No Surprises

3.684 GPA. It brings things up to a 3.373 overall. I'm up to 201 hours completed.

4 Grades In

After going the weekend with only one grade posted, three more were posted today. Only 1 B so far (Islam), which is pretty surprising. Islam doesn't surprise me. The A in Major British Authors surprises me. Sure, I had A's on all of my papers and individual work (B's on all group work... golly, thanks for putting us in groups!), but I put practically no effort into the research paper. I was telling someone in the class that it was the second worst thing I'd ever turned in (nothing will ever top my turbomachinery project), and I'm sure it doesn't deserve better than a B, even with the most generous grading. The final exam was take-home, and it was worse than the research paper. I didn't even answer all of the questions. Of an expected 4 page minimum, I turned in two. Where's the motivation to actually try? A's in French and Western Religion round out the grades I have. I'm expecting A's in astronomy and archaeology & the Bible, followed by a B in Major American Authors. I figure it'll be a 3.68.

Woo.

I'm done with my last final ever in North America. Unless I go back to school of course. Last undergrad final ever? Last one I need? Whatever, I'm done, bitches.

Need Money

I have a little more than two weeks between my last final and departure for Paris. If you've got any ideas for making a decent amount of money in that time, let me know. I could sure use it.

You Know That Last Week Of The Semester?

Dead week? Yeah, right. How often has this been a true dead week? Anyone ever have one? I've got two papers due, 15% and 20% of the grade for the classes, and a final exam in astro lab. I guess it doesn't really matter, because by now every single one of my readers should know that I wouldn't study for exams this far in advance anyway. Right? You did pick up on that by now, didn't you?

But I'd still love to be on the outside of the library instead of the inside, and I'd like to be lying in the grass laughing to myself at all the people cramming for tests.

Research. Gah. What a wretched idea.

Has It Really Been A Month?

I guess so. I haven't much wanted to talk about school, much less actually go to school. And there really hasn't been that much new or interesting to write about. Papers due, papers postponed. Two more due on Thursday, then a slew of exams. The end is near, and I'm very, very thankful for that.

I went to the release party for the Delta Undergrad Literary Journal last week. A friend of mine was reading a few of his poems that got accepted, and it turns out that I knew most of the other people that were reading. I'm sort of on the fringe of the literary scene at LSU. I used to go to Writers' Club meetings frequently, but I haven't been to a single one this semester.

Another group that I'm just barely acquainted with is the students in the philosophy department. A friend of mine was presenting a paper, and when I went to that I again saw several people I knew (though again not really well).

In more exciting news, I booked my flight for Paris today. May 28-July 29. So if you just happen to be in Europe at the time, send me an email!

Bad Policy, Good Help

I had to check out a camcorder from the Communications Studio/Media Center to record the French skit. I was going to try to figure out the editing ahead of time, but I noticed I was missing something. I had no cable to connect the camera to the computer. When I went back to renew the camera, I told them I didn't get a cable. They replied that they don't check out cables, and you have to do it in the studio. What good is the camera if you can't put your video on a computer? There's no reason for them to limit you to working only within the media center.

But one thing that I will say - they were very helpful when it came time to editing it. I got there right when they were opening and the place was empty, so maybe the student worker had nothing better to do, but he was good. Very helpful, informative, and friendly. Pretty impressive for a student worker, I'd say. We finished editing it in about 20 minutes, and I'm sure it would've taken at least an hour on my own.