10 posts tagged “school”

In Which I go On About School

Sep 18, 2009
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I'm not doing anything exciting other then school so guess what I'm going to talk about school! I know I'm just as excited as you are to hear about it! Let me begin with my correspondence class. It's a research methods class that I am required to take which by the way you can't get in to the actual class on campus unless you are a Psychology Major. I think it's silly to have class that's required that you can't even get in to with out a bit of trouble and so then have to fork out 900+ dollars for a correspondence course. It's all pretty much done online except the exams I have to go down there to take at allotted exam times. When I finally got all the stuff for it, it said that the lessons should each take 30 minutes only all the answers are given to you? How can each lesson take 30 minutes when I can read about 6 of the lessons in thirty minutes? I felt like I was missing something but no apparently not it's just that easy, which is good because I'm taking some other classes that aren't so easy.

The next class I'm taking is at 9:30 in the morning and it's pretty hard to get myself up to be there on time. Forutnatley the content is pretty interesting because it's a required class and this is *fingers crossed* hopefully my last semester in school so therefore I must take it now. The class is called Sociocultural Context of Development. So far we've learned a lot about how culture and ethnicity makes and helps us develop in to who we are as people. Yesterday we learned about the "I Self" and "Me Self" , Individualistic and Collectivistic cultures as well as Interdependent and Independent Cultures. We had to do this little mini project for Credit where we answered questions all about ourselves to see which category we fell in to. Next week is my first exam in the class and I'm pretty nervous about it because it's essay and I always get overly anxious about those kinds of exams, which actually I get overly anxious about exams in general this is just ten times worse!

My next class comes right after my first class and it's called Issues in Aging. We're basically learning about Gerontology. It's actually really interesting all though apparently once you hit 30 it's all down hill for the most part which is mildly depressing if you ask me as I am nearing it pretty quickly here. A few weeks ago we did this aging simulation where they aged all of us. They had put a string around our feet so that we had trouble walking, we had to put special glasses on to see what it's like to have cataracts, then we wore gloves and splints on our hands for arthritis, we put cotton balls in our ears as well as had to hear this tape recorded as though you had a hearing problem and lastly we all got a piece of chocolate but we had to plug our noses so that we had no sense of smell and therefor the chocolate didn't taste as good. Understatement it had no taste at all, I do not want to grow old! Oh well it's inevitable I have an exam in this class to next week and it's multiple choice with some short answer. I wouldn't be as nervous about this normally but it's on the same day as my other exam so basically I'm shaking with anxiety in my seat.

The third class I'm taking is Minds, Brains and Computers. I don't know how I got myself in to this class but it's a psychology/philosophy class heavy on the philosophy. Unfortunately I'm terrible in philosophy and I like to do Suduko during that class and think about what I'm going to get to eat for lunch because it's a 12:30 class and goes to 1:45. Fortunately there are only two exams where you have to answer one question and one paper I have to write. Don't ask me what it's about but for the most part think it is telling us about how the mind works a lot like a computer hence the name of the class.

Lastly I am taking Intro to Cognition which would be so much more interesting except that I already know half of what she's teaching. Plus in the beginning people would would sometimes get up and go out for a minute or leave early, as people generally do in ALL of my classes and she decided to point it out that that was distracting.to her. Then she decided that we all needed to e-mail her to let her know if are going to leave early and to do all our business before we go to class so that we won't be leaving in the middle of it. Normally this whole thing wouldn't bother me but now whenever anyone leaves she basically stops in the middle of lecture to point it out that she doesn't like it. I'm sorry but that's way more distracting then the person actually leaving. Let it go we're paying for the class in the first place.

After this I get to go home and fall flat on my face from exhaustion! Literally!

Birthdays and other things

Jun 7, 2009
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This morning I woke up with terrible anxiety. I don't know why, it was just there resonating deep in the pit of my stomach and I had that restless leg syndrome thing going on to. I eventually just got up and got ready to go to Phoenix for my nephew's 8th Birthday Party, which was at Peter Piper Pizza.

Generally I don't like Peter Piper Pizza but I must have been so hungry (to the point of starvation?) that it was quite delicious. So delicious that after two pieces I was eying(eyeing? either way it doesn't look right to me.) a third! I didn't have that third but I'm still thinking about it. And then there was cake (well I love cake in general) but it was a Spongebob cake with blue and yellow icing...thick blue and yellow icing. Despite this sounding unappetizing it was pretty good. I didn't have two pieces that though... but my dad did.

I only visited the rest of Peter Piper Pizza briefly, basically I played a car racing game and the Jack Pot Machine Game. I use to be really good at the jackpot game but apparently I've lost my touch. I gave my measily pile of tickets to Alyssa who I helped pick out prizes...and she promptly decided she didn't want them except possibly the rubber snake...and maybe the Skittles.

Possibly the most exciting thing that happened today is the "book loot" I collected from Dani, my sister-in-law as well as a purse that she has had that I have been eyeing for like years! She gave me the following books and I must prephase this with "I am in YA Fiction Heaven".

The Summoning - Kelly Armstrong
Hunted (A House of Night Series book) - P.C. Cast + Kristin Cast
Wake - Lisa McMann
Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead
Frostbite (vampire academy book 2) - Richelle Mead
Shadow Kiss (vampire academy book 3) - Richelle Mead
Evermore - Alyson Noel

I will probably read Wake first despite what I've heard about it. I'm curious to find out about it myself. So basically this Summer I'm going to read...a lot. I can't wait!

After the party I drove home with my mom, who had met us there since she had been up there visiting a friend for the past couple of days. And I basically told her about how my weekend and how my exam went, the B that I earned in Summer School because I was to lazy to earn the A. Like literally Thursday night I hit this brick wall and I was just unwilling to learn any more. I couldn't take it anymore!

I'm so ready for this break.

Dear Hand-Written Journal,

Jun 6, 2009
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I don't know if I can be bothered to hand write my entries anymore. I mean I have my lap top! With Microsoft Word! I can type 75+ words a minute! But I will finish you. I mean I am almost done. No point in leaving you hanging..what with only a few pages left. I don't know why I haven't been writing..oh wait yeah..school. So maybe from now on I should make an effort to write every day until I am done and then I will switch to my lap top. I don't think that will take very long...

I am done with summer school and now summer stretches before me. I don't know what to do with myself. It's like my brain is still on "going and going" mode. I feel like I should be doing something or that I'm forgetting to do something.

But here is list of things that I could possibly do:

Knock out at least half my to-read books that are in my bookcase so that I can buy more like Bad Girls Don't Die, I don't know why but this book looks simply fascinating to me. Or go the library!
I can watch every single Disney movie I own with the exception of the Christmas ones because I don't think I can watch Christmas themed things in the summer. I will become Disneyfied...and I could possibly blog about this experience.
I can clear out my Google Reader which is seriously backlogged.
I can finish the complete set of I Love Lucy
I can finally watch season 4 of Lost...all in one day! Trust me I'll do it. I'll become a hermit that day and not talk to anyone.
And finally I am going to go to Washington for a month! I LOVE VACATIONS

Ok so, so far today I have woken up at 7:30 am so that I can take my last exam...on a Saturday. I mean who does that? Plans exams on Saturday? Are they masochistic? Because I certaintly didn't enjoy being there. I mean no one was up like I was. I got to school in 20 minutes or so, that's like a world record. Usually I have to deal with traffic! But I was up early enough to get breakfast at Mcdonalds! I never get breakfast there mostly because either I was a.) working, b.) at school or c.) and probably the most likely answer, sleeping!. As I was saying I love breakfast there specifically the Egg McMuffin plus I was craving a coke from a soda fountain like you wouldn't believe.

So I guess..stayed tuned for the rest of the day you never know what might happen other then the fact that I'll probably pass out from exhaustion and sleep the whole day.

Love,
Christa

Yay

May 15, 2009
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I'm done with finals week, except now I have turn around and go to summer school on Monday..bummer.

Except that once I'm done with summer school I get to go to Washington to be with my Grandma and my cousins for a whole month. A WHOLE month...all my friends here aren't really a fan of this me being gone a whole month but you see..I am! So it's always so hard for me to act all sad about it because while I'll miss them terribly, mostly just Oliver j/k, I'm still pretty excited about going.

I haven't updated in awhile because I've been to busy with studying and that is pretty much all I did the past couple of weeks. That and get over being sick...I had that flu for two weeks! But I got to Wolverine, which I loved, and I read Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult. And so far I have earned two A's(human sexuality and policy and law), not sure yet on the other two grades. Probably a B in abnormal pscyh. and either an A or a B in my Psychology of Spirituality and Religion class.

So now I think I'm going to have happy hour with my mom and read The Hunger Games.

An update

Apr 27, 2009
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- I'm sick...ever since I went back to school I've been getting sick almost every two-three months....it's like my immune system hates me. Before school I only got sick once. My chest hurts and I have this terrible cough that keeps me up all night. I can't get out of bed.

- I took my niece to see The Hannah Montana Movie on Saturday, sick btw. I didn't care that I was sick because I wanted to see the movie and have some one on one time with my niece. And I was pleasantly surprised.

- I've been watching I Love Lucy on DVD.

- Zack got me the GQ with Zac Efron on the cover because I'm to sick to go get it myself. He apparently was embarrassed about buying it until I told him that GQ stands for Gentleman's Quarterly but I mean he has a point. How many girls do you think ran to the store to buy this magazine?

- I've been reading The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King which at first I had a lot of trouble getting in to but I now am finding it delightful.

- I'm almost done with the semester but I have to go to summer school so no need to get excited. Then I have to do a correspondence class but the good part is that I get to do it from the comfort of my Grandma's house in Washington! YAY!

- I wish I had the DVR in my bedroom so that I could watch the five episodes of Ghost Whisperer I have plus Supernatural, Dollhouse and Gossip Girl. P.S. Fringe is sooooooooooooooooo good. Harper's Island while not super good TV still addicting to me because it's amazingly cheesy and predictable and unfortunatley I like al that in a mini series/movie.

I didn't want to tell you this in front of Patrick, but that hat makes you look like a girl.

Mar 8, 2009
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Little Girl Feet

one more
I watched Spongebob all night with that little girl.
I am tired from very many things and my eyes hurt from to much studying.
I am looking for something to complete me.
I am feeling uninspired to write anything and sometimes very alone.

January 26, 2009 - A Truism

Jan 26, 2009
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"Actions speak louder then words."

A bulleted list mostly about television

Sep 7, 2008
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I feel like I can finally be myself again
Ice cream is good for the soul especially Dairy Queen.
We played Skip-bo last night which was interesting to say the least. There was a lot of quoting from movies and bad jokes and some alcohol and I just laughed and laughed. I felt happy for the first time in a long time.
I'm still having problems with TMJ, terrible problems actually. I'm going to run out of my medicine soon to and I don't know what I'll do about that.
School is ok, I have a class that I'm afraid of but I find everything that I'm learning very interesting. I'm mostly afraid of it because the tests are essay style and those make me want to break out in a rash and/or make my anxiety level go up higher then it normally is. My anxiety level is normally a little high because of my disorder but this just makes it sky rocket. I think Professors know students hate essay style exams so why do they insist on doing them. I think I'm breaking out in a rash just thinking about it.
I'm watching Season One of Joan of Arcadia that I got from the library. I actually watched it when it was on TV but I missed a couple of episodes so I wanted to see them PLUS hello the library is now carrying TV on DVD how awesome is that? It's FREE! I can even get Season 2 however as a result of this I haven't been reading at all. I've just been watching and now I have season one of Smallville from the library to. Also I should mention that I have probably cried at least once during every episode of Joan of Arcadia that I've watched so far. I don't know what that says about me.
The season premier of Gossip Girl was awesome and I LOVE Blair and her wardrobe. The pilot of 90210 was not so intrigueing plus for some reason the channel here was not picking it up very well. It kept skipping and the sound kept going out so I missed the entire speech between Harry and Naomi's mother, I don't remember her name. I thought I would give it a couple more episodes but it's just not really catching my attention not the way Gossip Girl does. I felt I had to give it a chance because 90210 was probably the first "adult" or "teen" show that I had to watch and if I was going to miss it I would tape it. I have the DVR set up to record Fringe also so I have my fingers crossed that it will be good.
Ok now it's just going to sound like I watch to much TV but we, Summer, Chris, Zack and I, are watching season three of Supernatural FINALLY! I bought it Wednesday night which was an interesting night. Sitting in the front of Chris's car in between Laura and Summer, because the kids were in car seats in the back and there was no room for a third person back there. I wish I had a picture of that. I wish I had a better camera but I don't. The one I have will do for now. We went to Target...I love Target. Target gave me a free 2009 Supernatural Calendar full of pretty pretty pictures of Dean and Sam.
So here's a picture to end this post

Dream A Little Dream

Things I love/loath Tuesday

Aug 26, 2008
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Things I love

+My sissy, for making me laugh all the way home. I really needed that phone call.
+the movie Penelope which I don't have on DVD but should really rectify that because I'd probably watch it repeatedly if at all possible. I'm seriously considering paying full price!
+James McAvoy! even in Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe when he has those funny ears.
+Next week Season 3 of Supernatural comes out on DVD! I'm putting it on this week because next week I'll probably forget to do it.

Things I loath
+School
+My FSHD 487 professor because she decided that a.) there isn't a required text BUT we have to print up every stinking article that she has as Required reading, talk about waste of ink b.) then I have to do article overview questions and I have some due already on Thursday and lastly c.) her exams are essay style. I hate essay style mostly because I'm really bad at them.
+TMJ
+Canceling on people....because of my FSHD 487 professor.

Just because you know other people are doing it

Jun 9, 2008
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The Instructions:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

The Questions:

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.