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I did decently well on my midterm: an A-. I nailed the short identifications and got all the points for those, and I did well on the essay (38/40), but the visual identifications were what got me. We only had about 30 seconds to write on each image he showed, so I had to rush a lot and didn't think of what were the most important things about each image. Like, he showed a map of Cuzco and I started describing where the Temple of the Sun was, etc, and didn't even think to put "This is Cuzco, the capital of the Inca empire." Same deal with a picture of a khipu--I was describing all the pendant strings and stuff and he was looking for "The Incas used these for record-keeping." Grr. I hate it when I'm stupid. But at least I did well enough on the rest of the test to make up for it and still get my A. Even if it was an A-. Because I do not get Bs.
After I got home, I kicked Jorn off the gamecube so I could watch Top Model. I can't believe they kept Ann *again*. I fucking hate her because not only can she not take a good picture, it's because of her that they keep getting rid of the girls I like. It's true that Norelle was having a rough time this week, with all the culture shock stuff, and it's true that she can be awkward and timid, but she's way, way better than Ann. I just don't get why the judges love her so much when SHE CAN'T TAKE A FREAKIN' PICTURE!! Jay knows it, he coaches her at the photo shoots and it's like working with a brick. She's been in the bottom two girls for weeks and weeks and weeks, they should just fucking get rid of her. No more second chances. Argh. Now I have no one left to root for because Yaya's all smug self-satisfied girl and Amanda's whiny and Eva's awful and then there's Ann. I hope Amanda wins because she's the least awful of all the girls left, and she really does take some striking photos. I want Ann gone, and I want Eva gone. Hatehatehate. I wish they'd stop eliminating everyone I freakin' like. Grr. And after I got pissed off at Top Model, I played Windwaker for a while. I got the deluxx picto box and did some other stuff. I need to get some more bait, and I need to get some more money to go buy the glass bottle from the shop ship at that one island, but hopefully earning 400 or so rupees won't take me too long. At least, not while Jorn's at the Pixies concert tonight! Mwahahaha!
I was planning on going to the AWP conference again this year, but it's in Vancouver. I was looking at flights and I couldn't find anything under $490 roundtrip, and all of those involved nine hours of travel not even counting to and from the airport and getting there early for the international flight. Also, most of the flights would require me to leave Vancouver on Sunday at like 6:00 am, which just isn't cool. Saturday night is the last night of the conference and everybody stays up late and has drinks and stuff. Though I suppose I could just stay up til 3 or so and then get a cab to the airport. But that sucks. Stina already made hotel reservations, but I'm hoping it'll be early enough for her to find someone else to take my spot. I just can't afford to drop $1000 on this trip. Especially because 1) I've never had any special desire to go to Vancouver, and 2) I'm not even writing anymore, let alone sending to journals. I thought going to AWP in Chicago this year would help, and it did for a bit, but most of the books and journals I got there I haven't even read yet. It would be silly for me to spend so much on the trip. Maybe next year. The AWP website says that the 2006 conference will be in Austin, TX, and I'd totally do that, especially if kd is still living in Austin in 2006. That would rock. That would also give me more time to get back into writing. Which, granted, would be easier if I didn't keep buying seasons of Buffy and gamecubes.
After I got home, I kicked Jorn off the gamecube so I could watch Top Model. I can't believe they kept Ann *again*. I fucking hate her because not only can she not take a good picture, it's because of her that they keep getting rid of the girls I like. It's true that Norelle was having a rough time this week, with all the culture shock stuff, and it's true that she can be awkward and timid, but she's way, way better than Ann. I just don't get why the judges love her so much when SHE CAN'T TAKE A FREAKIN' PICTURE!! Jay knows it, he coaches her at the photo shoots and it's like working with a brick. She's been in the bottom two girls for weeks and weeks and weeks, they should just fucking get rid of her. No more second chances. Argh. Now I have no one left to root for because Yaya's all smug self-satisfied girl and Amanda's whiny and Eva's awful and then there's Ann. I hope Amanda wins because she's the least awful of all the girls left, and she really does take some striking photos. I want Ann gone, and I want Eva gone. Hatehatehate. I wish they'd stop eliminating everyone I freakin' like. Grr. And after I got pissed off at Top Model, I played Windwaker for a while. I got the deluxx picto box and did some other stuff. I need to get some more bait, and I need to get some more money to go buy the glass bottle from the shop ship at that one island, but hopefully earning 400 or so rupees won't take me too long. At least, not while Jorn's at the Pixies concert tonight! Mwahahaha!
I was planning on going to the AWP conference again this year, but it's in Vancouver. I was looking at flights and I couldn't find anything under $490 roundtrip, and all of those involved nine hours of travel not even counting to and from the airport and getting there early for the international flight. Also, most of the flights would require me to leave Vancouver on Sunday at like 6:00 am, which just isn't cool. Saturday night is the last night of the conference and everybody stays up late and has drinks and stuff. Though I suppose I could just stay up til 3 or so and then get a cab to the airport. But that sucks. Stina already made hotel reservations, but I'm hoping it'll be early enough for her to find someone else to take my spot. I just can't afford to drop $1000 on this trip. Especially because 1) I've never had any special desire to go to Vancouver, and 2) I'm not even writing anymore, let alone sending to journals. I thought going to AWP in Chicago this year would help, and it did for a bit, but most of the books and journals I got there I haven't even read yet. It would be silly for me to spend so much on the trip. Maybe next year. The AWP website says that the 2006 conference will be in Austin, TX, and I'd totally do that, especially if kd is still living in Austin in 2006. That would rock. That would also give me more time to get back into writing. Which, granted, would be easier if I didn't keep buying seasons of Buffy and gamecubes.
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Date: 2004-12-02 08:52 am (UTC)From:no subject
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Date: 2004-12-04 04:52 pm (UTC)From:you know, vancouver is supposed to be a really cool city. like the Seattle of Canada. its too bad you cant check it out.