Don't know how the title is relevant. It's a very cool line taken out of its very cool context in a very cool song from a very cool album done by two very cool people which my very cool mother got for me quite randomly (but still very cool).

Enough with the very cool.

Much as I would like to say that I am swinging the world by the tail, that denotes a certain carefree-ness which is pretty much nonexistent about this time of year. Exams, papers, driving, officer retreats, work--it's all crazy. Things are looking really good for this summer, though, and I'm thankful for that.

So I don't have much to say. I'm mostly burning time between now and when I have to go meet my father at the office. Today was supposed to be a killer day; math exam at 7:30 am immediately followed by rotten photosynthesis lab. The math exam went fine--only seven problems and extra credit, which wasn't hard but meant the questions were worth more...blah. But I'm 99% sure I got the extra credit one right, which is sweet. It was something that I'm really terrible at, and we had ten minutes left and I was about to give up, but I thought about it some more and scribbled some stuff on the paper, and then the light went on and I did it! I'm really excited about that. Extra credit always helps. =)

And then lab was great. We got a super good score on our last lab report, which gave us all a boost of motivation and we finished an hour early...the only thing I hate about that is if we get a rotten score, I'll feel very bad, because we had the time to improve. I would have liked to stay and make addition stuff, but no one else did, so ah well.

I'm very tired. I didn't go to CY last night; I was falling asleep all day yesterday, and with the exam today I just couldn't. I listened to music, half-watched Henry V with Beth and the boys, and half-studied for the exam. I had the most lovely ice cream at the Marble Slab yesterday: coffee with heath bar, and that gave me some energy to study. But I mostly listened to music.

...and now I'm just being random and rather mindless. 20 minutes 'till I have to go. I do wish I'd brought more than my lab manual...I wasn't expecting this much down time.

Maybe I'll sleep...

...500 pairs of pants!

Anyone want to guess whence my Bad Joke Of The Day comes? =) [To everyone who guesses "Doctor Who"--A clue: no. Many of my posts have involved him of late, but I doubt the good ol' doctor would sink so low. =P]

In the way of news, I'm sick with all parts of a head cold minus the actual congestion (which I had last month). I have a rotter of a sore throat and much stuff to do. But I'm done with exams.

To those who were confused about the previous post's "Corny" title; it's from a song describing the Iowan landscape by a comedian whose name escapes me at present, but I was using the abundant presence of corn to indicate the excessive corniness of the joke in the post. I guess that didn't really come across effectively. Ah well.

My biology professor's one chemistry-related joke:

Two hydrogen atoms are walking down a street. One of them stops and says, "I think I just dropped an electron!" The other one queries, "Are you sure?"

"Yes!" the first responds. "I'm positive!"

Yuk Yuk. Made me laugh. =D

That's all.

Unfortunately, the assembled hoards of Genghis Khan could get through my door if they were still around to try it. I really should get meself a nice, secure TARDIS.

Oh, yeah, guess where the title came from?...now that I've gone and given it away.

Well, I am taking a break from me own stressful studyings of Introductory Biology. I had a paper due last Monday, and a math exam yesterday, so I'm going through the rigours of the first round. My first paper wasn't anything to be praised (not bad, just...dry and lacking in pep and vigour), but it was that way last semester, and my writing abilities picked up after the first time, so I'm not much worried about it being this way all semester.

I don't care what spell-check says. I shall spell "rigour" and "vigour" with the u.

It's the biology exam that I have to look forward to, which means I have to purchase scantrons sometime Monday evening. Blast and bother. I hate going into the Union bookstore, because when I do I have to plan on not carrying a backpack or bag of substance thanks to their stupid "leave your bag at the door" policy which I consider to be ridden with naivety and idiocy. I am not going to leave my bag, with $100+ textbooks and sometimes my laptop--not to mention worthless notebooks and things which I can't afford to lose even though their dollar value isn't great--in a heap with everyone else's stuff and expect to find it when I get back. I think if they are going to require you to leave your stuff at the door, they should provide you with a decent, secure checking system.

Anyway, pet rant aside, I have a trip to the U-bookstore to look forward to, a day of regular classes, and then a common exam at 5:30 in the evening. Seriously, whoever decided that every biology exam was going to be on a Monday evening either didn't care about us poor students, or had malicious intent in the scheduling of said exams. Not quite sure how that schedule is going to work out tomorrow, but I guess it will somehow.

I did not study as much as I would have liked to today, however, because it was a convenient (more or less) day to do birthday present exchanges (clothes that didn't fit) and buy new shoes (my old ones are ratty and although there are no apparent holes, walking around in the slush provided a comfortable film of cold water on the bottom of my feet. Hum.). Which means I got to do my two most favorite activities in the whole wide world...

Clothes and shoe shopping! WOO-HOOO!

...bit o' sarcasm there for you, in case you didn't realize.

So I was going to go into the shopping trip in great detail, listing all the trials and woes, the aching feet, the tortuous colors and styles, the yakety-yaketing salesmen--

but I am super tired, and I have more studying, so I'll spare y'all. Some other time, some other shopping trip...may it never happen...

G'night.