The Pitfalls of Being a Spaz


This semester’s going to be rough.

I don’t say that because I don’t think I can handle the classes (I’m like 88% sure I will be able to handle them; it’s only 15 credits anyway). I say it because every class I’m taking is in a subject where I could spend hours and hours and hours obsessing over the homework. Which is cool, and is really the point of college—after all, why bother with higher education if you’re not studying something about which you’re passionate?—but can lend itself to problems if I were to get so insanely focused on one class’s homework that I accidentally neglect my other classes. Which is a real possibility, ’cause you know how obsessive I get.

And I already dig C++. A lot more similar to R  programming than I was expecting.

And now, what time is it? ADVENTURE TIME! SURVEY TIME!

1) What is your occupation?
Statistics teacher!

2)What colour are your socks now?
My feet are naked, yo!

3)What are you listening to now?
My Rage Quit playlist on YouTube.

4)What was the last thing you ate?
A Wasa flatbread with hummus.

5)Can you drive a stick shift?
Nope.

6)Last person you spoke to on phone?
My dad.

7)Do you like the person who sent you this?
I lifted this from some random blog, so I have no idea.

8)How old are you today?
832 ½.

9)What is your favourite sport to watch on TV?
I’m not much of a sport person. OOOH WAIT FIGURE SKATING!

10)What are your favourite drinks?
Water. Red Bull.

11)Have you ever dyed your hair?
Once. I put streaks of red in. They stayed in there forever until I dyed them out with black.

12)Favourite food?
Broccoli!

13)Last movie watched?
Sunshine.

14)Favourite day of the year?
Any day but April Fool’s. I freaking hate April 1st.

15)How do you vent out your anger?
Destructively.

16)Favourite toy as a child?
I had these 26 little chirping chicks that I accumulated over several Easters. I had one name for each letter of the alphabet.

17)Favourite season?
Summer!

18)Do you want your friends to email you?
Nobody ever does, so meh.

19)When was the last time you cried?
Yesterday.

20)What is on the floor of your closet?
Most of my possessions.

21)Who is the friend you have had the longest?
Aneel, technically.

22)What did you do last night?
Homework!

23)What are you most afraid of?
Failure.

24)Plain,cheese or spicy hamburger?
Cheeese.

25)Favourite dog breed?
I’m not a dog person.

26)Favorite day of the week?
Tuesday.

27)How many states have you lived in?
Two (plus two Canadian provinces).

28)Diamond or pearl?
Diamond.

29)What is your wish for this new year?
To not be as big of a failure as I currently am.

30)New year resolutions?
See above.

4 responses

  1. Matt Farnsworth's avatar

    Have you ever considered taking more programing or computer science classes? It seems to be somethign that you like.

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  2. inarticulat3mathematician's avatar
    mathematicallyconfused | Reply

    “[…] but can lend itself to problems if I were to get so insanely focused on one class’s homework that I accidentally neglect my other classes.”

    Oh God… this happens to me … every semester. Since like 7th grade. It is so annoying and I always tell myself, no, it won’t happen again this semester, and then it does.

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    1. Claudia's avatar

      I’m usually pretty good at partitioning my time equally (or as needed) amongst my various assignments, but this semester’s proving difficult in that resepect.

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  3. inarticulat3mathematician's avatar
    mathematicallyconfused | Reply

    #29…I don’t know you very well, but I strongly suspect you are being much too hard on yourself. You don’t look anything like a failure from my perspective.

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