first blog of the school year

So this week has been a pretty interesting mix of good and bad. Let's start with the bad column so I can get it over with.

BAD:
-I got my syntax midterm back and I got a C-. A 69 out of 100 (which kind of belongs in the good column just for amusement value). So I was extremely displeased with that, since I had felt pretty confident leaving the room last week or whenever.
-I have a lot of things going on in terms of trying to start looking good for after graduation (meaning, ideally, med school), and they are starting to conflict. Like, I have this one political-ish action group that conflicts tonight with the first training meeting of CHIP, a health volunteer thing. And I hate politics, but this is relatively non-partisan and pretty worthwhile, since I'm on the climate and resources type group. But CHIP will be vital for med school, since doing research will probably be difficult. Plus, I really do want to get out there and help.
-Speaking of med school and the like, my bio midterm also came back, and that bitch was a hard-core D. At least without the curve. So, I'm again torn by a lack of confidence and indecision. I hate that.
-Also speaking of bio, the lab practical was a BEAR! And being a Trojan, let it be understood that's a term of much hatred and derision. Some of the questions were outrageously specific. "Look at this thing at highest magnification (even though it's still too small to reliably tell whether it's bacillus, coccus, or spirillus) and tell me its genus." Are you fucking kidding me?! Not only that, my TA just gets on my nerves in general. Heck, the bio class gets on my nerves. What do I need plant, fungal, and invertebrate knowledge for? Gah.
-The team is giving me large amounts of stress this year, and while it's fun to a point, it's kind of crazy. And I'm trying to put a good face on it, but I really don't like the Sun Deck. Trojan Nation? How awkward is that? Seriously, come on. And I don't like not being surrounded by students behind and flutes and team before. It feels spiritless and lame. You're not spirited until you're uncomfortably close!!!
-Anticlimactically, but still bad: Luz bitched at me today for playing games on the computers at work. Hypocrite! I see you playing Super Collapse! What else am I supposed to do when no one needs help? Geez.

Okay, I think that does it for bad.

GOOD:
-My parents came last weekend and brought me mini-quiches from Costco. I am ecstatic. They also brought a lot of water bottles, and they were just fun to hang out with in general. Plus, they took me out for dinner after the game, and although we didn't get to go to my first choice (El Cholo), it was delicious because that's just how The Cheesecake Factory do.
-We're 5 and 0! I like that.
-I'm feeling pretty comfortable with everyone in band, and I'm sort of getting to know people from other sections, mostly due to the sophomore trip, which I MUST blog about sometime soon.
-I'm also getting to know linguistics people a little better, which is nice, since Caroline is hardly ever on campus, and Michelle is gone every weekend.
-My skin is sort of clearing up from the random nuclear phase it was just going through.
-I got paid for my first gig! This gig, also, is to be the subject of a forthcoming blog, since it was my first small-ish yet significant one.
-I feel pretty confident about my ARLT midterm, but unfortunately, I won't know how I did for about 2 months, since that's about how slow this professor is. Actually, maybe I shouldn't feel so confident, since look what that got me linguistics-wise.
-Speaking of linguistics, the syntax class was cancelled today, which was a huge source of joy. Actually, the joy started at 9:38, since that's when my bio prof let us go. Today was her first lecture, and it was super easy and fast. So I had an extra 20 minutes to relax before syntax. I went to the bookstore to see if I wanted to spend my happy little $25 gig dollars, which I did. Unfortunately, I left my whole wallet at home, so once I found that out, I headed over to class. A little over halfway there, I spot this guy in the class and he waves and yells "Cancelled!" I slammed on the brakes, man, and screeched to a halt, that's how excited I was. Then, at noon, I went off to my better ling class and she let us out a little early too!

I think I'm done. I've been writing for forty minutes, so I had better feel fine.

music: Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder (I love that man)
mood: conflicted
location: hunched at my desk, like a good little computer monkey