Taking Back the Feminine

So after I had my wisdom teeth out, I was out of classes for roughly a week.

This is apparently a hint to my professors to pile on the work.

I have an ENORMOUS pile of shit that has to be done in the next three days or so. Ready? Yeah, me neither.

-Write a review on Hoover Dam (Due Weds)

-Study ch. 4,5,6,8 for Econ exam (Friday)

-Write a paper on Metternich and Austria--a book I loathe, despise and cannot understand (Already late--prof's granting me an extension)

-Squeeze sixteen more hours in at work (by next Tues)

-Study ch. 2,3,8,9 for NC history exam (Tomorrow)

-Finish, somehow the three homework assignments I'm behind on in ASIP--which is difficult as the fucking program keeps telling me I'm doing it wrong, when I'm following all directions (Late)

-Deal with the after effects of the oxycodone--which for me meant a week of yo-yo bouncing between manic happiness and furious anger, and now sliding steadily into depression and major stress (Whenever I have time)

-Organize a fucking panel that I cannot seem to get a response on, possibly because of defunct emails (Thursday night)

Not to mention I have mid-terms to start prepping for, and let's not even BEGIN to talk about those long, 18-page papers that will be due at the end of the semester.

Oh, and I'm failing macroeconomics. I thought I was doing well, but nope, failing. I'll be fucking lucky if I get a C, and really, I need a B here.

I've just spent the last few hours combing Google and my textbook about NC during the Revolutionary War and the Constitution, for an exam that is tomorrow, that I'm really, really unprepared for.

To say I've been on the verge of tears all day would not be exaggerating.

ETA: Is it too late in life to form an immediate and all-consuming addiction to painkillers? Sleep aids? SOMETHING?

*wails*

So...it turns out I DON'T have to do three papers. I just have to do ONE project (ie: the Seder meal) and a MINOR exegetical paper (which is really, really simple).

I am super disappointed. Seriously. I had my notes and my books and evidence all over the damn place!

*wails* I wanted to write about David and Jonathan!

Maybe I'll do it anyway. You know, just for the hell of it.

Back to class.

EEEEEE! The DVD of Phantom is coming out April 28th! THANK GOD. I could not have waited until 2006, I would have gone insane and kicked off to the big opera house in the sky.

Okay...I have not yet written the next part of Unspoken Secrets, There's No Returning My Blood.

I spent a ton of today studying my Anatomy for the exam on Tuesday, and so I was totally worn out by the time I came home for work. But I do have a strong sense of the story, and I should have it written tommrrow, although I may not be able to post it til late that night, as I have to work from 3-9.

Oh! Today at work, I lost like, 6 quarts of blood. No kidding. Why, you ask? Well, contrary to popular belief, I was not juggling knives, threatening an assassin, or attempting to resurrect the Witch of the Golden Pond. (Don't ask). My nose bled for an hour and a half today. Because of that, I don't feel so hot.

Okay, actually I feel very warm, and I think I'll be going to bed soon. But you know what I mean.

In the meantime...Finding Neverland has finally shown up around here, and I'm going to see it with a friend on Sunday. We'll just pretend I haven't seen it twice already, shall we?

And I believe I have found a writer better than Gaston Leroux. You can find her in my memories, and she has written The Phantom of the Opera from Christine's point of view, which is very different. Needless to say, Christine and Erik wind up together. But this woman has an excellent grasp of the Victorian tongue, and I suggest you read it even if you're only interested in Victorian culture.

Well! Today went really well. I just had a good day.

I have an Anatomy exam coming up on Jan. 25th, a French exam on the 24th, and a Public Speaking exam on the 11th of February. And I have everything firmly in hand. I'm not behind on anything; indeed, I'm ahead on most everything.

Even though the French exam is first, it's Anat. that has me the most. It's a lot of information, but I've been studying for well over a week now, and I feel fairly confident. This last weekend will be a review of everything, brushing up on the different systems, and a study of the chemical diversities--pH, positive and negative feedback, and ionic and covalent bonds.

As for French...I've got it down pat. I'll run through it again this weekend, but I know it very well.

The Public Speaking exam is still in the reading stages, as it covers 6 chapters. Plus, I have a speech in that class to give. Since the theme of the semester is money, my first speech is going to cover the types of credit cards available for college students.

In Creative Writing, I've got to do a short fiction piece. But how short is short? That is the question.

Oh! And now...

ANIME UPDATES!


I am going to MTAC 2005. Yes, I am. And my costumes....

Hara Kimi--Hara (in her very short dress and very sexy thigh high boots)

Shaman King--Marion (because she so totally rocks)

Noir--Kirika (The assassination uniform! Go me!)

The Silver Alliance--Seii de Loren (In her assassination uniform, which is VERY different, trust me)


And really, that's all the updates.

Off to Cosplay.com to fool around until work,
Me