Well, it's finals week. I have my first two exams tomorrow, and my third one on Thursday. I know I'm pretty much screwed on my Semiconductor's class, but I should be able to pull off a good grade on my statics test (assuming I do some more studying). My computer Organization class isn't till Thursday, which means my free time on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday morning will be spent studying for that exam... at least, I'll try to be doing that.
Though, part of tomorrow afternoon I'm going to be doing some Christmas shopping with Kira. She doesn't actually need to do any more Christmas shopping, but she's still willing to keep me company. Since I don't have a lot of funds at this moment (33 to last me till whenever I get my next paycheck from my job up here in Orlando. My boss is normally good at paying me on time, but there have been more than a few instances where I got 3 weeks worth of pay at once... due to lack of pay in previous weeks), I'm just going to focus on getting some gifts for the people up here, since for my family and for the bulk of my friends, I'll be able to give them their gifts on Christmas day, or very close to then.
Ok, the real reason I'm writing this is because I really don't want to study. Everytime I study, I'm able to do 3 to 5 problems with out... well... problem, but then I hit a question that I can't solve, that causes me to bang my head against the wall in frustration until I want to throw my book into the nearest wall. After that, I kind of feel kind of stupid. And I don't do anymore studying for the evening. That hasn't happened yet, but... I don't know. A part of is under the crazy impression that, by somehow not studying, the test won't come. I know it's madness. I know it makes as much sense as some of the urban fantasy books I read do (speaking of which, if you haven't read any of the Harry Dresden books by Jim Butcher, you're missing out), but... I never said (or gave the impression) that I'm sane. Of course, another part of me feels growing dread and apprehension at the prospects of the oncoming tests. And the best solution my mind has for that type of anxiety isn't a healthy solution... Though I haven't done anything remotely like that for... 2 weeks? I think. Time blurs together way too much.
Of course, I also quit EvE 2 weeks ago, so maybe that was contributing to everything as well. I know I haven't really gotten more social, and I haven't been looking to find a solution to my lack of boyfriend problem. Or maybe it's the extra lamp I put in my room (I like light... being inside with out light is bad. Being outside with artificial light is also bad though.)Or maybe I'm on the verge of some sort of breakdown. I don't really know.
Anyway, I need to get back to studying... so ~Night
Monday, December 08, 2008
Monday, December 01, 2008
Post Thanksgiving Thing
Well... it's the Monday after Thanksgiving... I spent the day itself largely with family, so I guess I had a good Thanksgiving. I mean, at least I have family to spend it with. Though, we did what we did last year for the holiday, we hit Busch Gardens in Tampa. They have a restaurant there my parents like, though we save it for special occasions. Then we spent the rest of the day seeing the various attraction things, like their animal area thing and their hospitality house (ie, free beer place). Since I'm over 21 and don't drink, I donated my free beer to my parents.
I decided to go for broke on Black Friday. I spent my paycheck getting some Christmas gifts for my family. By family I mean my parents, since my check plus an oil change on my vehicle didn't hold out much farther than that. I got my father a 3 books, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1 and The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume 2 by Sir Author Cannon Doyle. I know he wanted to read the Dorian Gray book, and I want to read it as well (I did buy 2 copies of it. I try not to borrow other peoples Christmas gifts), but I'm not too sure about the Sherlock Holmes books. Still, I know he hasn't read them yet, so I don't see why he wouldn't like them... As for my Mom, I got her another year's subscription to Norton Anti-Virus. She gets a little paranoid about her machine, but she doesn't really know too much about it, and she's always afraid she'll break it somehow. I'll probably end up installing/placing in the renewal code for her as well. For my sisters, well, I know what to get one of them. She lost her DS charger, so I'm going to pick her up a replacement one for Christmas. For the other... well... I don't know yet.
As for my friends... haven't given it a lot of thought yet... I know I'm getting Kira (a friend in Orlando) a gift card to a clothing shop. Not because I think she needs or wants more clothes, but because I want more clothes and I don't want to go shopping by myself =P. I'm going to probably put it in one of those children's books. You know the type, the overly think, almost cardboard pages. I'm doing it like that because, every time we're in a book store, she gets distracted by them. Aaron said he didn't want anything for Christmas, but I'll probably get him some Wii or Xbox live points. Like 5 dollar's worth or something.
I've found a few new bands since I dropped my EvE subscription and picked up the Zune subscription. The first one is Savatage. They're an 80's rock band that eventually turns into Trans-Siberian Orchestra. The best thing about them is they're from Florida (Tarpon Springs to be exact), so I've been listening to them a lot. After Forever seems like a good band. Just downloaded them today though, so I've only had one listen so far. Still... they sound kind of like Old Nightwish, at least, their self titled album, After Forever does. The other ones for this band (at least, the other ones I saw) weren't available for download with the Zune subscription, they were purchase only. Finally, I found a band called Kittie. They're an all female metal band out of Canada... kind of sounds like a less technical Arch Enemy.
Hopefully, I'm getting less emoish, but... I... a part of me says no... If I can pull through the Winter I should be ok. And if I can't, well, at least there will be one less whiny blog out there. Anyway, I'm going to call it a night... ~Night!
I decided to go for broke on Black Friday. I spent my paycheck getting some Christmas gifts for my family. By family I mean my parents, since my check plus an oil change on my vehicle didn't hold out much farther than that. I got my father a 3 books, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1 and The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume 2 by Sir Author Cannon Doyle. I know he wanted to read the Dorian Gray book, and I want to read it as well (I did buy 2 copies of it. I try not to borrow other peoples Christmas gifts), but I'm not too sure about the Sherlock Holmes books. Still, I know he hasn't read them yet, so I don't see why he wouldn't like them... As for my Mom, I got her another year's subscription to Norton Anti-Virus. She gets a little paranoid about her machine, but she doesn't really know too much about it, and she's always afraid she'll break it somehow. I'll probably end up installing/placing in the renewal code for her as well. For my sisters, well, I know what to get one of them. She lost her DS charger, so I'm going to pick her up a replacement one for Christmas. For the other... well... I don't know yet.
As for my friends... haven't given it a lot of thought yet... I know I'm getting Kira (a friend in Orlando) a gift card to a clothing shop. Not because I think she needs or wants more clothes, but because I want more clothes and I don't want to go shopping by myself =P. I'm going to probably put it in one of those children's books. You know the type, the overly think, almost cardboard pages. I'm doing it like that because, every time we're in a book store, she gets distracted by them. Aaron said he didn't want anything for Christmas, but I'll probably get him some Wii or Xbox live points. Like 5 dollar's worth or something.
I've found a few new bands since I dropped my EvE subscription and picked up the Zune subscription. The first one is Savatage. They're an 80's rock band that eventually turns into Trans-Siberian Orchestra. The best thing about them is they're from Florida (Tarpon Springs to be exact), so I've been listening to them a lot. After Forever seems like a good band. Just downloaded them today though, so I've only had one listen so far. Still... they sound kind of like Old Nightwish, at least, their self titled album, After Forever does. The other ones for this band (at least, the other ones I saw) weren't available for download with the Zune subscription, they were purchase only. Finally, I found a band called Kittie. They're an all female metal band out of Canada... kind of sounds like a less technical Arch Enemy.
Hopefully, I'm getting less emoish, but... I... a part of me says no... If I can pull through the Winter I should be ok. And if I can't, well, at least there will be one less whiny blog out there. Anyway, I'm going to call it a night... ~Night!
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