But yes, I shall get onto the suckiness of school. My classics class isn’t too bad. I’ve learned a lot of the stuff last semester, but it’s a gen ed so it’s really just something I’m taking to get an easy A since I have to take it. Physics is…physics. I’m taking it at community college, and that, by the way, messed my semester up even more. I’m a full time student, but only a part time student at the university. So I had to fill out a consortium agreement for that, saying that I was splitting my credit hours with a visiting institution and was still a full time student so I could get my aid. Well, that aid still hasn’t come. I turned it in nearly a month ago and they still haven’t finished processing it. I don’t know how hard it is to process it! The community college’s financial aid office had to fill part of it out, so clearly they recognize that I’m taking classes there (oh, and I won’t even get into how stupid and difficult it was to get them to recognize me as a resident and get residential tuition, it’s not like having a license from the state and living here my entire life means anything), yet the university is taking forever to take care of shit. But yes, physics. The professor is apparently great at teaching it, but we’re going so slow right now. We haven’t even gotten into physics, it’s just been math stuff that I somehow still remember from high school. And the labs…how stupid the labs are! I thought an hour for lab was short, and I was right. It turns out that hour on lab is actually just sitting in a classroom some old guy with a heavy accent coming in and telling us what the lab is going to be about. Then it’s up to you to go to the lab in your own time and do it. It would make more sense to just schedule the lab, and if you get done early then you can leave. That’s how it is at the university. That’s how it was when I took physics in the summer. I have yet to do the lab, and the report is due Wednesday. I’ll probably just stay after class on Monday and do it so I don’t have to take the bus all the way out there.

Then there’s micro genetics. The prof says a book isn’t required, but I’m going to probably get the older edition of the one he recommends, because it’s cheaper than the current edition and I’m having the hardest damn time getting anything in that class. The lab feels worse. I don’t like the TA. My TA last semester for micro techniques was amazing. She always had a power point ready to explain the concept of the experiment and had the procedure drawn out in an understandable way on the board. If you needed help she was more than willing to help. This TA just says what’s going to be done in the lab briefly then let’s you look at the lab manual and do it. Not overly helpful, and she doesn’t seem like she likes to answer questions too much. The lab in general sucks though. I don’t like my partner too much either, but nothing can be done about that. The lab this last week, the TA said it would take twenty five minutes tops, it ended up taking an hour and a half. I had nothing to do for that entire time so I just sat there, listening to music. Meanwhile, everyone else in my group was talking about med school, because apparently that’s what they all want to do. I’m like the only person in that class who doesn’t have anything to talk to. That’s unfortunate, because at the end of the semester I’m going to need a partner for a project. This little group kind of feels like my group from my first chem lab. I was just kind of there, I didn’t really do anything. I do stuff in the lab, but I don’t really talk to anyone while doing it. Last semester I did all the time, it was an awesome group. I’ve kind of just given up on trying to be friendly with people. I didn’t have any friends going into college because they all went elsewhere. I attempted in all of my classes freshman year to strike up conversations with people and make some friends. I did the same thing sophomore year, yet it never worked. So I just gave up on that. However, this whole thing has made me think even more about grad school, and how if I manage to get in I think it would be best to try to go somewhere else. I think I’m just in need of a change of scenery. If I decide to go for straight out micro, then ideally I’d want to go to Cal Berkeley because they have one of the top programs in the country. I doubt I could get into there though, my GPA probably wouldn’t cut it despite the fact it’s been improving. If I don’t go there then I’ll probably have to go to a northeast school, which wouldn’t be my choice. Cold weather, incredibly far away from my family and no good Mexican food (yes that last one is one of my concerns, you’d understand if you lived in Arizona all your life). By the way, if you’re ever in Arizona, specifically the greater Tucson area, you need to try a Sonoran hot dog, it will change your life. I’d recommend going to BK (not burger king), but just get one.

I can’t even think if that’s everything or not. I got a call from my mom when I was writing this so I got distracted. I just need to keep going I guess. One more week and I get to go home for the Chocolate Affaire, and then at the end of Feb I get to go home for Matsuri, and then possible the Ren Fest in the beginning of March, but for sure to see Wicked over spring break since it’s going to be here. I’m excited for that, I wanted to see it when it was in Tucson but didn’t have the money. It’s funny how much I’m going home this semester, last semester I didn’t go home for months, not even for Thanksgiving (which led to me missing Glendale Glitters, much disappointment). I’m still looking for a job, because I need money for stuff, but also because I want to save some money up for I can go to SDCC. I wanted to go last year but never managed to get a job despite applying for dozens. I won’t get into my job woes, it depresses me thinking about it.

Oh and I forgot to mention! Basketball! It goes on. Wildcats aren’t doing to great, but I think we’re making a comeback. Making it to the big dance in March seemed as if it was dwindling away, but it’s coming back because the Cats are coming back. I can’t help but think it’s because of Parrom. I was so happy when he got back onto that court, although he hasn’t been playing that great. But since that loss that should never have been to an inferior Oregon it seems as if he’s back to his old self, playing like a boss from the Bronx. If you don’t know what I’m talking about just check for Kevin Parrom in the news, it’s from the fall but yeah. Turner has really improved with handling the ball, he’s turning into a real Arizona PG (although he needs to watch how he conducts himself on the court). Lavender continues to make the 3 pt line his bitch, along with Fogg. Hill and Perry are getting aggressive rebounding on both sides, plus Perry is playing the big man position well, despite really only being a PF. Chol is slowly getting better, although next year he’ll probably be able to be an actual PF since we’re getting a new center in and a 6’10 PF. That’s Arizona’s weak point now if I had to choose one, the team’s lack of a big man.

I’ve been very bored with no school, thus the title of this post. Tomorrow I’m going home for around a week then coming back. During that off time I need to find a job because I have a hell of a lot better chance of getting into physics down here then up there, so I need money for the summer.

And…basketball goes on. We lost a couple we should have won. The next three should be easy wins.

This week has been kind of meh. One a good note I only had biostats once this week because the professor “had an incident” with her horse. But on a lower note I didn’t have my micro lab this week. Yes, I have to get up at 6AM in order to get to my 8AM lab which lasts until nearly noon at the longest, but it’s the one class that I really enjoy what I’m doing. What can I say, I’m a micro nut. Now back to Japanese homework.

So in case you hadn’t noticed, this semester has been a rather busy one for me. It’s my senior year, although after looking at everything it looks like I’m going to be staying another full year probably. And for one class, biochem. Why? Because before they had a one semester biochem class for non-majors who needed it. Well, apparently the last time they had it was last spring, so now in order to fill my requirements I don’t get to take a 3 unit biochem course, but two semesters of biochem, each 4 units each. Lucky me. I guess that’s what I get for putting it off. So I’m going to have to most likely come back next year just for that class. But on the plus side if I do come back I can take Japanese 415 in the fall. Hopefully I can, taking a semester break from a foreign language might as well be taking a three year break from speaking it. But also another good thing, if I do have to stay, and if I get the job I’m trying for right now, then I’ll have tons of time to work. And I hope I do get the job. I applied once before but apparently there wasn’t anyone qualified enough or something so the job was posted again. I am qualified for it, and I am determined to get it, so I’m applying again. It’s the perfect job for me and a great chance for me to keep practicing and learning new lab skills. The pay isn’t too bad either, it’s nearly $11/hr, which may not seem like a lot to some people reading this, I don’t know, but minimum wage in Arizona is only $7.35, which I’ve been told is very low compared to other states.

Real quick about classes. I hate my biostats with a passion, and I usually leave early in order to make it on time to my next class because there’s no point in being in class except for possible extra credit. The professor can’t lecture worth shit, it seems like she’s always just babbling. She just pisses me off. My vet sci lab isn’t too bad, it’s actually pretty easy, just takes a bit of work and the main professor who lectures is a bit boring. Japanese is fine, I have the same professor (I don’t know if that’s even what I should call him, he’s a grad student) as I did for some of 101 and 201, which helps because I don’t have to get used to how he speaks. I’m actually doing pretty well in there right now. And my micro lab is enjoyable, although not so much the Monday pre-lab lectures. The professor pretty much just goes over what we’ll be doing in lab that week in fifty minutes, and then the next day the lab TA goes over the same information in about 20 minutes, so I’m not sure why I go but I go. My lab TA is really nice though.

And quick anime! Thus far nothing good this season except Shana. Boku wa Tomodachi isn’t too bad I guess, but nothing else I’m watching stands out. Although from last season Penguindrum is starting to intrigue me. It’s kind of like with Steins;Gate (end AMAZING), where I had no clue what the hell was initially going on, but when it started it started.

And that’s all I have to say for now! Or have time to say! Oh and I’ll put a more relevant icon when photobucket decides it wants to stop being a bitch.

It’s been forever since I’ve blogged. That has been due to a few reasons. First and the largest, summer classes. Damn physics. This is also most of the reason I’m so pissed off. I busted my ass in that class. I never missed a day, I made sure to take detailed notes, I read the book and did practice problems (even if they took me like two hours a piece), and I did all the homework. Yet I ended up getting a D in the class. I needed a C. I’ve been at this college thing for some time now. I’m going to be a senior. I’ve been taking full loads during the regular school year, and every summer picking up two classes at community college. Oh, I forgot to point that out. Along with having to take stupid physics, it filled up at the community college near me, so I had to take two damn buses, a half hour ride each way, to a community college that was far away from where I live. And the instructor sucked. I went to him a couple times to try and get helped, it was pointless. He didn’t explain any problems worth shit, just did them, didn’t explain the method. Plus whenever he taught he would skip around with problems and half the time didn’t even get the right answer when he was doing a problem on the board. Then when the quizzes and exams came the problems would be ridiculously long and complicated, and often they weren’t even like the problems in the book. The damn quizzes before labs, which were only a couple questions, ended up taking like a half hour to complete. Anyway, my point of all of this was that I now don’t get to graduate on time, after all the work I’ve been putting into school. It seriously pisses me off.

My summer has been crappy even without damn physics. When I got home from university I started applying for jobs like crazy, because I wanted to make at least a bit of money over the summer, mostly to pay off my credit card (which I’ve used for nothing but paying for summer classes and books for those classes). I sold quite a few of my textbooks and didn’t even get a fifth of what I paid for them, and that’s all gone towards credit card payments. I had to have applied at seven different places, yet didn’t get hired at a single one. I’ve applied at a couple places on campus for the school year, hopefully I’ll hear back from one. I just applied for a lab assistant position today, I’m really hopping I at least get a callback on it, the job would be perfect for me.

I’ve done nothing this summer but take classes. I went to the library to get some books, I haven’t even gotten through The Simarillion yet, which is the one book I wanted to read over the summer. Since I couldn’t get a job, I had no money, so I couldn’t do anything I wanted. I wanted to go rock climbing really badly, but that didn’t happen. I wanted to go to jumpstreet, that was only ten dollars, but that didn’t happen. I wanted to go to the MIM after seeing it on TV, but of course that didn’t happen either. The one thing I did get to do was see the one movie I wanted, X-Men: First Class, and it was awesome. Also saw Pirates (because my parents wanted to see it too. My mom said she also wanted to see X-Men, but my parents and brother were camping and I didn’t feel like waiting for them to get back) and Green Lantern with my uncle, which wasn’t all that great, it was DC after all. The Pooh Bear movie looked good but I never got to see it, and of course another Marvel creation Captain America I never saw.

It’s been a crappy summer, and it’s getting late so I don’t really feel like getting into all of it, but that’s a good deal of it summed up above.

Anyone been watching 90′s Are All That on TeenNick? I’m enjoying it, it’s nice to have some good programming on again, even if it’s late night. They really need to air The Amanda Show though, and some of the game shows like Legends of the Hidden Temple or Double Dare.

I can’t think of anything to say about anime or manga. HOTD is on freaking hiatus again, so one chapter has been released this entire year. I started reading Arakawa’s new work, Gin no Saji, as well as the BRS manga, even though only one chapter is out. The summer anime season doesn’t really have anything that amazing, although Steins;Gate from last season has been getting into the thick of it. I’ve dropped that stupid ass Twin Angel mahou shoujo anime so far, and I’ve gotten behind on iDOLM@STER, which I may drop because it’s confusing and kind of boring. Usagi Drop is pretty cute, plus they have an actual child voicing Rin. Mawaru Penguindrum is probably my favorite in regards to music, because I just love the OP and ED. The plot itself is really strange, I’m still not completely sure what’s going on. Nyanpire is also cute, although I swear the ED is longer than the actual episode. I’m watching more than that, but don’t really have much to say on them. If I have free time maybe I’ll redo this part.

Now what’s in store? Packing up all my crap, moving out of the apartment Saturday. Hopefully getting a job over the summer because I’m in desperate need of money, and of course wasting my entire June and most of July taking physics at community college. What ever happened to summer vacation? I haven’t had one since I entered college, I’m always taking classes.

Now to as the title says. This is going to be very short, because I have less than a week of class left for the year and have a shitload of stuff to do.

First, I’d like to say a bit about the finally aired last two episodes of Madoka. It took forever, and honestly the ending was a bit confusing (not so much the ending ending as much as the Madoka stuff), but it received a 10 from me, and has bumped Clannad down to my 3rd favorite anime. Also the HOTD OVA, which I’ve been looking so forward to because there isn’t going to be a second season anytime soon with the mangaka only bringing out a chapter every two months with barely any development in it, didn’t impress. I rated it rather low.

Now onto realizations!
First, I’ve noticed as I stand by or walk near a lot of guys and how so many of them are shorter than me. I feel kind of bad for them. I know, being just below 5’9″ is supposedly in no way short (my mother being 6′ I beg to differ), but the average height of a guy is supposed to be like 5’9″ or 5’10″, isn’t it? Yet a lot of them are nowhere close to that.

Another thing I realized is that my hair seems to hate me much more than it did when I was younger. I haven’t gotten it cut since January and even then it was just a trim. It’s starting to get long, it’s just beneath what I guess would be the very bottom of my shoulder blades. And at this length it hates me. It won’t cooperate with me ever. It’s just being a bitch, and because of that next time I get it cut it’s all coming off. I’m going to go short again. Probably.

Third, fat people on the bus. Fat people need to realize that they’re fat, and not try to squeeze their fat selves into a seat between two people. It’s uncomfortable for everyone. You know what I do if it looks like the seat would be a bit of a tight squeeze (and I can fit normally in the seat)? I stand, it’s easier than being uncomfortable while sitting. Doesn’t hurt to stand, and I say that even with a weak right shin. And while on the bus topic, it’s funny when the bus is really full and short people have to stand but can barely reach the bar to hold onto. I almost feel bad for them because I barely have to raise my arm halfway to reach it, yet they struggle to grab and hold on.

Another thing I realized last night is that I’ve built up my abdominal muscle so much that I don’t have to anchor my feet when trying to do crunches anymore, I can just do them, my feet don’t fly all over the place as I attempt to get myself up. I was happy about that.

Next…eh, chicks with huge boobs. They piss me off for some reason. I don’t know why, I’m hardly jealous because I feel they would just get in the way, but they still piss me off. Honestly no clue why.

On another note, school. Urgh. This semester had the potential to save my GPA. My Modern Latin America elective, that on the level of a middle school class, is an automatic A. Microbial physiology, which when I first saw the material thought would be the class I fail, I very much have a chance of getting an A in. I got a B on the first exam, a C on the second, but this last one I took yesterday. I breezed through it in 26 minutes, I was nearly the first person done but the first person beat my by seconds. I was so confident as I took that exam, so I’m not expecting anything less than a high A for that. And then if it helps our grade the professor will count the final twice, making the class out of 500 points instead of 400. So if I could get an A on that as well, that would be an A in the class. In virology right now I have a B, and a B isn’t bad, considering nearly all my other science courses I’ve gotten C’s. However, if I do the 12 page extra credit paper (which I’m planning on doing hopefully) and get at least 30 our of the 50 points on that, I get an A in the class. Since he’s going to have so many papers to grade he made the final optional, so I’m not going to bother taking it and risking my grade. However, cell biology has pretty much ruined that GPA increase I was hoping for. The first two exams I did horrible horrible on. The third exam could change that if I just did well on it. Over a span of 2 weeks I studied for nearly 30 hours. I went over the book and wrote out detailed notes, I went over the old exam posted online, I went over and answered the review problems. How did I do? I was .5 points away from even getting a D. So I’m just giving up on that damn class. I’m not going to pass it, I’m going to have to take it over. It’s pretty much going to screw up my graduation plans (in the sense that if I pass it I can walk next May but will still have to take a course over the summer, so won’t technically graduate until the summer) and it is screwing up my hopes for grad school. Japanese this semester I’m getting a C in whether I like it or not, I just didn’t have the time to concentrate on it. Next semester I need to do better, considering I took a spot that so many people wanted. And by that I mean that although there are 2 sections of 201, there is only going to be 1 section of 202. It apparently was filled up by mid morning the day that I registered for classes, so had I not remembered to register in the morning when I woke up I would not have gotten a spot. The only ones who could have gotten a spot in the class were seniors, juniors and honors students. So everyone else who wanted to take it is going to most likely have to wait for spring, because even with the high demand they only have one section of 202 each semester.

I leave you with this. This season the best anime in my opinion are two original series, Hanasaku Iroha and AnoHana, the latter being my favorite of the season. I give you the ED to listen to, which is part of the reason it’s my favorite. It may not be sung by ZONE, but it is a ZONE song, and it absolutely perfect for this anime.

Actual:

Full:

And for the hell of it, here’s the original ZONE version:

PS, as for the icon, I thought their play this year was pretty gangster, thus the icon. That is all.