((If you're worried about getting caught-up in a potential friends-cut, leave me a comment.)) I saw a girl get hit by a car on the way to class this afternoon... But don't worry, she's okay. (And I didn't see it so much as I heard it...) XD Some guy in a car was trying to make a left onto a side street, so he waited until I was out of the crosswalk before turning, except out of nowhere, this girl flew by on her bike and cut right in front on him. I don't think he hit her head-on; my back was turned, but I heard a crashing/thud-like noise and turned around to see the girl in the middle of the crosswalk with her bike looking like it had seen better days. I feel guilty for not staying, but I needed to get to class. I was about to go back and help her up at least, but I saw the guy getting out of his car and showering her with concern, so I figured it would turn out all right. Really... I should have gone back. XD Clearly, grades are more important to me than other people. u__u;
I have a feeling that if I'm not careful, this week may in fact end up to be a whirlwind of FAIL. In every sense of the word. XD Counting today, I have five tests/exams to tackle over the next three days. I'm happy that the bulk of my worries will be over by Wednesday, but I still have an awful lot of studying and work to do. (I'm posting because I need a little break.) ;D This morning I had a German test, which I think went pretty well. Looking back, I used the wrong verb for one of the sentences in my essay, but they were close in meaning, and that's the only error I've managed to dig-up in hindsight. (Crystal... are
duschen and
waschen even remotely interchangeable?) XD
I was supposed to have a "pop quiz" in Java today, but we were too busy, so I would imagine that we'll have it on Wednesday. I'm really doing well in that class; last I checked, I had a 91%! And that's not including the 100% I got on my last lab. It's exciting to feel like I might actually be good at something in college. XD I know Java isn't all that hard to learn in the big scheme of things, but at the very least, I find it interesting, and I think that I might actually find BIT being a good fit, or even something in CS. :3
Tomorrow I have a test in Accounting, which could go either way for me, really. I'm doing alright on the homework and I understand the lecture, but in the past, that hasn't necessarily meant anything about my performance on exams. I also have a Macro Economics test on Wednesday, which I can already tell I won't do well on. It's not good to walk into a situation feeling defeated, but after trying some practice exam problems last night, I realized that I've been going to class and listening without
listening, and taking notes without actually processing them. The class is just so boring. D: I'm not ADD, but I need to be in courses where I can take the lecture material and actually apply it to something. I got my first homework assignment in that class last week, so of course, I was overwhelmed, because without having any real reason to actively commit the information to memory, it all sort of slipped in one ear and leaked out the other, which means I had no idea how to answer most of the problems. And it's so
vague. Nothing in that class seems solid, because it seems like all we do is mutate the same two or three equations over and over again without actually
doing anything with them. More examples would be nice, I guess. D:
And finally, I have a math quiz on Wednesday. I think I'll do alright, since my quiz grades have all either been 5/6 or 6/6, though I can't say the same for the exam I took last week. I have no idea what was up with me, but I outright failed it, and I know it's going to come back to bite me in the ass just like it did last semester. (I'm hoping that the better quiz scores will counter balance the exam slightly.) I was just weird last week, especially on Tuesday when I had my test. I was forgetting to do things, I wasn't hungry, I had a series of awful headaches, ugh. I left an entire load of laundry downstairs for several hours before remember stick it in the dryer. XD I'm pumped this week though, so wish me luck!
I should have mentioned this sooner, but my housing for next year is officially taken care of. Yay! I'm rooming with Stephanie, which makes me one of the happiest people in the world. She came down to VT with her best friend since
forever--Jackie--as her roomie, so I was pretty certain early on that I probably wouldn't be able to somehow get between them. (I mean that in a non-malicious way. I like both of them, but Jackie is like a casual friend whereas Stephanie is more like... a sister.) XD Anyway, I guess things haven't been working out as well as planned between the two of them, and since Stephanie wanted to stay on campus and Jackie wanted to move off, it all worked out when it came time to fill out the forms. (Except now I think Jackie hates me for stealing her friend, since she had hopes to coerce Stephanie off campus with her. And... we sort of filled out the forms behind her back, right before the due date.) ^^;
I'm really happy that I was able to meet Stephanie. I think its fate that someone I get along with so well--in this huge school--happens to live one door away from me. XD I didn't always feel like I was appreciated or cared for by my friends in high school. I've said this many times before. I'm a broken record, but I think that just means that at times, I was left pretty deeply wounded. They were nice enough, mostly, but because I simply attached myself to a group of girls who already knew each other and went to a different middle school than me, there were plenty of times when I really felt left out, though I'm not sure they ever noticed or cared since they had each other. I remember there being a "best friends only" birthday party that I wasn't invited to, which really stung. And then... they had some retarded name for their group with custom t-shirts and a handful of sleep-overs that they tried to hide from me, and of course, they did a lot of hanging out without me. I didn't bother to make new friends though, because when they were actually there for me, they usually came through. We had some good times, but... the bad times jut out in my mind considerably. D:
No, no, no, no, no. This girl turned out to be a crazy fucking bitch. OMG. ---> But college is a wonderful dissolver of cliques, and the best part about Stephanie is that she strikes me as the sort of friend I've always wanted but never had. Does that make sense? I think everyone has an image in their mind of what their ideal friend would be like, and Stephanie fits the mold. We have a ridiculous number of things in common, similar morals and attitudes and wants out of life, while at the same time, there's enough push and pull between us to keep things interesting. And then there's the fact that I suppose I simply feel wanted--in a platonic sense, of course. XD I like it that she goes to me for advice and sends me text messages every once in a while, no matter how stupid, and kicks my door when she walks by. It's dumb things like that can make a person's day a little brighter, and no one I've know previously had ever really taken that into consideration. I guess, for once, I just feel like I'm getting a good return on the amount of effort I'm putting into my friendship. XD It's always felt horrible lopsided in the past.
I went home over the weekend--it was fun, but I've cut the next few paragraphs because there's a bit of ugliness in there right at the end that some people might not care to read. :)
( Some vague details, because I can’t say too much... )Actually, that sort of transitions into my next topic. I'm thinking about making my journal Friends-Only. In fact, I think the change will happen before or by the weekend. There's no real reason for me to keep this public anymore. Back when I first joined, I used to cross-post to different communities, so it made sense for everyone to have access, but since that's not the case anymore, I can do what I please. :D
One last thing... I don't post music here very often, but while riding the bus home over the weekend, I bumped into
Vienna by Billy Joel. I've heard it before, but I think I was like, six years old, and thought he meant Vienna Metro, instead of the city. XD (Because when you're six, you're a newb!) Anyways, I'm quite fond of it. I've posted it
here.
Best wishes!
Popo
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