More AHHHH!

I'm officially the lamest person ever because I am actually going to stay in on a Saturday night and write a paper. And that doesn't bother me.

It's not that I want to write a paper tonight, it just needs to get done today so I have time to revise it and make it not crappy by Wednesday, and so I can spend tomorrow studying for my finals on Monday and Tuesday.

I've been working on this stupid thing for literally like three days and it's just not happening. I've almost got 6 pages done, and it's supposed to be in the 15 page range. I was going to try to shoot for around 12, but I think I will take 10 at this point since there isn't really a minimum, just a maximum page limit of 15.

It's a damn good paper though, and I'm going to be pissed if it doesn't get an A.

Now I'm going to actually try to go be productive and hack away at this thing some more. Happy Studying!

Homework!

So this is the first time I've actually had legit amounts of stuff to do.

I've literally been spending like 5 hours a day on homework since Saturday. It sucks.

I had a 5 page paper (3 hours), a powerpoint/research project (5+ hours), a French presentation (1 hour), an online quiz (half an hour), and a biology lab write up (1 hour so far and I have half a page done...it was a 12 page lab and we also have to graphs and explanations...it's due tomorrow...fml).

And it sucks because I didn't even leave all this stuff for the last minute. I've been working on all of it for days.... ugh.

Sleep is overrated anyway.

Tip of the Day: Don't take BIOS 101. The class is great. The lab is horrible.

Oh gravity!

I had my first near-mental-breakdown of the school year last night.

I had to make two graphs for my biology lab. Easy. I had to do them on my computer. Should be even easier.

False.

I've decided the Mac version of Excel is so not user-friendly. I got my graphs made, but I swear, there is no way to label the axes. It took three of us about 45 minutes trying everything before giving up. We're all honors kids on full ride academic scholarships with an average ACT score of about 33. We couldn't do it. I really don't think it's possible.

I'm one of those people who gets really stressed out and frustrated over things like this. I literally almost cried, and I couldn't even think straight or comprehend anything that was going on. I think if there hadn't been reasonable people in the room I would've lost it. Thanks Kevin.

And then it took all of about two minutes to figure it out on my friend's PC. Thanks again, Kevin.

So for the first time in my life, I'm forced to admit that a PC can do something better than a Mac.

By the way, if anybody knows how to label the axes on graphs on Mac Excel, let me know.

:Sigh:

Relationships are tough, even in the best situations. College is crazy. So how do they work together?

Apparently, they don't.

It seems like you can do everything to try to make it work, but it's still impossible. Personally, I've lost faith in the idea that two people can work out there differences and be happy together.

Call me negative if you want, but I'm also a bit relieved and confused and happy and upset all at the same time, and as of yesterday, single.

Or maybe just in the idea that I can do it, cuz I honestly don't think I can. And deep down, I know it's possible, because I see people everyday who make it work.

I'm not sure how I feel about this yet.

But I'll be ok.

Tip of the Day: Don't forget to smile.

(Fresh) Man Vs. Machine

So I've decided the only thing I really truly hate about college is my building's computer lab.  I have my own shiny new MacBook, but no printer.  But hey, it's ok, cuz honors kids supposedly get free printing. You just put your stuff on a flashdrive and take it down there and print it off.  Easy, right? 

False.

Objection #1 : The computers are PCs...

Objection #2 : The printing isn't entirely free.  We have to bring our own paper.

Objection #3 : The printers suck.  Like seriously.  I have not been able to print one thing off smoothly.  The ink's out, there's a paper jam, it just decides it's not gonna print, or it's gonna print my 14 page English syllabus twice...one time it even printed something that was nothing even close to my environmental science paper (and I was the only one using the lab at the time...sketchy).  It's extremely frustrating.  I'm about ready to go buy my own printer.

But....I did beat the printer today for the first time!  Not like actually hitting it, but I won.  I got my biology notes to print off, formatted correctly, on the first try.  Yes!

Observation of the Day : Husker football is too popular for its own good.  I just spent like an hour waiting to pick up my pre-ordered tickets, the line was crazy!  But hey, I get to go to all the home games, so it's totally worth it.

And...it's Friday!