It's 1:00 right now. 4 hours until my Bio exam starts. Oddly, I'm not too worried. Maybe because I think I'll do Ok. Maybe because I know I can't really learn anything I'll remember when faced with a question about it on the exam. Maybe because I'm too worried about wetting my pants at the moment but I have the BEST SPOT EVER in the library and I don't know where the bathroom is so I refuse to get up find one until I'm actually on my way to my exam room. There are a ton of people around me also studying Bio, and no one else seems to know (a) what to study, and (2) what they've learned. Besides, Bio isn't going to help me in my chosen profession (will it?)...my grade here isn't that important. Dental schools will accept me because I did well in culinary school, right?
Seriously, though. This exam is worth 50 pts. The total grade for this class is out of 700 pts. 40 pts. are "subjective," and the TA gives them to you as he/she sees fit. My bio TA likes me (my chem TA? not so much...), so that's pretty much a guarenteed 40 pts. I get 5 extra pts for every pieces of fungi I bring in in a few weeks, and then I can give a presentation with a group of 3 other people for 25 pts. I can make up a bad grade on the first exam while I learn how Dr. Herried tests in no time.
I'm going to take another practice exam, and then maybe calm myself down again with some Panda Watching. Anyone on the UB campus that wants to bring me some good luck food, feel free...I'm in the library in Capen...
Friday, September 29, 2006
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Lun Lun the Panda Bear from the Atlanta Zoo had a baby on Sept. 6th. They have their very own
web cam. You should check it out. I'm slightly obsessed...
web cam. You should check it out. I'm slightly obsessed...
1999
Fill this out about your SENIOR year of high school! The longer ago it was, the more fun the answers will be. Change the subject to the year you graduated.
1. Who was your best friend(s)? Um...I had friends, I'm sure...like Esther, she's my friend!
2.What sports did u play? Lacrosse. We even won a game that year!
3. What kind of car did you drive? drive? In high school? really? :)
4. It's Friday night, where were you at? Haha...in bed. Seriously.
5. Were you a party animal? Um, nope. Not at all.
6. Were you considered a flirt? no, not really.
7. Ever skip school? Whenever I could get a ride somewhere
8. Were you a nerd? Not in the "smart kid" kind of way, no.
9. Were you in any clubs? no
10. Did you get suspended/expelled? Nope
11. Can you sing the fight song? The "Nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh" one 'cause we were the Chiefs, or the Alma Mater? I can still sing them both.
12. Who was your favorite teacher? The AP English teacher. What's his name?
13. Favorite class? Government and Law
14. What was your school's full name? Iroquois Central High School
15. School mascot? Chief
16. Did you go to dances? only the expensive ones I had to dress up for.
17. If you could go back and do it over, would you? Never
18. What do you remember most about graduation? It was hot and there were a lot more kids in my class than I knew about. And there were big signs for all the kids that had died that year.
19 Favorite memory of your senior year? Graduating
20. Were you ever posted up on the senior wall? I haven't been back to see
21. Did you have a Job your sr year? The Roycroft Inn
22. Where did you go most often for lunch? McDonalds or Burger King
23. Have you gained weight since then? Yeah. Then lost it. And gained it back.
24. What did you do after graduation? College, culinary school, worked, back in college...
25. When did you graduate? June 1999
26. Where are most of your classmates? The majority are probably still around Buffalo.
28. Who was your worst teacher? Mrs. Vach
29. Who will repost this after you? I don't know...definitely not Mary.
1. Who was your best friend(s)? Um...I had friends, I'm sure...like Esther, she's my friend!
2.What sports did u play? Lacrosse. We even won a game that year!
3. What kind of car did you drive? drive? In high school? really? :)
4. It's Friday night, where were you at? Haha...in bed. Seriously.
5. Were you a party animal? Um, nope. Not at all.
6. Were you considered a flirt? no, not really.
7. Ever skip school? Whenever I could get a ride somewhere
8. Were you a nerd? Not in the "smart kid" kind of way, no.
9. Were you in any clubs? no
10. Did you get suspended/expelled? Nope
11. Can you sing the fight song? The "Nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh" one 'cause we were the Chiefs, or the Alma Mater? I can still sing them both.
12. Who was your favorite teacher? The AP English teacher. What's his name?
13. Favorite class? Government and Law
14. What was your school's full name? Iroquois Central High School
15. School mascot? Chief
16. Did you go to dances? only the expensive ones I had to dress up for.
17. If you could go back and do it over, would you? Never
18. What do you remember most about graduation? It was hot and there were a lot more kids in my class than I knew about. And there were big signs for all the kids that had died that year.
19 Favorite memory of your senior year? Graduating
20. Were you ever posted up on the senior wall? I haven't been back to see
21. Did you have a Job your sr year? The Roycroft Inn
22. Where did you go most often for lunch? McDonalds or Burger King
23. Have you gained weight since then? Yeah. Then lost it. And gained it back.
24. What did you do after graduation? College, culinary school, worked, back in college...
25. When did you graduate? June 1999
26. Where are most of your classmates? The majority are probably still around Buffalo.
28. Who was your worst teacher? Mrs. Vach
29. Who will repost this after you? I don't know...definitely not Mary.
Monday, September 25, 2006
Moving, again.
A few months ago our landlord told us she was moving to South Carolina. Amy and I freaked out a little bit. Our landlord is a friend, so we don't pay as much as we should for rent. She also looks the other way when Toby eats the floor, as long as we fix it, or when he chews on the wall. She ignores the constant barking (from the dogs) and even takes the dogs out when Amy and I are gone for long periods of time.
So, Amy and I decided we had a few options:
1.) ignore the landlord and wait for her to realize she's not really moving (she does havea history of saying she's moving then deciding the next week she's not)
2.) ignore the landlord thinking she won't sell the house, have her sell the house and we have to move out in the middle of a blizzard and exams in December.
3.) sign a lease and be stuck in the apt. that we like in a neighborhood we hate for a year when we may want to leave earlier. Upside? Rent and dogs are safe.
4.)Wait and see if the landlord does sell the house and hope the new landlord is cool, lets us keep the dogs and the cheap rent with no lease.
5.) find another apartment as nice as this one as cheap that allows pets
6.) buy a house and move when we want to
In Buffalo, if you can get a morgage, you should definitely buy a house. It's as cheap as renting, and you get...well, a house. So, Amy bought a house. She closes Nov. 30th.
Amy works that Saturday, so we're thinking we'll move on Sunday, Dec 3rd. There probably will be a blizzard, but exams don't start until the next week, so it's all good.
The landlord? Decided not to move to South Carolina. But not until after she sold our current house...
So, Amy and I decided we had a few options:
1.) ignore the landlord and wait for her to realize she's not really moving (she does havea history of saying she's moving then deciding the next week she's not)
2.) ignore the landlord thinking she won't sell the house, have her sell the house and we have to move out in the middle of a blizzard and exams in December.
3.) sign a lease and be stuck in the apt. that we like in a neighborhood we hate for a year when we may want to leave earlier. Upside? Rent and dogs are safe.
4.)Wait and see if the landlord does sell the house and hope the new landlord is cool, lets us keep the dogs and the cheap rent with no lease.
5.) find another apartment as nice as this one as cheap that allows pets
6.) buy a house and move when we want to
In Buffalo, if you can get a morgage, you should definitely buy a house. It's as cheap as renting, and you get...well, a house. So, Amy bought a house. She closes Nov. 30th.
Amy works that Saturday, so we're thinking we'll move on Sunday, Dec 3rd. There probably will be a blizzard, but exams don't start until the next week, so it's all good.
The landlord? Decided not to move to South Carolina. But not until after she sold our current house...
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
snow day update
The only people on campus today are crazy people (and BIO200 students, but they're not crazy, they just have to be here because they have class even though the school is closed.)
- One girl just walked up to a guy sitting across the room from me, barked at him (seriously barked, like a dog), then turned around and walked away.
- These 3 older women walked into Capen where I'm sitting, walked almost right up to the wall, stared at the UB University at Buffalo State University of New York painted on the wall for, like, 5 minutes, then walked away.
- There's another kid with his laptop sitting across the room (not the guy who was barked at...a different one). He keeps pressing the same key over and over and over. And it keeps making that "DON'T PRESS THIS KEY YOU'RE GOING TO BLOW UP YOU'RE COMPUTER" noise. You know that beep...
Esther --> We kinda had that conversation, but you didn't say anything about how cool my shoes or my shirt are.
But the school is CLOSED!
If you saw me right now, right this minute, and we started talking, this is what the conversation would be:
You: Hey, Cecilia, what are you doing here?
Me: Well, this is the first outlet I found next to a chair. I walked through 3 buildings. This is the FIRST OUTLET NEXT TO A CHAIR. So I sat here.
You: No, I mean, the school is closed. Why are you here?
Me: Oh, yeah, I know the school is closed. The Dalai Lama is on campus waiting to entertain an audience of 3 million people. To have classes would be crazy. I mean, students wouldn't come, because they're all going to see the Dalai Lama, the students who do come are just taking up Dalai Lama parking spots - I mean, for his audience...I don't think he actually drives - and the security on campus is so crazy that for my one o'clock class I had to get here at 9:30 just to be sure I was actually allowed on campus.
You: What do you mean, 1:00 class? The school is closed!
Me: Yeah, it is, isn't it? Bert's cafeteria is closed so I can't sit at a table by the window and study, I don't think any of the cleaning staff is here, because there's no toilet paper in the girls bathroom over there...and I'm sure my biology professor isn't here.
You: Why would he be here?
Me: Because he made me come. I have to be here for bio lab, EVEN THOUGH THE SCHOOL IS CLOSED! And the security is crazy! If you don't have a ticket you're not supposed to be here. My TA sent an email saying to plan on parking off campus and walking. WHY WOULD YOU HAVE CLASS WHEN THE SCHOOL IS CLOSED?
You: Man, that sucks.
Me: You have no idea. It's like knowing you have a snow day the night before, then getting up and deciding to go to school anyway, even though no one else is there, just to sit in the hall and wait until the next day when everyone comes back.
You: Why would you do that?
Me: Why would you have lab on a day the school is closed?
You : You sound a little...bitter about this...
Me: No, not at all. I actually like biology and am happy to be here. Besides, since there are no other classes and all the Dalai Lama traffic is being sent across the campus, I got a really good parking spot. And, I can spend all this time until my class studying for my exam tomorrow. And maybe go see the sand art thing the monks did. I want to see that.
You: Yeah...ok...hey, nice shoes.
Me: Thanks, I got them this weekend. They're really comfortable.
You: Your shirt is really funny too...haha, absolutely no nuns...ha.
Then you'd probably walk off to wherever you came from. But, we can't have this conversation. Why? Because you're not here because THE SCHOOL IS CLOSED! I'm going to study now for my exam, which is tomorrow, when the school is open again.
You: Hey, Cecilia, what are you doing here?
Me: Well, this is the first outlet I found next to a chair. I walked through 3 buildings. This is the FIRST OUTLET NEXT TO A CHAIR. So I sat here.
You: No, I mean, the school is closed. Why are you here?
Me: Oh, yeah, I know the school is closed. The Dalai Lama is on campus waiting to entertain an audience of 3 million people. To have classes would be crazy. I mean, students wouldn't come, because they're all going to see the Dalai Lama, the students who do come are just taking up Dalai Lama parking spots - I mean, for his audience...I don't think he actually drives - and the security on campus is so crazy that for my one o'clock class I had to get here at 9:30 just to be sure I was actually allowed on campus.
You: What do you mean, 1:00 class? The school is closed!
Me: Yeah, it is, isn't it? Bert's cafeteria is closed so I can't sit at a table by the window and study, I don't think any of the cleaning staff is here, because there's no toilet paper in the girls bathroom over there...and I'm sure my biology professor isn't here.
You: Why would he be here?
Me: Because he made me come. I have to be here for bio lab, EVEN THOUGH THE SCHOOL IS CLOSED! And the security is crazy! If you don't have a ticket you're not supposed to be here. My TA sent an email saying to plan on parking off campus and walking. WHY WOULD YOU HAVE CLASS WHEN THE SCHOOL IS CLOSED?
You: Man, that sucks.
Me: You have no idea. It's like knowing you have a snow day the night before, then getting up and deciding to go to school anyway, even though no one else is there, just to sit in the hall and wait until the next day when everyone comes back.
You: Why would you do that?
Me: Why would you have lab on a day the school is closed?
You : You sound a little...bitter about this...
Me: No, not at all. I actually like biology and am happy to be here. Besides, since there are no other classes and all the Dalai Lama traffic is being sent across the campus, I got a really good parking spot. And, I can spend all this time until my class studying for my exam tomorrow. And maybe go see the sand art thing the monks did. I want to see that.
You: Yeah...ok...hey, nice shoes.
Me: Thanks, I got them this weekend. They're really comfortable.
You: Your shirt is really funny too...haha, absolutely no nuns...ha.
Then you'd probably walk off to wherever you came from. But, we can't have this conversation. Why? Because you're not here because THE SCHOOL IS CLOSED! I'm going to study now for my exam, which is tomorrow, when the school is open again.
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