Final Distance

Okay, so a quick update from the Collabatory on the 3rd floor of the lovely and soaking wet Oviatt Library plop in the middle of the under-construction CSU Northridge Campus. Hello!

So today I took my Speech Midterm, and either I knew more than I thought, multiple choice helped me loads, or last night's note-studying actually did me some good. I was 95% sure on most of the questions, and I ended up leaving the 50 minute class about 30 minutes in. I believe I did well, although I do have to give Michelle a Scantron in return for the one she lent me... she's so nice, I can't believe I flubbed up and forgot my Geography folder with my Scantrons in it! >_<

After that came Geography, with a discussion about the ridiculously long, boring, and Marxist paper by Walter Rodney, "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa." Thankfully Davidson gave us enough time to go through notes and stuff while we looked at questions he wanted us to be able to answer; most of the answers were between myself and probably 2-3 classmates (that's out of 90 in the class, so you can tell who did the reading. Dare I say it? "I knew it."). We have the reading quiz "Girls At War" on Friday, but I finished reading that last week and took two pages of notes, so I'm set.

And then, the joy that is Journalism. We spent the period learning more about television and everything, all interesting material (with the advent of Color TV in the classroom, Mer went crazy with her highlighters...) ... and then we got the Media Notebooks back. Apparently my first draft revision (Entry 1-1) wasn't as revised as it could be, because I still had "holes" that could have been filled by material explained in the topic description. Oh, great. Well, the second one, she had mostly compliments for that, so overall I got a 94. That better be out of a 100, or I'm throwing a hissy fit. If it is out of 100, I'd say I did pretty damn well, and now all I have to angst about is NEXT week's media notebook entry! >_< What to write about...?

So I have about a half hour now before my advisement appointment, when I'll find out what classes I have for next semester. The Spring Schedule is only online, so whoever I get as an adviser (and it better not be the biatch that tricked me LAST time!) won't be able to nag me about not having it. I did my research, dagnabbit! I know at least what some of my classes should/could be, but as per what other GE requirements I need to fill, I guess they'll tell me. All this is still a bit confusing, you know? I'm going to eat my lunch over there in Nordhoff Hall, too, so... yeah.

I guess I have about 10 more minutes before I should leave here and head over there, so I'm off to catch up on people's journals. :)

Yaya? Who's that, I'm Nana!

Dammit, I've fallen for a new manga. It's called "Othello," but don't be fooled-- it's about a too-submissive girl who has so-called friends that treat her poorly. As a result, she has another "self" that comes out-- Nana, the take-no-prisoners, kick-ass, justice-dealing Loli cosplayer. You can see why I like this, yes? It's got elements of Peach Girl, any shoujo-heroine manga, and countless others-- all in one manga! Plus there's the hot hero who is clueless! I'll have to grab it on my next Borders run. Also the following:
* Hot Gimmick 4 (Blue, Shinogu)
* xxxHolic 2 and 3
* Tsubasa 2
* Sensual Phrase
* And probably some others I'm forgetting... but I'm wondering Tokyopop, what is up with you, these days? Is X-Day ever going to be finished? Are you ever going to number Peach Girl correctly? Is that CLAMP title "Legend of Chou Hyang" (I probably butchered that) also a one-shot?

Anyway, in other happy purchase news, I went to WaMu today and set up an account... the woman who helped me, Farrah, was very nice, prompt, and clear. I actually got PAPERWORK in return, which was a first! I withdrew $100 and headed to DSW-- lo and behold, my boots...?!

No, not my boots. Same location, same brand, same style even, but they'd changed sizes. -_o HRM! So I did something very sneaky and bad and switched it with the full-price ones up front. That is, I switched the clearance (30% off) 55.00 ones for the $79.90 ones. I switched the green clearance tags on the bottom of the boot and side of the box, but the bar code on the side of the box was too sticky to move. But the cashier didn't check, and I scored! Tommy Hilfiger knee-high black leather boots, size 6-- only $55! ^_^

I also snagged those Diba lace-up purple sandals to go with my Emmy costume (gold and purple accent each other well!)- but the heels are pretty tottery, and I need hose and possibly some "sock glue" to hold them up come Halloween.

I've figured out why I've missed all my old "usual" WB shows-- since my initiation into cable-land, I've been watching shows like Stargate SG-1 on Mondays for hours, and Proof Positive and Ghost Hunters on Wednesdays. *grin* If I stay up late enough, I catch whatever's on Cartoon Network, which ranges from anime (Inuyasha, Wolf's Rain) to the random and bizarre (Futurama, Family Guy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force). And you know what? I can't bring myself to care anymore. They supposedly killed off Chloe, my favorite character, separated Lana and Clark, broke off Lex and Clark WAAAY too soon, and also introduced Lois (admittedly, an interesting plot element) WAAAAAY too soon. So... I'm just not interested. But what about Alias!?!?!? It's not coming back until January. ;_;

SHOUJO FANS, ATTENTION! I want you to go here, read the article, and tell me what you think. Agree, disagree? I'd like to write a contrasting/disagree article to send after the fact, but I'd like some supporting testimony from YOU first!

And now, if the shoujo fans are still reading, anyone wanna point me toward some good Hot Gimmick fanfiction? Because if I can't find any, I'll start writing, and if I start writing, I might get out of YGO. ;_;

Anyway, I'm getting a bit tired, but if I go to sleep now, I'll wake up early enough to have a good breakfast and do some studying for math. This weekend I *have* to get working on my Chapter 5 math assignments and notes, and most definitely work on my CAD drawings. *yawn* But I'm so tired...

Final note? I did get to see Grace, which ended up being the highlight of my day. I met her at Borders and we mall-trolled for a while. Had dinner and a Cinnabon with her too, and parted ways just after 7:45 or so, and I came home in time for TV and some cute TMs from Scott. Today's a good day, I guess...

I'm pretty tired.