Friday, July 30, 2004
Behold the terror of…the upcoming final!
Really, you have to laugh at the absurdity of it all. How old am I, nearly 24 now? This is *entirely* to old for me to *still* be freaking out about finals. Shouldn’t I be complaining about my pension plan or health care benefits at this point? Aren’t I supposed to be concerned about other things? I am *entirely* to mature for this sort of ‘finals week’ tomfoolery. Harrumph!
Well, be that as it may, I do have a final coming up; probably the hardest on of my entire graduate career, with luck. I’m taking 562A, random processes, which is widely regarded ‘round these parts as the most difficult class in the USC EE masters degree curriculum. I can see why, too, I have little-to-no idea what’s going on. I’ve started reviewing and studying, though, and things are starting to come together, so I’m not worried. I have about a week-and-a-half or so before I have to be good, and it’s not as if I am studying for anything else.
Other weekend forthcomings include an Apartment-Warming party for Mylinh, co-worker. Should be fun.
Also, I realized that I have a full 8 days of PTO I have to use before the end of the year. This isn’t counting the days I’m going to carry over to next year or use on Christmas/thanksgiving. These are 8 other days. Crikey! So planning that is going to be fun. In terms of spending-money, though, there are some things I want to get before I start spending money on vacations. Especially ones to Japan, or Korea, perhaps. And I need to learn the language before either of those. At least a little.
So I’m planning to take time off and *do* rather than *go*. May sound nerdy to some of you, but sounds like heaven to me. Motorcycle lessons? Why not? Video games? Need you even ask? Practice the drums? Sure! I can use the money I save from not traveling to get a set. And, of course, some audio production gear. I’m starting to figure out the system, a little bit. I think I may just be on the verge of my own home studio. Probably need a new computer for it though.
See? Just look at that last paragraph. I only have so much expendable income, here. I’d much rather get and play around with some of those than go somewhere. At least for now. I’m allowed to change my mind. Not a woman, so it’s not a *prerogative*, per se, but I still think it’s fair cricket.
So there you go. Final and vacation. Wow. It’s almost like I *am* back in college. Perhaps I’m not as old as I think.
Pshaw…not bloody likely! [Waves cane]
-N
Really, you have to laugh at the absurdity of it all. How old am I, nearly 24 now? This is *entirely* to old for me to *still* be freaking out about finals. Shouldn’t I be complaining about my pension plan or health care benefits at this point? Aren’t I supposed to be concerned about other things? I am *entirely* to mature for this sort of ‘finals week’ tomfoolery. Harrumph!
Well, be that as it may, I do have a final coming up; probably the hardest on of my entire graduate career, with luck. I’m taking 562A, random processes, which is widely regarded ‘round these parts as the most difficult class in the USC EE masters degree curriculum. I can see why, too, I have little-to-no idea what’s going on. I’ve started reviewing and studying, though, and things are starting to come together, so I’m not worried. I have about a week-and-a-half or so before I have to be good, and it’s not as if I am studying for anything else.
Other weekend forthcomings include an Apartment-Warming party for Mylinh, co-worker. Should be fun.
Also, I realized that I have a full 8 days of PTO I have to use before the end of the year. This isn’t counting the days I’m going to carry over to next year or use on Christmas/thanksgiving. These are 8 other days. Crikey! So planning that is going to be fun. In terms of spending-money, though, there are some things I want to get before I start spending money on vacations. Especially ones to Japan, or Korea, perhaps. And I need to learn the language before either of those. At least a little.
So I’m planning to take time off and *do* rather than *go*. May sound nerdy to some of you, but sounds like heaven to me. Motorcycle lessons? Why not? Video games? Need you even ask? Practice the drums? Sure! I can use the money I save from not traveling to get a set. And, of course, some audio production gear. I’m starting to figure out the system, a little bit. I think I may just be on the verge of my own home studio. Probably need a new computer for it though.
See? Just look at that last paragraph. I only have so much expendable income, here. I’d much rather get and play around with some of those than go somewhere. At least for now. I’m allowed to change my mind. Not a woman, so it’s not a *prerogative*, per se, but I still think it’s fair cricket.
So there you go. Final and vacation. Wow. It’s almost like I *am* back in college. Perhaps I’m not as old as I think.
Pshaw…not bloody likely! [Waves cane]
-N
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