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I'm in major trouble. It's a quarter to 1, I still have an exam to study for (yes, it's film so it's probably easy... but still!) and a presentation to prep for (once again for film, but this time on Acting, which should be easy!), and I'm silly and should go to bed.
I'm actually glad Oliver's over--I'll actually have TIME now! What timing, I have performances and tech right when the workload got tough. Lucky me.
On the plus side, I like my new skin for LJ. It looks pretty. =) Maybe I'll actually work on my Nano with this inspiration!
I did work on it a little bit today, during my boring astronomy class. We'll see. Once I get caught up, at least.
You know what I want? Amazon's new Kindle. It's like a super-cool ebook reader. I've been reading lots of reviews instead of studying. But it's definitely not something I can justify buying... just like the iPod touch, or new iPod nano. I like them and really would love to have them... but I just don't need it! (Not to mention I'm not reading as much as I'd like nowadays. I listen to lots of music though... that count?) Maybe after the price comes down, or maybe for the holidays. Or maybe after tomorrow morning, when I realize how not exciting it really is.
I think I'm just tired.
And I've got a long night to go!
- Location:chez moi
- Mood:
sleepy
It's been a crazy couple of days. Yesterday we had an earthquake! It wasn't too bad, apparently only a 5.6, but it was still somewhat surreal. We were at PYT and just came back from break. It sounded like huge trucks were driving past us (which isn't too uncommon to hear at PYT... I wouldn't have been surprised if a few big trucks rolled by every once in a while). And since it was the designer run-thru, it was filled with people. The staff kept telling the kids to be quiet. We didn't do any of the things I normally associate with earthquakes: hide under tables, in doorways, etc. But with a million people in that room, there was absolutely no way we'd all fit under those 2 tables.
I do find it interesting that PYT has no safety actions, like the boring fire drills of high school. Neither does Foothill, now that I think about it. Interesting... Luckily, I think that (most of) these kids are smart enough to figure out how to deal with something like an earthquake.
Today I drive off to school and as I walk to the cafeteria to eat my breakfast, I decided to check if there's been any changes for my class, just in case.
There was.
It was cancelled!
That was exciting, but it was also pretty lame since I'd already driven all the way up, and I didn't want to wait there for 3.5 hours until my next class. So I came home, and I'm here now. Luckily it's not too far away, but I'm running low on gas and it was a slight waste of gas. Bummer. Oh well.
So Nanowrimo begins tonight! I'm excited. I'm going to get some writing done once it's midnight, though probably not too much-I'm hoping 1000, so I have a nice headstart, but we'll see how many words have been hiding in my brain that are dying to get out come November. I think I have an opening scene, but I'm not a huge fan of it. But it's better than no opening scene, I guess. Worst case I start at scene two, which I'm pretty clear about. So I should be good!
- Location:home
- Mood:
relaxed
Today's been a good day! Hooray!
First, my Philosophy midterm wasn't too bad. I finished with an hour to spare, so I went to the Campus Center and ate my lunch--olive and mushroom pizza, from home. First time in a while I felt full three hours after lunch! =) And, I saw Andrew there, so I didn't eat lunch alone! Yay!!!
Then I went to the library and read my new book, instead of going to that chorus class I had sorta-joined. (I think I'm going to drop it though... it's not worth the time. I'll need the time in November, plus it's kind of easy. Luckily, I don't think he has any of my info, so I'm not enrolled--AKA nothing will be on my transcript. Not that it matters anyway, since I'm already enrolled at USC. But regardless, it's good.) Anyway, back to the book. I got it at the grocery store and had really low expectations--it was just something to keep me distracted during boring review rehearsals. But it's actually pretty good, so far. And the chairs were pretty cozy. And Adam called too, so I got to talk to him =).
Astronomy was super boring, which was a bummer. But he explained some of the stuff I didn't understand from the reading, which was good.
I came home and watched 2 episodes of Gilmore Girls. Yay!!!! I haven't watched it in a long time. Then I had dinner, and my sister and I discussed Nanowrimo. She decided to join in after all, and even convinced one of her friends to join too. Lets see how long she'll last ;). Then I started my Philosophy reading. It was the first reading I've done in all my college time that I actually had trouble with. We've begun the stuff beyond basic concepts, I guess, because Plato is NOT an easy read!! Bah!
Then I took a quick break and then came back to that reading. And now I'll take another short break before I do half of my astronomy homework. I think I've given up on Film though. Oh well. I don't care too much =D. I just need to be ahead of schedule as much as possible for Nanowrimo.
Oh, and that lame online class? I ended up getting 101%. So... =D go me! hehe
- Mood:
happy
I'm done with my lame Intro to College class! I just blasted through the last four lessons. Currently have a 64%, but thats with three ungraded assignments and all my class participation credits ungraded. And since it's P/NP... I should be AOK.
On the other hand, I still have another midterm to go: philosophy. It's not going to bad, since I pretty much know the material, but I just have this lame paper due Monday. I wrote most of the really rough draft tonight, and I figure I'll finish it tomorrow morning and spend the day editing. For an easy topic, I'm surprised at how much I have to say. But once I go back and cut out all the repetition, we'll see how much is still there...
I downloaded this awesome new word processing program called Q10. I originally intended it for NaNoWriMo, but it's so cool that I used it to write this first draft of my paper. I love it! It's a full screen, with automatic word counter on the bottom bar. The background is black and I changed the font color to pink-perfectly Legally Blonde-ish. Though I'm NOT ADDICTED to that show! (I even fell asleep while watching it today. Would an addict fall asleep during the thing she was addicted to? I think not.) But the best part is the typewriter sound that sounds every time I hit a key. It sounds so amazingly cool! (Of course, now as I type this... it seems eerily quiet.) It might eliminate my need for background noise in NaNoWriMo. It will probably eliminate many distractions, especially once I turn off wireless internet. =)
- Mood:
accomplished
Ways to Make Sure You'll Feel Like Crap:
Stay up late studying for a midterm, after having a weekend of minimal sleep (aka not catching up on all your sleep)
Don't eat breakfast-just have hot chocolate
Not take any kind of Advil or Asprin or pain-reliever
Don't eat lunch or any kind of meal until after 4PM
Classes from 10-12, 12-1:20, 1:30-4.
Needless to say... I don't feel great right now.
On the plus side, I think I did pretty well on my astronomy midterm-or thirdterm, as I like to say (since I have 3 major exams all quarter in two of my three classes: 2 thirdterms and a final!). And since science is not my strong point, this is rather exciting. I did well on the last two quizzes: 19 and 18 out of 20 on the last two. Considering the class average was 12 and 11 repectively, this is... happy. I don't know. But I feel smart =). hehe
Post-class I made my boyfriend come with me for a late lunch at Togos, when we went back to his house and watched TV. I took a nap and completely slept through an episode of Mythbusters. Apparently they made a pair of pants explode. I like exploding pants =). Makes me laugh.
Now I'm working on my philosophy reading. Fun stuff..... eh. I don't feel quite so bad though, after 3 Advils, half a pitcher of water, chicken noodle soup and lots of relaxing. Tomorrow shall be a better day. I'll sleep longer, have more energy.... at least, I hope so! =)
I'm taking classes at the local community college until I *finally* get over to USC in January. And because I'm taking more than 6 credits right now, I get to take the Intro to College class. Oh joy! what fun! learn all about transferring and how to pick a major!! too bad I already have a major... and I'm already admitted to a 4-year school! And a pretty darn good one, too.
*Sigh* but I still have to take this STUPID COURSE... luckily I'm doing it online.
And I just blasted through half of it in this last hour.
My brain no longer quite functions. Especially about those things related to college... and transferring... and whatnot.
Speaking of brain nonfunctions, I've signed up for NaNoWriMo again this year. And I might have convinced my sister to participate in it too! (Though I think she'll be doing the Young Writers version--50K for a 12 year old? Not so much. 10K? Much more likely for her!) But it's going to be a super hectic November, with this and classes and the show. I'm ASMing our show, and tech weeks right in the middle of November. Great.... but whatever. If I win, yay! If I don't, oh well. I really like my plot though--it's a modern day Cinderella story, with characters that aren't just the stereotypes of good and evil. And I have all kinds of fun dares lined up =).
Just get through this stupid online class, Kat, and then you can get back to the insanity that is writing 50K in a month!
