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Thursday, October 30, 2008

12:15 AM?

how cool! SJCC feels small now, heehee. First day of school, there were SO many people and just so many classrooms. Now I actually recognize faces, and the campus is dinky.

Well I guess that's only inevitable - I mean it's been like almost two months since the first day of school. I am starting to get a little bogged down with work. Critical Thinking is a pain because we have so many essays. We turned in an essay two weeks ago, have another one due next Mon, in-class essay on the same Monday, and a research paper due next month. Surprisingly, essays are actually sort of fun to write now--they're not as scary as they used to be. I'm applying everything I learned from Crowther and Brown... too bad I didn't follow my own advice back then. Unfortunately I still got a B on my last essay (I blush typing that) and today I spoke with my english prof during office hours to ask why I got points knocked off. Apparently I hadn't validated my claims enough, because I made a LOT of out-there claims on the meaning of the poem. lol. I seem to do that a lot. Oh well, I really liked writing that essay... it was actually fun. Oh, and I didn't know that Critical Thinking is a required GE for SJSU!!! I just took it to improve my writing skills and whatnot, and I can actually squeeze some credits out of this class :D

Stats is surprisingly a breeze. It's basically like 8th grade McCullough all over again, which goes to show how easy the class is. Well, for now. We're doing probability, and I remember doing all this junk from years ago. Well, it IS elementary statistics. Luckily it's transferable!!!! Guess I won't have to take it again at SJSU. thanks Diane -__- I got a 64/66 on the last midterm! :D I want to try to shoot for 100% on the 2nd midterm.

Spanish is....so fast-paced. Ugh. I keep having to flip through my notes for translations for a verb or an adjective or a noun or something. I'm always forgetting them!!! The person who sits next to me in class had a REALLY cute idea: she wrapped a piece of masking tape around her pen and wrote "LA PLUMA" on the masking tape. LOL. Err... last week I had completely forgotten about our first midterm until I sat down in class ON THE DAY of the midterm. I hadn't studied at all!! omg. So bad. heehee. Luckily I managed to scrape 94% on the midterm (my literally last-minute cramming really helped...). hehehehehehehehehe. It was actually kind of facil; it was really straightforward. The HUGE packets of homework are graded really strictly, so I haven't been getting good grades on them. I have to shoot for near 100% on my next midterm. en la clase, HAY MUCHO TAREA. argh.

Excel is getting really, really, really boring. I'm regretting taking it because it stresses me out! I still haven't my Word book yet, which is crazy. I'm going to have to really cram in the chapters to finish both books by Dec. 17 or whenever this semester ends.

Badminton is always so fun! Too bad it's first thing in the morning; I get all sweaty and nasty for the rest of my classes the rest of the day. Today we did singles and I played for practically the whole time. So tiring, I was sweating buckets the entire time. Unfortunately I am the only girl on the intermediate/advanced side of the gym so there's no one to really play girls' doubles with. Eventually the rest of the class crowded onto our side of the gym, so we took one court and single'd on it. In the last five mins of class, Trevor and I partnered up and we played against this other dude and Michael. 7-5! We'll continue next week, suckers :P

Last Monday, the coach made us play with our left hands so we could play doubles with the rest of the class. Omg. My left arm and shoulder were all sore and stiff for the rest of the week. After about half an hour, I finally was able to clear and drive a little bit. lol. So sad. Later the coach came up to me and was like "You had some issues there, didn't you, Jessica?" lol. In the last 15 mins of class, we finally got to switch back to our right hands, and then the coach said to us, "Don't you guys feel like ninjas now?" It was a cool feeling. Usually the class is separated into two sides, but that day we got to interact and mingle.

anyway.

My oldest uncle is visiting, and he just gave me (and Diane) a camera O_O YAY! Now I don't have to go and buy one for myself. :D :D :D :D HAPPY!!!! Now Mama won't get mad that I'm using "her" camera, since Diane has the HP one with her. :D :D :D :D

Played with the camera tonight :D