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July 19th, 2007

11:48 am - Teaching... So I was asked to teach a summer class at A&M. More than half the students are incoming freshman who don't have the highschool GPA to get into A&M, but are taking classes to prove they belong here. Well they didn't study hard enough for the first test and didn't do so well.   Me being the nice person that I am, and actually caring about the students, changed my teaching style (most profs here use PowerPoint presentations, so I was. Well they didn't like those so now I write on the board. *shrug* They take their next exam tomorrow so we'll see if they do better. I think they needed a wake up call with the first exam. The class average was only a couple points below the normal class average (when it is taught in Fall and Spring). Current Mood: tired Tags: family, stuff

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April 3rd, 2007

01:53 pm - Two entries in one day? I still can't figure out how to use all the icons that dunc has....I must be a moron. Anyways...Mom was here visiting for the last week and a couple of days. That's the reason I haven't been around the chat in awhile. I'm back now and things are crazy as ever, but I'd bet the testosterone was a bit high in there while one of the only females was away.... So mom wanted to go to Sea World (ok so did I, I absolutely love that place!). Well there is one in San Antonio (about 3 hours from A&M) and we decided to go. There's a really cool hotel out right by Sea World that we stayed at last time she was here so we made reservations there again and decided to go.  Well...I realized that there was an R2D2 mailbox located somewhere in SA, so I went on their FF page and asked if anyone knew where it was. Someone did and responded right away, so I googled directions to the post office that he said it was by and off mom and I went. We managed to find it!! YAY!!! I love Artoo so I was so excited about actually getting to see one of the mailboxes. We had loads of fun at Sea World. I just love watching the dolphins and whales.  Getting to feed and touch the dolphins is always my favorite part. I am such a dork...I know. Mom and I also made SW Easter eggs while she was here. I hadn't made Easter eggs in...umm....5 years I think.  But we found a kit at Target and we couldn't help ourselves.  Mom also took me to the book store and bought me loads of books. Half Price Books is the BEST bookstore ever.  I found the entire YJK book series (I've never read the whole thing before), a Dark Forces book that talks about the Lit board's man crush, Katarn, whom I've never had the pleasure of experiencing cuz I suck at videogames.  She also got me Allegiance (I refused to buy it cuz it was hardcover and with Sacrifice coming out soon I was saving my money for that).  She also got me some sort of Ultimate Guide book that is big and hardcover. My mom is the best mom ever! Current Mood: thankful Tags: family, star wars eu, vacation

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01:50 pm - Breakdown.... I had a major breakdown last night. I finally admitted to myself that I was failing at writing my thesis. Miserably failing. My writing has become nonexistant as I just manage to stare at the screen and cry. So after crying myself to sleep last night I realized I needed to admit that I need help. To most people this prolly seems like a silly thing to get upset about, but I am not most people. I acquired stubborn genes from my father. He is the type of person that will never admit he is wrong about something. Case in point, I did an experiment over Christmas break with him. He took off some work days to spend some time with me and mom gave us the task of doing some last minute Christmas shopping. We went to one of the malls and were hungry so I said we could just hit up one of the two food courts located in the mall. He insisted there were three food courts. So we went to a map, I proved point blank that there were two food courts and he still refused to admit he was wrong and was trying to find a way for him to be right. *sigh* This has caused family issues although I think he is now getting better about it. Last time I sent a threatening e-mail home (concerning how he deals with my younger brother), I didn't get an argument back (meaning that he was accepting what I was saying, just not admiting it.) But I digress.... Where was I? Oh yea...my breakdown. So I dragged my unhappy self to my advisor's office this morning and attempted to talk before breaking down into tears. Thankfully I have a wonderful advisor and she is going to get me back on track by spending more time with me (basically giving up her lunch hour to help me). She told me that NO ONE does their thesis all on their own. She said that no one talks about not being able to get it done, but everyone has the same problem. The purpose of the advisors is so that we have someone to talk to and bounce ideas off of. Writers block also happens to everyone, so its not just me. I'm the type of person that hates admitting defeat and admitting that I am failing at something. So this was tough for me. However, I think now, with her help, I can get on track again and hopefully actually graduate at some point. I was ready to give it all up last night as I threw a tantrum in my apartment. Now I feel better though. I've managed to clean out my desk this morning (getting rid of things I don't need) and organizing papers that I have collected in the last year. So I can take them to her office tomorrow and we can lay it all out to figure out where I should start (or continue). Current Mood: confused Tags: real life

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March 17th, 2007

06:34 pm - SWEET SIXTEEN BABY! Texas A&M Men's basketball team pulled out a victory today! WHOOP! My bracket hopes are still alive! I had a heart attack watching the game however...and Smikie was trying to keep me calm over messenger. :) Current Mood: excited Tags: school

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March 9th, 2007

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February 27th, 2007

04:31 pm - Whisper Meeting Today I woke up without a voice. It is a sad day indeed for the world to not be able to hear my voice. I had a meeting with my thesis advisor and we had a whispering meeting because you can't talk to someone who is whispering without whispering back. Highly unamusing to say the least. Thankfully we've moved my presentation back to April (Spring Break really kills the month of March), so I don't have to give a whisper presentation on Friday. Current Mood: sick Tags: school

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