Keeping the ball rolling
Jan. 26th, 2009 05:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crankyoldmanSince I am a bad student and while Composites is cool, the professor is a little old and in order to stay awake in his class, which is at the end of the day and already at a disadvantage with my attention span, I read during parts of that class. In intervals, so I don't miss everything. This may seem counterproductive, but this isn't a formula-writing, theory laden class. And most of the Structures department is filled with (wellmeaning, at least) old fossils. I like conversational professors, but sometimes what they are saying is just really really boring. Flipside: Prof Dragster never bores me and he goes off on tangents a lot.
FUCK YEAH WAS I THE ONLY ONE THAT FELT INTENSELY SATISFIED WHEN CORDELIA WATER INTERROGATED THAT DAMN PSYCHOLOGIST???
Alright, personal moment, there is nothing, not even some things that should bother me more, that bothers me more than invasion of mental privacy (and it's been done to me before, which makes it even MORE of a touchy issue for me). Want to know how to piss me off and likely flip my crazy switch? Get information from me while I'm unconscious/out of it. This is why I've worked to create a certain alcohol tolerance for myself (blacking out = BAD). So basically when they were trying to pull that shit with Cordelia, I just about gave away the fact I was reading in class. VISCERAL REACTION HO!
I already had an instant dislike to the Betans (ha ha, guess whose family works for the gov't? that would be mine, I fully acknowledge my bias) even if they seemingly held a greater value for human life (which they obviously don't, they only seem to respect human life on their side, not saying that the Barrayans are any better, but I see where they're coming from easier, even if they're likely going to piss me off with some shit). But really, come on, if you've got such a big thing about human rights, the first thing you do shouldn't be taking away an obviously somewhat traumatized "soldier"'s rights for information. Also, it cracks me up how apparently no one voted for their current president. XD
Seriously. Pissed me off SO much. So damn glad she gave them the slip, even if it fucks up stuff for her but hey, damned if you do, damned if you don't. I'd have choked a bitch too. XD
Now it'll be fun on Barrayar for me, because I'm catching a lot of Imperial Rome references, and ah, I'm obsessed with Rome. Truefact. Damn author, are you sure you're not living in my head? And I'm liking the Aral/Cordelia thing in much the similar way I like the Roslin/Adama thing (seriously, THAT would be one hell of a meeting, particularly Roslin and Cordelia). Weird sorts of understandings are somewhat touching to me, more than basic physical attraction you often see with younger characters. So, yeah. Way to hit my squishy spot.
And again, there are bisexuals, and not for the titillating factor. It's not something I used to notice as much, but like I was saying in a conversation with my Sidekick recently, people always look for something to relate to, and if they keep running into one type, and it's not the type they are, they get frustrated. As I get older there are more viewing lenses for things I read and watch, and it's always always nice when something is hit on in a good manner, really. And I'm also willing to forgive certain things more than others, too. I really wonder how some of my guy friends would relate to this (and coincidentally some of them have asked me to read stuff because they want to hear my rants or something... do I really rant that much? XD).
Man, I will just read ANOTHER CHAPTER and then get to homework, I swear.
I have a lot to do in the next couple of days, because of Ohayocon and needing to turn in everything early because I am trying to be a good student, not a negligent one. This means I'm kind of hyper-scheduled, but I am sort of a creature of momentum and as long as I keep moving I'll be fine. Like right now I'm actually eating dinner, because as much as I love food and having nice relaxing meal times, I have no time to waste (ha ha, guess who was doing homework at lunch and at breakfast in class? that'd be me). Especially considering I sort of goofed off this weekend. The flipside to being a creature of momentum is that when I am at rest, it's hard to get me moving again (PHYSICS LESSON).
I managed to get the graded problems for thermo done already (they grade only the "special problems", i.e., the ones without solutions because they are bastards, and the other problems are just a completion bonus, I know it's dumb). I am now going to work on my Composites homework (it's just a short paper on a certain process, he even said, "use google" so he's a slightly hip old fossil) at least after I finish eating/corresponding/computering.
The only thing that's stressing me out for this week about getting shit done early is Aerodynamics. Because he assigns stuff every day, I basically have to get that assignment done the day that it's assigned. I hope it's one of his computer homeworks. I really hope. Or else I may languish around in the lab Wednesday night looking for someone to help out. At least I'm getting better at figuring out what the hell he's actually asking, but he's still pretty damn vague. Let's not be pessimistic.
Hokay, tomorrow I'll make a packing list and make sure I'm bringing stuff for other people and myself. Gah, so WIRED. Maybe the Starbucks was a bad idea this morning (but geez if that London Fog wasn't a really tasty drink... I like those tea and foam monstrosities very much).
~Cendri
P.S. WHY DO I FIND THIS PARTICULAR COMIC SO DAMN HILARIOUS?
FUCK YEAH WAS I THE ONLY ONE THAT FELT INTENSELY SATISFIED WHEN CORDELIA WATER INTERROGATED THAT DAMN PSYCHOLOGIST???
Alright, personal moment, there is nothing, not even some things that should bother me more, that bothers me more than invasion of mental privacy (and it's been done to me before, which makes it even MORE of a touchy issue for me). Want to know how to piss me off and likely flip my crazy switch? Get information from me while I'm unconscious/out of it. This is why I've worked to create a certain alcohol tolerance for myself (blacking out = BAD). So basically when they were trying to pull that shit with Cordelia, I just about gave away the fact I was reading in class. VISCERAL REACTION HO!
I already had an instant dislike to the Betans (ha ha, guess whose family works for the gov't? that would be mine, I fully acknowledge my bias) even if they seemingly held a greater value for human life (which they obviously don't, they only seem to respect human life on their side, not saying that the Barrayans are any better, but I see where they're coming from easier, even if they're likely going to piss me off with some shit). But really, come on, if you've got such a big thing about human rights, the first thing you do shouldn't be taking away an obviously somewhat traumatized "soldier"'s rights for information. Also, it cracks me up how apparently no one voted for their current president. XD
Seriously. Pissed me off SO much. So damn glad she gave them the slip, even if it fucks up stuff for her but hey, damned if you do, damned if you don't. I'd have choked a bitch too. XD
Now it'll be fun on Barrayar for me, because I'm catching a lot of Imperial Rome references, and ah, I'm obsessed with Rome. Truefact. Damn author, are you sure you're not living in my head? And I'm liking the Aral/Cordelia thing in much the similar way I like the Roslin/Adama thing (seriously, THAT would be one hell of a meeting, particularly Roslin and Cordelia). Weird sorts of understandings are somewhat touching to me, more than basic physical attraction you often see with younger characters. So, yeah. Way to hit my squishy spot.
And again, there are bisexuals, and not for the titillating factor. It's not something I used to notice as much, but like I was saying in a conversation with my Sidekick recently, people always look for something to relate to, and if they keep running into one type, and it's not the type they are, they get frustrated. As I get older there are more viewing lenses for things I read and watch, and it's always always nice when something is hit on in a good manner, really. And I'm also willing to forgive certain things more than others, too. I really wonder how some of my guy friends would relate to this (and coincidentally some of them have asked me to read stuff because they want to hear my rants or something... do I really rant that much? XD).
Man, I will just read ANOTHER CHAPTER and then get to homework, I swear.
I have a lot to do in the next couple of days, because of Ohayocon and needing to turn in everything early because I am trying to be a good student, not a negligent one. This means I'm kind of hyper-scheduled, but I am sort of a creature of momentum and as long as I keep moving I'll be fine. Like right now I'm actually eating dinner, because as much as I love food and having nice relaxing meal times, I have no time to waste (ha ha, guess who was doing homework at lunch and at breakfast in class? that'd be me). Especially considering I sort of goofed off this weekend. The flipside to being a creature of momentum is that when I am at rest, it's hard to get me moving again (PHYSICS LESSON).
I managed to get the graded problems for thermo done already (they grade only the "special problems", i.e., the ones without solutions because they are bastards, and the other problems are just a completion bonus, I know it's dumb). I am now going to work on my Composites homework (it's just a short paper on a certain process, he even said, "use google" so he's a slightly hip old fossil) at least after I finish eating/corresponding/computering.
The only thing that's stressing me out for this week about getting shit done early is Aerodynamics. Because he assigns stuff every day, I basically have to get that assignment done the day that it's assigned. I hope it's one of his computer homeworks. I really hope. Or else I may languish around in the lab Wednesday night looking for someone to help out. At least I'm getting better at figuring out what the hell he's actually asking, but he's still pretty damn vague. Let's not be pessimistic.
Hokay, tomorrow I'll make a packing list and make sure I'm bringing stuff for other people and myself. Gah, so WIRED. Maybe the Starbucks was a bad idea this morning (but geez if that London Fog wasn't a really tasty drink... I like those tea and foam monstrosities very much).
~Cendri
P.S. WHY DO I FIND THIS PARTICULAR COMIC SO DAMN HILARIOUS?