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'Chester Update
Feb. 3rd, 2007 01:14 pmKatie and I wanted to start nicknaming Manchester "the 'chester" but I believe there's another English city actually called Chester, so I guess we're going to have to give that one up as a pipe dream. (I was just telling Katie how I love saying pipe dream even when it's not really appropriate.) But I didn't let that stop me from using it here so I guess I'm just a crazy mofo!
Ok, so, exams have ended, which left me completely exhausted. And then classes started. I have said this five million times, but having exams after break is COMPLETELY ridiculous and horrifying. At first I was upset cos it was like "oh no, I'll forget everything!" And I don't know about other people but I don't think that really happened. One of the major problems is that they're hanging over your head for the entire break, and that's a major downer. I hate thinking I have stuff I should be doing. And the other MAJOR problem is that after exams, do you know what you need? A BREAK! Not four days and then the hellish turmoil of classes starting again!! Agh!! So stressful. I'm completely unprepared to start work again, I'm already totally burnt out.
Plus, my first week of classes was somewhat stressful cos I'm having a hell of a time deciding what to take. I think I'm almost done with that, but I have still two classes to decide between and I have to decide by Tuesday, and I won't get to attend one of them again until thursday. Also, both of them have American lecturers. So strange! So I'm going to look over what notes I've already taken for each, and the syllabi and compare the course content. I've already looked at classes in terms of assignments and dates and all that. We'll see. I don't feel as stressed as I have about it, but still.
Thursday was particularly rough. I was extremely tired and when I got back my asshole neighbor was playing his guitar--acoustic, but it's still ridiculously loud. And I'd had it and I'd already spoken to him about it so I went over there and banged on his door. And he didn't answer or didn't hear me so I had to bang so loud and so hard that my knuckles hurt all day. And then when he opened it up and I told him that he really can't play his guitar music in his room because it's far too loud and I can't do anything while he's playing, he just refused to stop. I was SO upset. I'm just. . . it was so exhausting. Before people were saying they'd spoken with him and he was nice, so I figured maybe he's just nice and completely oblivious and selfish and not good at living with people--i was trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. But at the same time, he's been really unfriendly, cos I say hi to everyone on my floor except for two people (one of them being him) so you have to assume it's them being unfriendly. Anyway, now I have seen that he truly just is a dickwad. Which is sort of a relief--I can despise him with impunity. I didn't want to despise someone I'd never spoke to no matter how annoying they were.
In more pleasant news, Tom and I have been watching the West Wing which has been super-fun. And I'm getting Rachel hooked on Firefly! :D yaaay! I didn't have the first disc so I bought the pilot off iTunes for 2 bucks, but I really love the commentary on it so I still miss the first episode. But I couldn't find it before I left home, tragically, so there's no way I can ask mom and dad to look for it.
And yesterday Tom and I went exploring cos it was actually a really pretty day. We wandered around a bunch of the other halls in our neighborhood, and even went onto the campus of another university that has a couple classroom buildings in our area--and went inside the buildings! We checked out the refectory but decided not to buy anything. It was fun. I love exploring. It's satisfying and exciting. I like to know the area around me. Although Greg and I went for a walk around the neighborhood, and we saw one cool church, but I found it ultimately unsatisfying, actually. Exploring the neighborhood around Smith was exciting and interesting. I think because all the buildings here look the same. And it's not--to me, certainly--a particularly pretty the same. They're all connected brick. And not much in the way of greenery. I mean, it's winter but where there are lawns they're green.
Still, the coolness of walking around the off-Elm St. neighborhoods is probably just because of those two huge houses on the hill. They fascinate me. And there's a lot of other larger houses. I don't know. Yeah. I'm probably just more into the architecture found there than here, plus the variety of houses makes me feel more like I'm exploring, perhaps?
Stayed in last night, watched Fruits Basket with Beejal and Mamiko and Rachel. Much fun. :) I love that show! Except sadly Beejal isn't feeling well. But she enjoyed Fruits Basket! And this morning I woke up at 9:30 and went to breakfast, then I went back to sleep and got up again when my alarm went off at noon, and decided to ignore it and go back to sleep, then got woken up at 12:30 for lunch, and now I'm thinking of going back to sleep again. And why not? ;) I didn't get a lot of sleep over the week. Need to catch up. I'm also thinking of trying to do some more work on the painting I'm doing of Greg. I'm cheating cos it's based on a photo, but oh well. I work slowly and he can't sit for that long, it's not fair.
I also have some reading to do for the classes that I'm definitely staying in and the ones that I may be staying in.
Ok, so, exams have ended, which left me completely exhausted. And then classes started. I have said this five million times, but having exams after break is COMPLETELY ridiculous and horrifying. At first I was upset cos it was like "oh no, I'll forget everything!" And I don't know about other people but I don't think that really happened. One of the major problems is that they're hanging over your head for the entire break, and that's a major downer. I hate thinking I have stuff I should be doing. And the other MAJOR problem is that after exams, do you know what you need? A BREAK! Not four days and then the hellish turmoil of classes starting again!! Agh!! So stressful. I'm completely unprepared to start work again, I'm already totally burnt out.
Plus, my first week of classes was somewhat stressful cos I'm having a hell of a time deciding what to take. I think I'm almost done with that, but I have still two classes to decide between and I have to decide by Tuesday, and I won't get to attend one of them again until thursday. Also, both of them have American lecturers. So strange! So I'm going to look over what notes I've already taken for each, and the syllabi and compare the course content. I've already looked at classes in terms of assignments and dates and all that. We'll see. I don't feel as stressed as I have about it, but still.
Thursday was particularly rough. I was extremely tired and when I got back my asshole neighbor was playing his guitar--acoustic, but it's still ridiculously loud. And I'd had it and I'd already spoken to him about it so I went over there and banged on his door. And he didn't answer or didn't hear me so I had to bang so loud and so hard that my knuckles hurt all day. And then when he opened it up and I told him that he really can't play his guitar music in his room because it's far too loud and I can't do anything while he's playing, he just refused to stop. I was SO upset. I'm just. . . it was so exhausting. Before people were saying they'd spoken with him and he was nice, so I figured maybe he's just nice and completely oblivious and selfish and not good at living with people--i was trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. But at the same time, he's been really unfriendly, cos I say hi to everyone on my floor except for two people (one of them being him) so you have to assume it's them being unfriendly. Anyway, now I have seen that he truly just is a dickwad. Which is sort of a relief--I can despise him with impunity. I didn't want to despise someone I'd never spoke to no matter how annoying they were.
In more pleasant news, Tom and I have been watching the West Wing which has been super-fun. And I'm getting Rachel hooked on Firefly! :D yaaay! I didn't have the first disc so I bought the pilot off iTunes for 2 bucks, but I really love the commentary on it so I still miss the first episode. But I couldn't find it before I left home, tragically, so there's no way I can ask mom and dad to look for it.
And yesterday Tom and I went exploring cos it was actually a really pretty day. We wandered around a bunch of the other halls in our neighborhood, and even went onto the campus of another university that has a couple classroom buildings in our area--and went inside the buildings! We checked out the refectory but decided not to buy anything. It was fun. I love exploring. It's satisfying and exciting. I like to know the area around me. Although Greg and I went for a walk around the neighborhood, and we saw one cool church, but I found it ultimately unsatisfying, actually. Exploring the neighborhood around Smith was exciting and interesting. I think because all the buildings here look the same. And it's not--to me, certainly--a particularly pretty the same. They're all connected brick. And not much in the way of greenery. I mean, it's winter but where there are lawns they're green.
Still, the coolness of walking around the off-Elm St. neighborhoods is probably just because of those two huge houses on the hill. They fascinate me. And there's a lot of other larger houses. I don't know. Yeah. I'm probably just more into the architecture found there than here, plus the variety of houses makes me feel more like I'm exploring, perhaps?
Stayed in last night, watched Fruits Basket with Beejal and Mamiko and Rachel. Much fun. :) I love that show! Except sadly Beejal isn't feeling well. But she enjoyed Fruits Basket! And this morning I woke up at 9:30 and went to breakfast, then I went back to sleep and got up again when my alarm went off at noon, and decided to ignore it and go back to sleep, then got woken up at 12:30 for lunch, and now I'm thinking of going back to sleep again. And why not? ;) I didn't get a lot of sleep over the week. Need to catch up. I'm also thinking of trying to do some more work on the painting I'm doing of Greg. I'm cheating cos it's based on a photo, but oh well. I work slowly and he can't sit for that long, it's not fair.
I also have some reading to do for the classes that I'm definitely staying in and the ones that I may be staying in.
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Date: 2007-02-03 08:47 pm (UTC)And yay Firefly! AJ has been getting me addicted to that. I'm currently borrowing her DVD set of it.
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Date: 2007-02-04 01:39 am (UTC)