minutes because it was supposed to be below room temperature. Once you wait for the water to cool off, you pour some in and weigh it and hope it isn't more than 200g. If it is, you trial and error it until you get less than 200g. Then you put the thermometer in the water and wait til the temperature stabilizes, then put it in the calorimeter and start up the current. You have to fiddle with the voltage and current so the two numbers multiplied are less than a certain number of watts and by then, the wire inside the water will have started heating up and, thus, the water heats up. When you put power to a wire it gets hot and if that hot wire is submerged in cold water, it will TYPICALLY start getting warm, so you have to quickly find the watt power and then turn off the machine until you're ready to start the experiment. It's not rocket science and it's something that the prof. reiterated several times before we got started.
But my partners did not listen the 2nd time around, apparently. Because one of the idiots left the machine on and did not tell us so the water temperature started rising and we had not started the stopwatch yet. So we then had to pour out the water and start the whole prepping process over again.
So the third time around, we finally got it going again and still got shitty results. So the other girl started going through the numbers and changed them around until it got us good results.
Manipulated data in a lab is in violation of the Honor Code that Oglethorpe upholds and I'm just not quite sure that I agree with doing that. But the rest of the group doesn't seem to mind.
Every week I try my best to let some slack go with the other partner because he's from South America and has an extremely strong accent, so I know there's some kind of language barrier with this stuff. But I mean god damn. He can be extremely annoying, either by interrupting you while you're cranking out numbers and data or by fucking around with the equipment and messing with stuff.
This is ranty and rushed and I have a lot to say about why I hate this class so much but I can't quite type as fast as I can think and everything just kind of comes up like word vomit and everything gets all mixed up.
But that, in a nutshell, is why I hate Tuesdays.
Blah.
Physics lab occurs on Tuesday.
Today is Tuesday.
Therefore, I hate Tuesdays.
Prime effing example of why I hate Physics lab happened today.
We were doing an experiment where we measure the mechanical heat energy value or something or another. In order to do that, we had to set up a calorimeter and run an electrical current through it and measure the temperature change, yada yada. So we get to doing it and it takes about 10 minutes to run the first trial. We didn't get terribly good results, so the prof. told us to run it again and see if we get better results. One of my partners suggested just manipulating to data to make the numbers work better. I said that it would probably not be a good idea because the prof. was kinda-sorta standing there watching us and would probably know if we didn't actually do the experiment again.
So, we get to setting up trial 2. Now, the setup for this experiment was kind of a pain in the ass because you had to fill up the can with no more than 200g of water, and the water had to be running out of the faucet for a couple of minutes because it was supposed to be below room temperature. Once you wait for the water to cool off, you pour some in and weigh it and hope it isn't more than 200g. If it is, you trial and error it until you get less than 200g. Then you put the thermometer in the water and wait til the temperature stabilizes, then put it in the calorimeter and start up the current. You have to fiddle with the voltage and current so the two numbers multiplied are less than a certain number of watts and by then, the wire inside the water will have started heating up and, thus, the water heats up. When you put power to a wire it gets hot and if that hot wire is submerged in cold water, it will TYPICALLY start getting warm, so you have to quickly find the watt power and then turn off the machine until you're ready to start the experiment. It's not rocket science and it's something that the prof. reiterated several times before we got started.
But my partners did not listen the 2nd time around, apparently. Because one of the idiots left the machine on and did not tell us so the water temperature started rising and we had not started the stopwatch yet. So we then had to pour out the water and start the whole prepping process over again.
So the third time around, we finally got it going again and still got shitty results. So the other girl started going through the numbers and changed them around until it got us good results.
Manipulated data in a lab is in violation of the Honor Code that Oglethorpe upholds and I'm just not quite sure that I agree with doing that. But the rest of the group doesn't seem to mind.
Every week I try my best to let some slack go with the other partner because he's from South America and has an extremely strong accent, so I know there's some kind of language barrier with this stuff. But I mean god damn. He can be extremely annoying, either by interrupting you while you're cranking out numbers and data or by fucking around with the equipment and messing with stuff.
This is ranty and rushed and I have a lot to say about why I hate this class so much but I can't quite type as fast as I can think and everything just kind of comes up like word vomit and everything gets all mixed up.
But that, in a nutshell, is why I hate Tuesdays.
Blah.
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