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Dec. 13th, 2006
Random rants (this time for real)
Dec. 13th, 2006 10:17 pmLet me first preface this with the explanation that i am not quite at my most sober state of mind and/or body. Apologies if any ill-thought out statements offend any of you fine folks.
So yes, today was the delightful day of my final exam for "Cartographic Theory and Design". Overall, i did enjoy learning the material and believe it will be of some great value to me in the end. That didn't make the professor any less horrid however, and i dreaded the exam for the reason of her lack of wisdom. In the end, my fear was unfounded. The exam was far kinder then i expected by far, though if i had listened to the professor's instructions i would have been SOL. So yeah, it was good. Hell, it was even better since she wasn't even _at_ the exam and she foisted it off to a much kinder and more reasonable fellow.
Naturally enough, the bar was the first destination after the exam. Beer was had, followed with a bit of indian food and some decent conversation. We were wishing well of one of our classmates who is heading off on exchange to Australia next semester. Oh well, i will likely share next year's classes with her. :) Anywho, between the rounds we found ourselves discussing academic success. People were shocked when i told them of my lousy C average and horrid marks getting into University. Apparently they think i am a smart one somehow, even to the point that they actively partner up with me because of it. I obviously sound a hell of a lot better then i am, things considered. The other option is that i am actually a better student now, which is theoretically possible albeit unlikely. Oh well, i will admit it was a pleasant surprise for people to actually think i am intelligent or useful in endevours.
The whole experience also reminded me of another pleasant fact; i'm still a cheap drunk. Quite noticeably tipsy after a single pint of beer and likely visibly impaired with my second. This makes me happy in general since i given trip to the bar is far more economical then others. Not that i actually drink consistently, considering my feast and famine drinking habits. I may avoid touching the drink for a couple months solid. Then, when the time seems right i will have a bit of a craving and fill it with a drink every day or two for a period of about a week or a week and a half. Never more extreme then the lighter edge of impaired and usually just tipsy. Tis odd, i certainly admit, and if it happened longer or with more severity (say, an actual hangover or greatly impaired judgement) then i would be more concerned. Fortunately it seems quite limited in scope and safe overall.
Anywho, just got one more exam on the morning of the 18th in "Plant Herbivore Interactions". Unlike cartography though, that is actually taught by a decent prof and i should be able to prep. sufficiently for it most likely. Pity i can't make it to Jodo on the sunday afternoon, but studies will need that time frame instead.
Oh well, time for me to crash now that my pointless ramblings have been provided to the masses. Agathos nuxos.
So yes, today was the delightful day of my final exam for "Cartographic Theory and Design". Overall, i did enjoy learning the material and believe it will be of some great value to me in the end. That didn't make the professor any less horrid however, and i dreaded the exam for the reason of her lack of wisdom. In the end, my fear was unfounded. The exam was far kinder then i expected by far, though if i had listened to the professor's instructions i would have been SOL. So yeah, it was good. Hell, it was even better since she wasn't even _at_ the exam and she foisted it off to a much kinder and more reasonable fellow.
Naturally enough, the bar was the first destination after the exam. Beer was had, followed with a bit of indian food and some decent conversation. We were wishing well of one of our classmates who is heading off on exchange to Australia next semester. Oh well, i will likely share next year's classes with her. :) Anywho, between the rounds we found ourselves discussing academic success. People were shocked when i told them of my lousy C average and horrid marks getting into University. Apparently they think i am a smart one somehow, even to the point that they actively partner up with me because of it. I obviously sound a hell of a lot better then i am, things considered. The other option is that i am actually a better student now, which is theoretically possible albeit unlikely. Oh well, i will admit it was a pleasant surprise for people to actually think i am intelligent or useful in endevours.
The whole experience also reminded me of another pleasant fact; i'm still a cheap drunk. Quite noticeably tipsy after a single pint of beer and likely visibly impaired with my second. This makes me happy in general since i given trip to the bar is far more economical then others. Not that i actually drink consistently, considering my feast and famine drinking habits. I may avoid touching the drink for a couple months solid. Then, when the time seems right i will have a bit of a craving and fill it with a drink every day or two for a period of about a week or a week and a half. Never more extreme then the lighter edge of impaired and usually just tipsy. Tis odd, i certainly admit, and if it happened longer or with more severity (say, an actual hangover or greatly impaired judgement) then i would be more concerned. Fortunately it seems quite limited in scope and safe overall.
Anywho, just got one more exam on the morning of the 18th in "Plant Herbivore Interactions". Unlike cartography though, that is actually taught by a decent prof and i should be able to prep. sufficiently for it most likely. Pity i can't make it to Jodo on the sunday afternoon, but studies will need that time frame instead.
Oh well, time for me to crash now that my pointless ramblings have been provided to the masses. Agathos nuxos.
