Unfortunate

The loss of the Cavendish would be a severe blow, as I do so love bananas.

God Jul

The Darkest of Winters

[instrumental]

So, I finally found a use for my Moleskine notebook: I wrote down stuff I was going to blog about. Here they are, in no particular order:

Keeping a notebook nearby is infinitely handy. Being able to write down everything running through my head (in this case, a myriad number of events that I'd been meaning to blog about) enables me to feel relieved knowing I'm not going to forget some important detail. I plan on using my Moleskine much more often once I get a pack of sexy Pilot very fine rollerball pens.

Besides the notebook, one thing I took to using much more often is the ever-useful sticky note. Sticky notes let me remember tiny random tasks that I needed to do as well as provide a much-needed catharsis once the task was completed via tearing it down and crushing it in my fist. I plan on using them much more often next semester to help my rein in my homework and project habits and Get Things Done.

Being at home now with lots of free time enables me to reflect back on the previous semester and realize how marginally awful it was. Although it seemed to finish before it started, it feels like I did far less work this semester than before; spring semester last year I busted my ass doing Physics work and everything while this semester I ended up skipping lots of (admittedly worthless) classes and studying less. This lack of work accurately reflects my grades for this semester, which, while not awful, are certainly not representative of the work I can do. I'm absolutely positive that I can do well if I put my mind to it due to my ability to perform very well on finals that I actually study for; it seems I ended up doing best on my math final out of all the tests in the class even though it was cumulative, and the same goes for EECS 281 even though the answers weren't spoon-fed to us this time. I must say, though, I'm still jealous of people - say, in the Biochemistry department - who get to take lots of classes with either no final exam or a non-cumulative final. As far as I know, I'm going to be rocking five finals next semester.

Now that school is out, however, I can enjoy the wonderfully wintry weather in Ohio (currently consisting of an overcast sky and 40° weather - it rained yesterday) and the absence of Laura and my fellow Case undergrads. I still have a few topics to touch on, but many days of winter break left. Let's not rush it, yeah?

Postscript: Demetri Martin is hilarious.

That Last Hand Nearly Killed Me

Finals done. At home. Posts later (got a list).

For the Record

I despise humanity.

I Was Born to Go Down Fighting

So yeah.

Via the omnipresent Digg: Vista is here. Who cares?

I just finished my first class of the semester, USSY 220 Digital Storytelling. All in all, not a bad course and I wouldn't mind reccommending it to other people. It's fairly work-free as far as seminars go. Plus, you get to make goofy videos (I'll resize my group's and post it eventually). The rest of the semester's classes shall proceed to pass into the night with nary a care. All I care about now is a.) finishing the season of Heroes so far and b.) exams.

Time now for c.) sleep.