Blog 620: Another Daily Log of Claudia’s Life Happenings (only 380 more to go until 1,000!)
Day two!
Introduction to Symbolic Logic: The first thing the professor says is, “welcome to symbolic logic. This class will be a lot like a math class.” Grr. I have a feeling this will be a difficult class. Why is it, in my experience, that 200-level classes are the toughest?
Concert Band: Hurrah! A class with people I know (even though you’re both in the back)! Torrey is switching me to clarinet, because all the other clarinetists from last year’s concert band died of the plague (I’m assuming) and I’m apparently the only one in the band who knows clarinet who is willing to switch instruments. Hurrah. Oh, well. I haven’t gotten to be loud and obnoxious on the clarinet in a concert band setting since junior year of high school.
History of Modern Philosophy: I love Joseph Cannon! I’m excited greatly for this class. The only downside is the fact that we’re only going up to Kant. But it’s all good.
Tonight consisted of: homework, dinking around on eBay for hours on end, working on my MFAW Flash (that’s “Millard Fillmore Appreciation Week, by the way), and making and subsequently drinking Nesquik chocolate milk. Yum.
Fillmore Fact:
“Econometrics: on average, people spend money” (thanks for the quote, Sean)
Holy crap, new semester! Here we go with my obligatory rundown of today’s classes:
Human Sexuality: oh man, is this gonna be a fun class. We get in there and he’s all “bring porno to class, we’ll watch it!” What a wonderful way to begin the semester and every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday until May. The downside, though, is that our grades ride on only 100 points from two tests. Scary.
Statistical Analysis: I don’t think this is going to be the nightmare I thought it would be. However, I got my first droning professor of my college career. That’s going to be fun at 9:30 in the morning. But oh well—the tests are open book and open note!
Sample Survey Methods: I don’t think this one’ll be too bad, either. We’ll see.
Developmental Psychology: Hooray! I like Welch. I naturally study and absorb the same material she tests over, so it’s good.
Psychology of Emotion: Hooray! I have this class with Sean! And Welch teaches it, so it’s good. Plus, she says the tests are easy.
Well, it doesn’t sound like the tortuous 25 credits of death as I was expecting it would (at least today’s not—we’re not through tomorrow yet), so I’m pretty content.
Onward to Thursday!
Fillmore Fact: Did you know that it was under Millard Fillmore that California was admitted as a free state? Very cool, M. F., very cool.
Oh, and also…
First cartoon of the new semester. Concept thought up in Stats 401 (we weren’t talking about diagrams at all).
Heh. I’m awesome.
Aw…
And just like that, the highlight of my undergraduate came to a close at abruptly 10:49 this morning. That’s right: I took my final in Tests and Measurements and walked out the door, never to see that wonderful class again.
It’s the saddest day of my life right now.
Stop. Schedule time.
Look at the symmetry. Just look at it. Isn’t that just the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen?
Yeah, even with the U of I’s crappy last-minute scheduling, I pulled this beautiful schedule. Hooray.
Schedule-riffic!
All right then, people. I have my spring ’08 schedule all planned out already, and assuming I don’t find any better alternatives or my advisor advises me otherwise, this is how it’s going down next January-May:
MWF:
9:30-10:20—Statistical Analysis (Stat 401)
11:20-12:20—Developmental Psychology (Psyc 305)
12:30-1:20—Psychology of Emotion (Psyc 456)
1:30-2:20—Sample Survey Methods (Stat 422)
TR:
9:30-10:45—History of Modern Psychology (Phil 321)
11:00-12:15—Introduction to Symbolic Logic (Phil 202)
12:30-1:45—Concert Band (MusA 321)
3:30-4:45—Sensation and Perception (Psyc 444)
What fun! And I’ll probably add a directed study in there, too.
Oh yay!
Holycrapholycrapholycrapholycrap, guess what?!
The spring ’08 schedule is up on the Registrar page! And you know what that means…
Obsessive planning!
This is what I’ve been looking forward to since I got this semester’s plan all figured out (what was that, March?). I love planning. Love it, love it, love it.
Ooh! And I got some new clothes for Claude: jeans (that fit—aren’t too long or too big around the waist, what an accomplishment!), a new shirt, and a coat/hoodie thingy. And a necklace. Hooray! He’s really hot.
(holycrapspringscheduleyay!)
The day that Camus backed into a sumac was the day the palindrome was born!
Ha, well, I was so enthralled with the goings on of yesterday’s gaming fun, I forgot to do my little rundown on my classes of the day! So here they are.
My opinions on the new ones:
–Introduction to Research in the Behavioral Sciences (Psychology 218): holy crap. A whole class on writing research papers. Am I in heaven?
–Tests and Measurements (Psychology 430): I’ll be tested on tests. How grand. I also find it funny that I almost typed “testes and measurements.” Shows you where my mind is.
–Social Psychology (Psychology 320): I wasn’t looking forward to this. But now I am. Sounds fun!
Good semester.
Ronald Reagan was a mean child, always destroying the walls of his playmates’ Lego creations
Well, here we go again! I don’t know whether to jump for joy or skip for sadness. The line-up for today was:
–Survey of Calculus (Math 160): I have a message for you, Mr. Math 160…you will not ruin my 4.0! YOU will be the failure, not I! Not I! BWA HA HA! Kill me.
–Physical Geography (Geography 100): hopefully this will be fun. I like geo-fun.
–History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (Philosophy 320): Hooray! I get to just sit and ponder the ancient thinkers for 50 minutes and get credit for it! Bring it, Thales, bring it!
–Marching Band: stupid ½ squad. But good otherwise.
–Physical Geography Lab (Geography 100L): no opinion. Didn’t have it yet.
I can’t tell if philosophy is going to be difficult or not. I also can’t tell if my squad will be the death of me.
But I can tell one thing…
…Millard Fillmore is the MAN!
Maxed out! No limits! Reaching for the horizon! Putting the Silly Putty on the radiator!
Woo! I registered tonight! Here we go with my schedule for next fall:
22 credits.
7 classes.
1 semester.
No insanity limit.
Fall 2007 tentative schedule of happiness
Huttah, fools! I think I’ve got next semester’s schedule figured out:
Monday
Geology 101 (9:30-10:20)
History 412 (10:30-11:20)
Music 319 (12:30-1:20)
Geology LAB (1:30-3:20)
Philosophy 320 (2:30-5:20)
Tuesday
History 102 (8:00-9:15)
Psychology 218 (9:30-10:45)
Psychology 430 (11:00-12:15)
Music 319 (12:30-1:45)
Wednesday
Geology 101 (9:30-10:20)
History 412 (10:30-11:20)
Music 319 (12:30-1:20)
Psychology LAB (2:30-4:20)
Thursday
History 102 (8:00-9:15)
Psychology 218 (9:30-10:45)
Psychology 430 (11:00-12:15)
Music 319 (12:30-1:45)
Friday
Geology 101 (9:30-10:20)
History 412 (10:30-11:20)
Music 319 (12:30-1:20)
Summer classes have yet to be finalized.
Sit down, shut up, and regurgitate!
Shazbutt! Here I am again, with new plans for summer (now that I’ve changed things around again):
English 210: May 14-June 22, 11:30-1:20
English 208: May 14-June 22, 1:30-3:20
That’s all, cause some genius decided to make it so that the second section of the summer sessions OVERLAPS with the first by about 10 days, so that if the classes you want to take in the second session are, say, from 1:30-3:20, YOU CAN’T TAKE THEM!!
Waiter! There’s a Freudian in my Id!
Once again, I am questioning what I should do in regards to my major(s). I want to get the hell out of the U of I (meaning I want to get my bachelor’s degree in psych) in at most four years (but preferably three), but I also don’t want to limit my choice of other majors/minors because of that. Originally, I was a Psychology/Theatre/Music major, then a Psychology/Theatre major, and now a Psychology/English (with an emphasis in writing) major. Now I’m wondering whether or not to drop the English major and, in its place, minor in (all at the same time):
1. Writing. It’s basically the same thing as English, only it’s a minor and takes less time.
2. History. Cause I’m already halfway to a minor, anyway.
3. Philosophy. You know how I’ve always hated philosophy? Well, yeah. I like it now.
4. Possibly geology. Cause it only takes three classes to get a minor.
Noooo clue what I’m gonna do. None.
Help?
I have plenty of class(es)!
Went to five of my six classes today (statistics has been pushed back until next Wednesday), and most of them seem pretty awesome. I’m going to love psychology, especially since we get to develop our own theory of personality (which I’ve already got mostly worked out–how sad is that?). Literature of Western Civilization (part 2!) is going to be rough, though. I’m scared. And biology. Don’t know how that’s going to turn out.
I haven’t used a smiley in awhile, have I?
Oh, crap! Almost forgot! Fillmore Fact™:
He had no formal education, he was a lawyer, and his nickname is the “American Louis Phillipe”…whoever that is.
Well, here we go again…
Crap, I’m nervous. Why does school make me so nervous? Especially the first day…we don’t ever do anything on the first day!
Gr!
Ulcers!
Vomiting!
This is not what I’d like to be doing right now!
FillmoreFact™:
He was the last of the Whigs! Holy crap, isn’t that historic? Also, here’s his very presidential-looking grave:
Sc-sc-sc-schedule!
What do y’all think of this? It’s my FINAL schedule for next semester:
Monday/Wednesday/Friday
Statistics 251 (8:30-9:20)
Biology 102 (9:30-10:20)
English 292 (10:30-11:20)
English 258 (11:30-12:20)
Psychology 310 (12:30-1:20)
Core 166 (1:30-2:20)
Tuesday
Concert Band (12:30-1:20)
Thursday
Biology 102 lab (8:30-11:20)
Concert Band (12:30-1:20)
Sequel to
It’s time for summer school plan time now! These are the classes I want to take:
English 208 (cause I couldn’t fit it into my schedule this semester)
Some Shakespeare class that I can’t remember the number to (cause I need a Shakespeare class for the English major)
Computer Science 101 (to get it the hell over with)
Too much in four weeks during summer? NEVER! I am Jesus!
“And just what do you think you’re doing, young man?”
Ahoy there good people! I changed my schedule around again! ‘Tis now:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday!
1. Statistics 251: 8:30-9:20
2. Biology 201: 9:30-10:20
3. English 292 (Creative Writing: Fiction): 10:30-11:20*
4. English 258 (Lit. of Western Civilization): 11:30-12:20
5. Psychology 110 (Psych. of Personality): 12:30-1:20
6. Core 166 (Sacred Journey): 1:30-2:20
And concert band from 12:30-1:20 on TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS! HOLY CRAP!
*wait-listed still.
Aw crap…
As I’m signing up for classes, I realize that I’m technically a sophomore due to my credits. Therefore, I could’ve signed up yesterday and probably would have gotten into all the classes I wanted.
Piss.
Welcome to college. Now don’t screw up (part 2)
Day 2! Tuesday’s and Thursday’s schedules:
~ Theatre 100 (11:00AM-12:20PM)
~ Marching Band (12:30PM-1:20PM)
~ English 102 (2:00PM-3:15PM)
I like this schedule. Theatre is fun, MB is fun, and English rocks the socks right off of a fox.
Tomorrow’s my busy day, though. With math. Evil, evil math.
Welcome to college. Now don’t screw up.
Day 1! Here’s my schedule for today:
~ Psychology 101 (10:30AM-11:20AM)
~ Marching Band (12:30PM-1:20PM)
~ The Sacred Journey (1:30PM-2:20PM)
~ Theatre 105 (3:00PM-4:20PM)
Four classes…not too bad. I’m going to love psychology and marching band and theatre…I’ll try to get through TSJ…I just don’t find religion all that interesting…
Oh well. More psychology credits!
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