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Semester is Over
12 years ago
Another semester is done (almost). Just have a genetics final exam at the last exam slot. Winter Storm Draco certainly helped out: lots of exams were cancelled, including my organic chem exam :) Did well on my drawing project. It was supposed to take 10 hours of work, but, as always, I put in a lot more time because I'm really slow. Cell Bio exam was easy at the start, complete crap at the end. Sum up:
Marching band: Thriller was fun, though as a whole, not as fun as last year.
Symphony band: Only played a few cool songs, namely Undertow by John Mackey
Organic chem: Tricky at times due to memorizing a lot of reactions, catalysts, and mechanisms, but fun and the teacher was very nice and had a couple of adorable jokes.
Genetics: Easy, teacher was monotone, but very nice. Also, he expressed how interesting, instead of how awful, a lot of diseases are, which is a nice reprieve from all the touchy-feely "it's too bad people have that" crap.
Cell Bio: easy, except that our teacher was terrible. She focused way too much on specific examples and things barely related to the course. Kept cramming nanotechnology down our throats because it's her specialty. (as a kid, I never would have thought that I wouldn't want to learn nanotech, but my 'teacher' changed that)
This semester was alright. For the first week I was fairly relaxed, but for the bulk of the semester, I was depressed, a heavy, mind-numbing depression brought on by boredom and hopelessness. Most of the time I barely had the motivation to go on the forums. The only reason I did come on so often is that I had nothing else to do. I haven't done any writing or anything for the past couple weeks either. This continued until about three weeks ago. Started to get excited that it was almost over, seemed to get on better terms with the few friends I have here (at college). A little crush I had on a friend, Carly, developed into a major crush. She was in my cell bio class, and we often vented about the teacher. She'd go to my symphony band concerts, I'd go to her musical soroity concerts (and try not to stare too much). Afterwards, I walked her back to her apartment (which is on the way to my dorm). She vented a little about her bf, said that he had to talk to her but it was nothing bad. Turns out he dumped her. Here I thought, "Too bad for her, but an opportunity for me." I was as supportive as I could, without being corny or obvious. The following Tuesday we finished up cell bio lab, so I asked if she wanted to join me at swing dance club to celebrate. (Yeah, she's pretty much the only girl that likes swing dancing) She did, we had fun, and I was on a cloud for a day, until my regular, pessimistic mood came back. Asked her to swing dance again, but she had her 'girls' night' so that didn't happen. Well crap, but I understand: that'd be like cancelling Minecraft/philosophy night with my friends. I knew that she was going to be starting grad school in June, but I didn't know that she was taking next semester off until about a week ago. Welcome back depression.
Next semester is going to be crappy: Carly is gone, my one other friend is studying abroad, and I have teh exact same schedule (except for band) as my twin. As if I didn't see him enough. Most of my classes are science classes, but they'll be pointless or repeats of things I already know. What a waste of money and time. I'm getting a little scared. Apparently, veterinarians are 4 times as likely to commit suicide as the general population. If I'm this depressed now, what will the future be like...So if the world were to end tomorrow, would it really be that bad...?
Marching band: Thriller was fun, though as a whole, not as fun as last year.
Symphony band: Only played a few cool songs, namely Undertow by John Mackey
Organic chem: Tricky at times due to memorizing a lot of reactions, catalysts, and mechanisms, but fun and the teacher was very nice and had a couple of adorable jokes.
Genetics: Easy, teacher was monotone, but very nice. Also, he expressed how interesting, instead of how awful, a lot of diseases are, which is a nice reprieve from all the touchy-feely "it's too bad people have that" crap.
Cell Bio: easy, except that our teacher was terrible. She focused way too much on specific examples and things barely related to the course. Kept cramming nanotechnology down our throats because it's her specialty. (as a kid, I never would have thought that I wouldn't want to learn nanotech, but my 'teacher' changed that)
This semester was alright. For the first week I was fairly relaxed, but for the bulk of the semester, I was depressed, a heavy, mind-numbing depression brought on by boredom and hopelessness. Most of the time I barely had the motivation to go on the forums. The only reason I did come on so often is that I had nothing else to do. I haven't done any writing or anything for the past couple weeks either. This continued until about three weeks ago. Started to get excited that it was almost over, seemed to get on better terms with the few friends I have here (at college). A little crush I had on a friend, Carly, developed into a major crush. She was in my cell bio class, and we often vented about the teacher. She'd go to my symphony band concerts, I'd go to her musical soroity concerts (and try not to stare too much). Afterwards, I walked her back to her apartment (which is on the way to my dorm). She vented a little about her bf, said that he had to talk to her but it was nothing bad. Turns out he dumped her. Here I thought, "Too bad for her, but an opportunity for me." I was as supportive as I could, without being corny or obvious. The following Tuesday we finished up cell bio lab, so I asked if she wanted to join me at swing dance club to celebrate. (Yeah, she's pretty much the only girl that likes swing dancing) She did, we had fun, and I was on a cloud for a day, until my regular, pessimistic mood came back. Asked her to swing dance again, but she had her 'girls' night' so that didn't happen. Well crap, but I understand: that'd be like cancelling Minecraft/philosophy night with my friends. I knew that she was going to be starting grad school in June, but I didn't know that she was taking next semester off until about a week ago. Welcome back depression.
Next semester is going to be crappy: Carly is gone, my one other friend is studying abroad, and I have teh exact same schedule (except for band) as my twin. As if I didn't see him enough. Most of my classes are science classes, but they'll be pointless or repeats of things I already know. What a waste of money and time. I'm getting a little scared. Apparently, veterinarians are 4 times as likely to commit suicide as the general population. If I'm this depressed now, what will the future be like...So if the world were to end tomorrow, would it really be that bad...?
