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Posted by Amber on February 19th, 2011
School is school, I will say that. I’m killing myself for school, but it’s not giving back. A couple weeks ago I probably put in close to 30 hours of studying within a week of my cell biology test. I was freaking out before I got to it, knowing I was going to fail. I get there, get the test, and I didn’t think it was that bad. I was expecting a C, a D at the worst. Ending up getting a 39. I’ve been busy with other classes, so I haven’t had time to look at the answer key they posted, but I’m kind of hating myself for not writing in pen. Had I written in pen I could have petitioned for a regrade. My reasoning for why I think I had points taken off when I shouldn’t have is because they grades around 150 tests, 6 pages all hand written answers, within 6 hours of the test being taken. I have trouble believing they really took their time to look over them carefully. But I’m stuck with that damn grade for that stupid class. The virology test I did the worst I was expecting. I was expecting a low B or C. I ended up getting a low C. It’s passing, but not what I wanted. So I’m going to have to figure out how to put more effort into that class. My first Japanese chapter test I got a high C. I didn’t like it, the past two semesters I never got below a B. I have the 2nd on Monday, then my midterm oral sometime this week and the written midterm the next Monday. My stupid INDV test…that was a fun day. I get to the bus stop, and something that never happens at that time of day happens- both spots on the bike rack are full. I needed to take my bike that day or I wouldn’t be able to get to classes in time. So I decided to wait for the next bus, since it would get me there about 10 minutes before class started, so I could get to the room about 5 minutes before the exam started. Well, something that has never ever happened in the many months I’ve been taking my bike on the bus- this rack is full as well. So I’m there, a few miles off of campus, with a test that starts in 20 minutes. The next bus comes in a half hour. So what do I do? I get on my bike and I pedal my ass off. I was about to give up about a mile in (I’m not in the best shape, but I’m not in the worst shape either. You try biking 3.5 miles up and down hilly streets), but there was no way I was going to miss the easy A test, so I kept going. With lights and everything I made it a couple minutes late, so I probably biked it in about 15 minutes. I got there and collapsed into my seat. The entire test I was having trouble because my hand was shaking from exhaustion. Wasn’t a fun day. Haven’t gotten the score back yet. I have tons of exams before spring break, but my next big one is microbial physiology. I can get an A on it. This professor, although a pompous ass, isn’t a complete asshole. There aren’t going to be any curve balls or trick questions. It’s very straightforward, so as long as I know the material front and back that we’ve gone over in class that A is mine. Tags: Anime, Manga, midterms, School, stupid buses |
Since I’m not sure when the last time I made a non-basketball related post was, I’ll do one now. | Time is nonexistent |
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Posted by Amber on January 21st, 2011
School…so much this semester. Microbial physiology is going to kick my ass unless I fight back and kick its ass instead. Cell biology and virology are going to be challenging, but should be doable. The professor wasn’t lying, Japanese does get harder once you hit second year. Yet I’m taking it because I was to learn the language and minor in it. I actually just got back from my INDV section…there’s like 10 people tops in it. And I’m pretty sure almost all of them speak Spanish, along with the TA. It’s not his Spanish speaking section, but still. They must be in it because they actually want to know stuff about Latin America. I just grabbed whatever INDV I could that fit in my schedule so I wouldn’t have to worry about getting almost all my elective done my senior year. Although I can tell you right now (and I’m not glorifying myself here, I’m serious) I am the brainchild of that class. When we were working on a map my TA had to ask out loud if we knew what a peninsula was because so many people had no clue. One of the people I was working with didn’t know where the Sonora Desert is, which is bad considering we live in it. Last night was all new episodes of stuff, Bones, The Office, 30 Rock and Parks and Recreation finally came back on. Had I watched them, I wouldn’t have been able to watch either Bones or The Office and 30 Rock because stupid American Idol took the 7PM spot last night. However, I watched none of them. Buffy was on for 3 hours last night, and I had to watch that because it’s almost to the end. Tonight should be the series finale, unless Logo decides to be stupid and not air it like they did Monday. I also watched Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica yesterday, and my first thought after it was over: “Shit just got real.” It was unexpected for a mahou shoujo anime, but damn. I must say, I’m surprised that this is turning out to be my favorite of the season, especially since I’ve never found SHAFT shows to be more than a bit of random entertainment. I leave you now with this awesome ED. Under a cut because of the size. |
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Posted by Amber on December 5th, 2010
I turned 21 in November. Still haven’t had a drink. Was going to go when I was home for Thanksgiving break and have some sake at my birthday dinner, but I decided I’ll just wait until winter break because I used a birthday coupon for a free pizza for lunch. I suppose last because I need to get back to studying, I have been raging over football. Much of my family thinks it’s weird how I’ve gotten into football. I haven’t really, I’ve just gotten into my school’s team. And we were doing so awesome in the beginning, but then we lost four straight. So we ended 7-5. But we still managed to qualify for a bowl with our great play in the beginning of the season, but not the coveted Rose Bowl that everyone was slowly setting their hopes on. Although we should have ended 10-2, but we didn’t. Why? Our damn kicker. The first loss we missed because he missed a field goal and an extra point, which would have had us win by 1. The second loss he screwed us out of if he initially had it blocked, but then after a flag and second attempt he just entirely missed is. The last game, the game which to most at the university was the most important game of the season because it was our rival school…in double overtime, we lost by 1, and lost the cup. You know why we lost by 1? About a minute and half left in the game, he kicked a ridiculously low extra point, had it blocked, and sent us into overtime. Made the field goal in overtime, but then in double OT he had his kick blocked again. And, in that red filled stadium filled with probably around 90,000 fans, and all the people watching on TV, he killed us. I raged so hard right after it happened. A lot of people did. So many people did that it was a trending topic worldwide on Twitter. But I literally fell to the ground and nearly started crying. He better get better by the bowl game, that’s all I can say. All I have time for now. Probably won’t update until sometime during winter break in a couple weeks. BTW, I chose the icon because I’ve been really craving a burger for months and haven’t had one. Tags: birthday, football, School |
A very quick updated because I haven’t updated in nearly two months. There’s a reason for that, as well as why this is so very quick. It’s because of school. This semester of school has kept me so busy. I don’t even live on campus anymore and I swear I spend more time there than when I did. And then when I get back I usually have something to do, and a lot of it. Luckily the semester is nearly over, partial week of classes this week and then finals start Friday. Then next Thursday I’m done. My expected grades: I know that I’m going to get an A in immunology, I’ve kicked ass on all the tests and quizzes. I’m pretty sure I can expect a good grade on my vaccine proposal. I don’t even have to worry about the final in there really. Japanese I’m about 95% certain I’m getting a B in there, even though I have the oral and written final left in there. I was hoping for an A, but I B isn’t bad. O-chem I don’t care anymore, because I’m going to fail. I know I am. I hate the fact I’ll have to go through that shit again because I really hate the class, but hopefully next time I’ll get a competent professor like I had first semester. And Mycology…I’m about 80% certain I’ll pass, but at the highest with a C. I was hoping for a B at the beginning of the semester, but that wasn’t going to happen. The professor’s tests are completely ridiculous, he expects to know information much more in depth than what’s on the notes, and there is no book to refer to so it’s pretty much you should know perfectly because he says it once in lecture. | And so hell continues |
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Posted by Amber on October 15th, 2010
I’m kind of worried about the mycology exam I just took. I got a D on the last one, this one I studied more and took about twenty-minutes longer, yet I’m not feeling too good about it. The damn life cycles screwed me over, if anything. Grr, I need to hug something fluffy. Too bad Rosco doesn’t like to be held and Izumi decided to pass gas whenever she lays on me, so I probably shouldn’t hug her or else I’d probably cause her to create a gas chamber resulting in my death. Tags: cats, college, midterms, School |
First, a quick look at what this week was, and what next week will be:| Just an update I guess |
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Posted by Amber on October 1st, 2010
So just some random stuffs. First, my kitties arrived. Last Sunday. I was so happy. I guess I’m still pretty happy they’re here, although Izumi is a complete attention whore (I’m slowly getting her out of that, but to the point where she’s still affectionate) and Rosco, who was never one for a lot of attention at home, has become a complete attention whore. They don’t let me sleep in the morning. I somehow always end up being forced awake a half hour before I plan to if not earlier. Initially Izumi wouldn’t leave me alone at night, but now she’s stopped. Rosco has started sleeping on the bed with me for most of the night. I wouldn’t mind if Izumi did, I just can’t be petting her all night. Also there is cat fur all over my furniture now, and one of them, I’m not sure which, started to put a hole in my loveseat which is barely a month and a half old. I made sure to buy then a scratching post, I used my own money to buy one for them, yet they don’t use it much. My guess is that Izumi doesn’t know how, and Rosco has forgotten. When Rosco was a kitten until about three we had a nice cat tree for him, Tuffy and K.C., but then it eventually was torn to shreds and a new one was never gotten. Along with that the house slowly started to fill with more and more cats, and with no scratching post they all started using the walls and furniture, both which look like complete crap. So at the house Izumi has always used the furniture or the wall as a scratching post, and it’s been awhile since Rosco has used one. I keep yelling at them when they try to use the couch, hopefully they’ll get it soon. Tags: Anime, cats, School |
Since I haven’t posted anything in half a month apparently. Damn, the month went by fast. This year is going by fast. That always happens when I have school, which is so weird because high school went by so slow. I’m already halfway done with the semester. Crazy.| Hanazawa Kana’s voice is so cute! |
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Posted by Amber on September 11th, 2010
Now to other stuff. Uh…I have stuff to say, but I can’t think of what order to put it in or anything. So let’s start with most recent. I guess someone finally moved in to the apartment next to mine. I know because he came to my door yesterday asking for money. I said I had none, like I’m going to give my money to some random dude. I wasn’t paying much attention, but the guy kind of looks like a creeper. But good news (I guess?) is that he’s kind of small, shorter than me I’m pretty sure, so if a situation ever came when I’d need to I could easily kick his ass. But I’m sure that’ll never happen…a pity really. Tags: cats, School, seiyuu, shitty aparment |
And for that I use a Kobato icon, because I don’t have any icons of her other characters, or at least I didn’t see any, although I swear I have a couple Black Rock Shooter ones. Oh well. Seriously though, I wish I could take her voice and just hug it, it sounds so damn cute despite the fact she’s the same age as me. My voice is nowhere near being cute. This is all completely off topic though, so I’ll stop here.| Kitties |
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Posted by Amber on September 5th, 2010
Filed under: School
And as for the title, and icon, I want my kitties. They still haven’t come down to live with me yet, because I don’t have the money for the pet deposit. My loan finally dispersed into my bank account, but that is strictly for rent money, not for the pet deposit. I want them down here, it’s so lonely by myself. Tags: cats, college |
I think I’ve decided on how the last two years of college are going to go for me. I’m going to actually do two years instead of a year and a half. I could finish in a year and a half, but in order to do that I’d be pushing myself to or even over my limit. It would require taking around 18 units each semester, and most of those being upper level science courses. And I wouldn’t be able to minor in Japanese like I want to because I wouldn’t be able to fit 202 in my final semester. Taking the full amount of time, along with meaning I have to pack fewer courses in each semester, also means I’ll be able to study harder for the courses I take each semester. I need to seriously improve my GPA if I want to go to grad school, which I do. I’m hoping I’ll be able to get it high enough. I think it’s a possibility, now that I have more drive. For the first two years I was doing what my parents wanted me to do, majoring in pre-pharmacy, and it was very clear I didn’t have any motivation, especially not like the others in the major. But now that I switched to something I really enjoy and am taking classes that pertain more to my interests I think I can turn my grades around closer to what they were in high school. | Correction: a LONG LONG year. |
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Posted by Amber on August 24th, 2010
Filed under: School
Get to class. Nearly missed the bus because I forgot to fill up my water bottle last night, but I remembered it this year and since I rode my bike over to the stop(homeless dude free this time) I managed to get it. I got to class, sat there for a bit, then mycology started. The professor is a freaking bore. I’m pretty sure he’s just at the university for his research. Tags: fml, rain, School, shitty aparment |
I have a ton of stuff to do within between right now and my first class is tomorrow, so with sleep I have about four, maybe five hours to do all that. So I’ll make this short. Normally I wouldn’t do two posts in two days like this, but the year just keeps getting better.| It’s going to be a LONG year |
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Posted by Amber on August 23rd, 2010
Let’s begin with the apartment. Well, turns out that that exterminator didn’t know what the hell they were doing, because when we began moving the big stuff in Saturday we went around the edges of the room with bug spray, and they came running out. One even nearly went into my brand new couch, but my aunt caught it. And then the next day of course there’s more, I even found a few in my room. Honestly, this apartment thing had me crying last night. I was just so sick of having to deal with all this shit, and so pissed that the stupid apartment complex showed such a nice apartment to me when I was looking only for me to be given this piece of crap. I can’t even open the door regularly. To unlock the screen door from the outside I need to push in first then turn the lock, and the regular door just doesn’t like opening without some force behind it. And yesterday, after my mom sprayed the cabinets (is that the right word? For some reason I feel like it isn’t) and wiped all the bugs that were in there, she laid down some shelf lining and put the little bit of food I got in them. Then she told me to wash the dishes and such so they could be put away. I attempted to start with my silverware. Well, I didn’t even get through that, before the entire faucet came flying off and water went everywhere. My mom screwed it back on, but it came off again. So I ended up doing the silverware in the kitchen sink, and I had to do each individually because I don’t have a stopper for it. Today, although I was just going to wait until tomorrow because I was so tired, I went to the office and told them all of this. I mainly decided to do it today because I made my pot pie, was going into the extra storage closet to get a plate and I see a roach on the wall. Killed that sucker, then grabbed my keys and went up to the office, even missing the beginning of The Office and holding off on eating to do so. I guess tomorrow they’ll come fix the faucet when I’m at school, and she said she’d call an exterminator, although I don’t know when. She kept asking if it was ants, and I kept telling her no. If it was ants I could take care of them, there have been issues with ants a few times at home, they’re pretty easy to get rid of. And I have to go back in tomorrow, although I think they’ll be closed by time I get back from class, to pick up new keys, because my mailbox key won’t work and my other key won’t open up the laundry room. |
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Posted by Amber on June 26th, 2010
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