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May 31st, 2006 14:02
Enter your password to view commentsThat exam was really, really, really hard. All sorts of totally random questions and little facts that I had no idea about. What’s more, even though it was multiple choice most of the questions were of the d) all of the above or d) none of the above variety, which practically negates it. And she put in all these little tricks — questions that were half true, half false just to trick you.
I’m sorry if I don’t have a deep histroy of griffin symbolism. Or if I have no idea of how a second-century BC philosopher broke his leg (falling into the Tiber? Falling into the Cloaca Maximia?)
Anyway, I don’t want to talk about it.
Got my Domitian paper back too: 21 of 25 — not great, but could be worse, I suppose.
I’m going to put on my men’s underwear and my alligator sports bra and go outside to lie in the sun and blow my nose and read books and be useless for the rest of the day.
Yesterday there was a house next door. Today it looks like this.
Yes, that’s right: in addition to the fact that our poor little house is located between two of the loudest streets in Brisbane, the house next door has now become a construction site.
Given that in this country we only need to give two weeks notice, and that our six month (six month!!!!) least is up in one month, that leaves us a few weeks to try and find a new place to live… if moving is the right thing to do. Not sure about that, but it never hurts to look. The thought of living next to a constrution site curdles my wame: it’s already loud enough here to drive a peace-loving person a bit batty once in a while.
Today hasn’t been a good day. My first exam is tomorrow: if I’m lucky I’ll pass. Can’t bear to study anymore: 4 solid days and counting. Still feel sick as a dog; discovered the hard way (well, Zaubi did anyway) that dentists here are disgustingly expensive (private insurance, anyone?) and some other bad things I don’t feel like mentioning.
Well, tomorrow is another day. Or, should I say, tomorrow after 12PM is another day.
Woke up this morning because Kettricken was barking frantically. Went under the house to find that Fitz had gotten the empty dog food bag stuck on his head and, in his blindness, was sitting in the water dish. Tee hee!
Orchestra concert right now. Must.. find… Benedryl…
How come every time I get sick my face and head start itching???
Haven’t been sick in so long. It sucks to be dripping snot everywhere while studying horrible ancient architechture…. and it’s a Saturday.
Have you ever tried putting on your bra AFTER putting on your shirt? Why do I do stupid things like this??
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The lawn outside is growing some interesting foliage — tiny red grass/flower thingies interspersed with the normal grass. It makes it look like the lawn is hemmorhaging.
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I seem to be catching something for the first time in almost a year. Sore throat, nose running, head full of cold oatmeal… Uuuuurgh. Maybe if I ignore it, it will go away.
Well… I did it! I fixed it!
After much agony I managed to obtain a copy of Norton Systemworks 2005 and re-image my hard drive thus. So now my new, lovely unbloated laptop actually works… is actually fast again… I’ve kept myself down to minimal (for me) software and hopefully I’ll be able to keep an eye on things to prevent any rapid degradation (hate laptops sometimes).
Anyway. Turned in the last paper (it is very bad, I say, but I no longer care) and now I’m studying for my first exam! It’s going to be a nightmare… 150 multiple choice questions on such tidgy things as what kind of marble flooring they had in the House of the Vestals… My mind just isn’t cut out for this kind of mindless trivia. I think I may bomb.
Somehow I can’t bring myself to care about that very much, either.
Found a kickboxing/Brazilian jiu jitsu club at uni and I plan to start attending soon (though they don’t meet in the month between semesters, but I will be in Israel anyway). I’m looking forward to it! I’ve become far too fat and slow.
And now, a question for anyone who has taken Latin before…
How much of an ancient language do you realistically learn in one semester of undergrad? Is it possible, not having taken Beginning Latin A (and never having studied Latin previously), to take Beginning Latin B and manage to hold on if I do a good month of Latin studying on my own before Semester 2 starts?
Due to understaffing in my department and other long stories, it looks like I may be forced to take something COMPLETELY GRUESOME like Roman Art & Architecture during semester 2. Now, I think I will have to fling myself off something if I am forced to take Roman Art & Architecture. I won’t be able to bear it. Therefore, I’m wondering if there is any way I can work very diligently and squeeze into Beginning Latin B even though I didn’t take Latin first semester….
Oh, I don’t know. But I have to sign up for classes soon…
A little advice…
Does anyone know if there is a way to restore a PQI image onto a computer without having Powerquest or Norton Ghost or whatever the heck they call it now?
My stupid horrible laptop (Never buy from ABS, people) needs a reinstall, I do not have any recovery CD, only a FACTORY.PQI that came on the drive, but of course, I don’t have any software that can deal with PQI files, as far as I know.
Otherwise I’m stuck reinstalling with Win2K or Linux. Bah.
Suggestions?
Have you ever had a dream so sad that you’re crying in your dream, and when you wake up you’re crying in real life?
I hate that.
Wow. I’ve been complaining for over a month now.
Didn’t get enough work done today even though I sat here writing all day.
Which means, that tomorrow, even though its Saturday and going to be a beautiful day, I have to sit inside, writing.
Zaubi asked if I wanted to go to the beach and I DO but I CAN’T. Extra orchestra rehearsal all Sunday afternoon (concert next week) and this damned paper is due Tuesday morning at 10. I just know doing all the referencing is going to take me at least half a day.
Half the problem is bercause these jerks all read each others’ books and cite each others’ books and use the same ancient references that DON’T WORK. THe most common reference in Dio which is used to give evidence for a warehouse complex used for the storage of pepper and expensive Asian spices turns out to be instead a motivational speech to a bunch of soldiers when you look it up. Pliny the Elder is constantly referred to as indicating that the Curia Julia burned down in A.D. 69 in a chapter of his Natural History that DOESN’T EXIST. Martial’s epigram about the Pallas is used to give ‘evidence’ of one structure being somewhere half the time, a different structure being somewhere else the other half. Other books give diagrams of the locations of hotly disputed structures but omit actually WRITING ANYTHING ABOUT THEM.
And half the crap is only in Latin, or only in Italian.
Baaaaargh. What’s wrong with you people??!
What am I complaining about? After all, I signed up for this.
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