And the stupid, passive non-relationship/relationship continues with the g/f. Anyway, enough about that. On to the usual once-every-couple-of-months-random-things-in-my-life journal entry.
Midway through the fall semester, and I have no idea how I'm doing in my classes. Neither Math 441 or History 114 have quizzes, and neither has had their first exam yet. I could be doing really well; I could fail miserably. Who knows?
The classes are difficult, though. History especially so, since the class consists simply of an hour-long litany of isolated facts with an occasional attempt to link the facts together into some kind of skeletal picture of what was going on in Europe at some point in time. She asks no questions, reinforces nothing, and talks so fast that I'm reduced to madly scratching out a full page of illegible notes every 5-10 minutes that I hope someday to read. Math is just math-- analysis, so it's difficult, and i get frustrated that I sometimes need days to ruminate on a question that turns out to have a really simple answer. Oh well.
I've been going out dancing more than I expected this semester, as well. I haven't exactly been spending weekends studying and doing homework. Oops. Last night was another dancing night, and was terribly fun for some reason; everything aligned (my mood, sleep level, friendliness of the crowd, and music choices of the DJ) and I got to dance non-stop for 4 hours before the crowd got too big. I know it can't be like that every time I go out, but... damn, it makes me want to do that every week when it's like that.
Midway through the fall semester, and I have no idea how I'm doing in my classes. Neither Math 441 or History 114 have quizzes, and neither has had their first exam yet. I could be doing really well; I could fail miserably. Who knows?
The classes are difficult, though. History especially so, since the class consists simply of an hour-long litany of isolated facts with an occasional attempt to link the facts together into some kind of skeletal picture of what was going on in Europe at some point in time. She asks no questions, reinforces nothing, and talks so fast that I'm reduced to madly scratching out a full page of illegible notes every 5-10 minutes that I hope someday to read. Math is just math-- analysis, so it's difficult, and i get frustrated that I sometimes need days to ruminate on a question that turns out to have a really simple answer. Oh well.
I've been going out dancing more than I expected this semester, as well. I haven't exactly been spending weekends studying and doing homework. Oops. Last night was another dancing night, and was terribly fun for some reason; everything aligned (my mood, sleep level, friendliness of the crowd, and music choices of the DJ) and I got to dance non-stop for 4 hours before the crowd got too big. I know it can't be like that every time I go out, but... damn, it makes me want to do that every week when it's like that.
I'm glad you like dancing - I haven't gone in such a long time but I used to love it. Good taste in movies too... although I've always skipped over 'Kiki's Delivery Service' on the rental shelf - what would you recommend about it?
About your girlfriend's eterna-project - it's easier to think something is cool when you can appreciate the end product without having to do any of the work... and once you're bogged down in something it's easy to forget what drew you to it in the first place. So definately remind her that from an outsider's perspective modelling IS way cool and she's lucky to have a cool job.
I would love to get more into to hydrogeology and geochemistry - my academic background was mostly in water/waste water treatment so I've been edging my way into the contaminated sites stuff from a less technical angle and filling in the gaps in my education as I go along. Sometimes I contemplate going back to do a master's one day, but watching my boyfriend slave away on his eterna-thesis has been a bit of a deterrent, I'm afraid. Besides, at least one of us needs to be employed!