Half-Way

I'm done with two finals and have three more to go. My first two, German and Macroeconomics, went smoothly enough. I'm not completely satisfied with some of the question phrasing on my macro final however and there were so many errors in the exam it was embarrassing. Nevertheless, I'm done with that now. I'm hoping to have these two classes be "anchor classes" in terms of my grade just in case anything goes horribly wrong in my other finals though I don't see that happening as of now.

I have Marketing tomorrow, International Trade on Thursday, and Finance on Friday. I've been hammering out Marketing hard for the past two days and I think I have a pretty firm grasp on the subject. The curve in that class is ridiculous (bad ridiculous) which is concerning so I really need to do well if I want to pull off a decent grade in the class. I think I'm sitting at a B+ or A- depending on the curve so if everything goes well, I'll hopefully end up with the later.

If Marketing is the class where everyone pretty much does well, then I-Trade is another story. It's basically econ on steroids (blech) and the curve in that class is pretty large as a result. The professor admitted that all of our grades will likely be decided based on our performance on the final which isn't encouraging. My only comfort is that most people seem to find the class as confusing or even more so than I do so that will hopefully tilt things in my favour.

Finance has been the fairy-tale story of all my classes this semester. It's my first class in my Finance major and so far I've been doing well. I've gotten A's on both my midterms and my overall grade is solid. I'm hoping that if I can do it one more time on the final I can end up with an A in the class. That would actually make this entire semester worth it if I do it.

Alright, back to work. At this time in three days I hope to be hanging with friends finishing all the leftover alcohol before I head home Saturday.

Saturday: Get here sooner.

Cheers,

JP

Stress Relief Tips?

Stress relief tips anyone?

My finals start in two days. One a day for 5 days. This coming week is going to suck but I'll get through it.

I went on a run tonight along the Potomac and had some creepy guy start following me before I broke into a sprint and ran the other way so I think nighttime runs are out of the question.

I've been trying to go to the gym but it's starting to get kind of boring and I haven't been motivated enough lately.

Anyways, I'd really appreciate any suggestions you may have so comment s'il vous plait. Merci!

JP


Also, I don't know what the hell is going on but like a month ago I got with this guy after going clubbing (he goes to my school) and now I can't get the experience out of my head. Unfortunately it wasn't a pleasant experience and it's actually kind of gross. Now the fact that it's replaying in my head during naps and at randoms times while studying is really not doing wonders for me when I'm trying to figure out International Trade or Macroeconomics. I'm hoping it just fades on its own quite honestly.... *shiver* it was bad.

Sorry for that, I just needed to tell someone that to get it out of my head.

Carry on.

Silent Yelling

I love my friends, but here are some things I've wanted to say to some of them but didn't in the past few days:

1. Shut the fuck up.
2. I honestly don't care.
3. Don't you dare try to play the guilt card, dude.
4. I am not fucking paying you a $26 share when you consumed probably half of the stuff we were supposed to split.
5. That's disgusting.
6. If you consider those problems I don't even know what to say.
7. Leave. Just leave.
8. Fuck You.
9. Why are we even friends?
10. Leave me alone.
11. You're ridiculous.
12. I have zero respect for you right now.
13. Is there a point to this story?
14. I don't give a shit.
15. No.

Hooray for finals making me an angry and short fused asshole.

Just 8 days until I go home. Please let me make it without punching someone in the face.

Final Exams

So this is my final week of classes before study period and final exams start. I have so much to do with last minute presentations and papers so I'll probably not be on Blogger much for the next two or three weeks. I'll probably wander on to take a break but posts will be limited at best.

For everyone else in the same boat,



All the best,

JP

Procrastination Chronicles #4

Serving Size: 12 Gummy Bears

Hah! Serving sizes are for losers. Go big or go home.

Yeah, I'm slowly going insane.

Procrastination Chronicles #3

I have my first final tomorrow and then at least one every day after that. I wish finals would at least take me out to dinner and a movie before it fucks me. How rude of it.

I'm at that point right now where I'm kinda terrified/feel totally unprepared and also really wanting to just go home and run away from it all.

Things I'm missing hardcore right now:

My Dog

Home Cooked Chinese Food

My Friends

...and my mom (no, not in any way representative of her in real life. I just found it hilarious)

Ugh, less than a week until this hell is done...at least until May.

JP

Procrastination Chronicles #1

What I like to think

The reality of it all

Make it stop >.<

Brace Yourselves...

...Finals are here.
Today was my last day of classes and that means that it's less than a week until finals begin. My first final is next Tuesday and then I have one every day until Thursday which I have a double Managerial Accounting and German final. I'm just trying to take things one day at a time right now. I have a study schedule set up for the rest of this week and the weekend and I'm ready with coffee and snacks in tow. I even bought a new mattress pad so I can sleep better; my bed feels like a cloud now. Hopefully I can stick to this schedule and it will pay off but in the mean time, I'm probably going to be MIA for the rest of the week so I apologize ahead of time.

It feels like this semester went by much more quickly than last semester. I think it's because I know my place, have my friends and all that stuff so the days didn't feel nearly as long as they did before. It's nice but also bittersweet because that means an entire semester of my college life is done. I love it here so much that I want it to last and right now I feel that before I know it, I'll be graduating and leaving into the real world which I really don't want to do. Is it bad to say I want to stay being a kid for the rest of my life?

In other news, I've been hired to be publicity director for one of the theatre group's production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee which has been pretty cool overall. It definitely feels different than the student-written one-acts festival I worked on earlier this year but I have high hopes for it. I went to a design run and saw the first half of it or so and it is hilarious so I can't wait for the final product. I also got hired to do publicity for the department's production of Macbeth come spring which I'm looking forward to.

I've also been promoted to Grill Tender in the grilling club I'm a part of this past week. This gets me one step closer to the Grill Master position I'm trying to reach by the end of the semester this coming spring. The new board just got sworn in at this past week's anniversary party. The club's been called such a bro fest but I actually kind of like it; the people are really cool and what guy doesn't like grilled meat?

Alright, so since I'll be out for probably at least another week, save for the occasion where I feel the need to blog as a means to procrastinate, I've done some internet searching to keep things kinda interesting here.

Here's some songs, videos and other interesting things.


Breathe Carolina - Blackout


Science Rocks


10 points for understanding this.

And finally, the photo I have on the sidebar is kinda out of season so I'm changing it. Yay!

Stay warm and enjoy your weekend.

All the best,

JP