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May. 14th, 2003 02:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rachg82Okay, I was trying to see exactly how far behind I really am on my friends page, and at skip 360 (dude), it wouldn't let me go back any further. What's that about? Does this mean I have to go into everyone's individual journal, seperately? Sheesh.
I did, however, finally manage to do this test that everyone was doing a while ago:
The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to the First Level of Hell - Limbo!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
Take the Dante's Inferno Test
And here's what it said about my level:
"Charon ushers you across the river Acheron, and you find yourself upon the brink of grief's abysmal valley. You are in Limbo, a place of sorrow without torment. You encounter a seven-walled castle, and within those walls you find rolling fresh meadows illuminated by the light of reason, whereabout many shades dwell. These are the virtuous pagans, the great philosophers and authors, unbaptised children, and others unfit to enter the kingdom of heaven. You share company with Caesar, Homer, Virgil, Socrates, and Aristotle. There is no punishment here, and the atmosphere is peaceful, yet sad."
Um, okay. I realized while reading those that Dante's where the movie "What Dreams May Come" got all their stuff from, for the Hell scenes. I hated that movie, by the way. Kind of like how I hate Dante's Inferno. Mmm, coincidence? Hee.
I was all set to kick some middle eastern ass (hee), tonight, but I think I might've missed a couple questions. I had my midterm in Poly Sci, you see. I love it when teachers put questions on the test that weren't on the review, and were barely mentioned in class, and then leave questions out that WERE on the review, and were talked about in great detail in lectures. Haha, what a funny joke!
*glares*
Heh. I also love when they put questions on the test with two answers that could both be correct, but without an "all of the above" option. Like this one question tonight, for instance. It was something like "What was the reason so many Jews came to Russia?", and it had "Poland was conquered and absorbed" as one, and "Catherine the Great invited them" as another. Fucker, both are correct! I mean, at least as far as what we learned in class. Both were big reasons. I just went with Catherine the Great, and crossed my fingers.
Seriously though, I studied so much stuff that wasn't on the test. Why did he put all that crap on the review? Just to mess with us? Oh, wait a second. You know what it was? He knew that stuff wasn't going to be on the test, he just wanted us to study it anyway. Sneaky bastard. I wouldn't mind that so much, though, if he hadn't put stuff on there that wasn't on the freaking review. That sucker was ten pages long, and he pulled that crap. God.
I hope I got an A, though. If I get a B, I'll be pissed. Because it won't be from me not studying well. It'll be him fucking up the review, and making me waste all sorts of time on material I didn't even need to study, while ignoring stuff I did need to review. Argh!
Oh! And you know what else? He told us not to worry about specific dates and stuff. He was like "This isn't about memorization. Know the main names, which are important, but I'll give you the dates. And I'll put the terms on there. All you need to do is know what they mean." Then he put a question on there like "When did the Seljuk Turks conquer blah blah blah?" and then put all these cities and dates. He did it with another question, too! That's not fucking fair, yo. I would've memorized dates if I'd been told to. But I was told NOT to! dkaoioiaoieaogeiogieahgoieaigh!!!!
Okay, deep breaths. Heh.
Other than those few questions, though, I did well. I didn't really need to consult the notes I brought (we could bring one side of one page). I'm just a little nervous now about whether those few questions will fuck up my grade. It was out of fifty, though. So, let's say he grades anything from 90% and up as an A. If I get 45 out of 50, then I still have an A. And I know I couldn't have missed more than five, for sure.
We also did some note-taking and had a brief lecture, but most of the class-time was taken up by the test, and then a movie. We started this documentary on Israel, last week, and we watched more of it tonight. I wish we could finish it, but we'll only watch a little more next class, he said. As for where we are in the class, we're up to the 1967 war, now. Fascinating stuff. The teacher isn't perfect, and neither is the class, but I will say that I feel like I've learned a Hell of a lot in it. And we still have four or five weeks left. Although the last week should be the final. And we only have one class a week, so that sounds longer than it really is.
Question Quigley kept getting in my way, as we were watching the movie. He did it last time, too. I hate it when you're watching a movie and the people in front of you feel the need to constantly sway their heads and move around, changing their position every second. Drives me crazy. My thoughts turned a little mean, though. I was all "Would you move your mullet-head!" Hee.
Re: the rest of my day. I finished up my studying early on in the afternoon, watched a little TV and did some laundry, and took a short nap. Because I can't get through a day without a nap, these days. I feel like an eighty year old woman.
Oh yeah, and I totally had a collections agency call me yesterday. Haha. Um, whoops? The bill is from a hospital thing, from like the beginning of last year. It was when my Dad still had his insurance from his job (he hadn't been laid off yet), and I got stuck with the deductible. Or something. I still don't really understand it. But I kept putting off paying it, because it was huge. The lady who called me was really nice, though. And she worked out a payment plan with me. I paid sixty this week, and I'll pay sixty more next month, and another sixty a month after that. I can do that.
Which reminds me, I want to see if I can do that with my tuition bill at school too.
I also scanned some of those pictures I mentioned yesterday, and hopefully dosi-san can host them for me again.
After class, I asked the guy in my class who is from Sudan (I just realized I always want to say "The Sudan." What the heck?) if I could interview him for my project in women's studies, and he agreed. Tomorrow, I'll try to come up with a list of questions and everything, and then we'll meet next Tuesday before class.
I got a little anxious at class tonight, but I dealt with it well.
Mom and Joe and I are going to see the premiere of the Matrix Reloaded (or whatever it's called) tomorrow night, at ten o'clock. Score. I hope it's not a disappointment.
While going back in my friends' list, I realized I'd missed![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
loftyexpert's birthday. Aw, man. Well, better late than never, right? Heh. Happy Very Late Birthday, bookworm!
And while I'm giving out the Happy Birthdays, I'd like to wish a muy Feliz Cumpleanos togoodfish, the only fish I truly love. Hee. I only like fishsticks and tuna, you know.
Heh, you know what I just remembered? It's Israel's birthday too. Weird. I mean, considering I was just talking about it.
Oh, dude, I didn't even mention that it was 73 degrees out today. Yeah, jigga! Hee.
And now, the Picture of the Day: May 14th. "Storm watching is a favorite pastime of Portlanders", she says. Um, it is? Huh. Whaddya know.
I did, however, finally manage to do this test that everyone was doing a while ago:
The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to the First Level of Hell - Limbo!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
| Level | Score |
|---|---|
| Purgatory (Repenting Believers) | Low |
| Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers) | High |
| Level 2 (Lustful) | Low |
| Level 3 (Gluttonous) | High |
| Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious) | Very Low |
| Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy) | Low |
| Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics) | Very Low |
| Level 7 (Violent) | Moderate |
| Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers) | Moderate |
| Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous) | Low |
Take the Dante's Inferno Test
And here's what it said about my level:
"Charon ushers you across the river Acheron, and you find yourself upon the brink of grief's abysmal valley. You are in Limbo, a place of sorrow without torment. You encounter a seven-walled castle, and within those walls you find rolling fresh meadows illuminated by the light of reason, whereabout many shades dwell. These are the virtuous pagans, the great philosophers and authors, unbaptised children, and others unfit to enter the kingdom of heaven. You share company with Caesar, Homer, Virgil, Socrates, and Aristotle. There is no punishment here, and the atmosphere is peaceful, yet sad."
Um, okay. I realized while reading those that Dante's where the movie "What Dreams May Come" got all their stuff from, for the Hell scenes. I hated that movie, by the way. Kind of like how I hate Dante's Inferno. Mmm, coincidence? Hee.
I was all set to kick some middle eastern ass (hee), tonight, but I think I might've missed a couple questions. I had my midterm in Poly Sci, you see. I love it when teachers put questions on the test that weren't on the review, and were barely mentioned in class, and then leave questions out that WERE on the review, and were talked about in great detail in lectures. Haha, what a funny joke!
*glares*
Heh. I also love when they put questions on the test with two answers that could both be correct, but without an "all of the above" option. Like this one question tonight, for instance. It was something like "What was the reason so many Jews came to Russia?", and it had "Poland was conquered and absorbed" as one, and "Catherine the Great invited them" as another. Fucker, both are correct! I mean, at least as far as what we learned in class. Both were big reasons. I just went with Catherine the Great, and crossed my fingers.
Seriously though, I studied so much stuff that wasn't on the test. Why did he put all that crap on the review? Just to mess with us? Oh, wait a second. You know what it was? He knew that stuff wasn't going to be on the test, he just wanted us to study it anyway. Sneaky bastard. I wouldn't mind that so much, though, if he hadn't put stuff on there that wasn't on the freaking review. That sucker was ten pages long, and he pulled that crap. God.
I hope I got an A, though. If I get a B, I'll be pissed. Because it won't be from me not studying well. It'll be him fucking up the review, and making me waste all sorts of time on material I didn't even need to study, while ignoring stuff I did need to review. Argh!
Oh! And you know what else? He told us not to worry about specific dates and stuff. He was like "This isn't about memorization. Know the main names, which are important, but I'll give you the dates. And I'll put the terms on there. All you need to do is know what they mean." Then he put a question on there like "When did the Seljuk Turks conquer blah blah blah?" and then put all these cities and dates. He did it with another question, too! That's not fucking fair, yo. I would've memorized dates if I'd been told to. But I was told NOT to! dkaoioiaoieaogeiogieahgoieaigh!!!!
Okay, deep breaths. Heh.
Other than those few questions, though, I did well. I didn't really need to consult the notes I brought (we could bring one side of one page). I'm just a little nervous now about whether those few questions will fuck up my grade. It was out of fifty, though. So, let's say he grades anything from 90% and up as an A. If I get 45 out of 50, then I still have an A. And I know I couldn't have missed more than five, for sure.
We also did some note-taking and had a brief lecture, but most of the class-time was taken up by the test, and then a movie. We started this documentary on Israel, last week, and we watched more of it tonight. I wish we could finish it, but we'll only watch a little more next class, he said. As for where we are in the class, we're up to the 1967 war, now. Fascinating stuff. The teacher isn't perfect, and neither is the class, but I will say that I feel like I've learned a Hell of a lot in it. And we still have four or five weeks left. Although the last week should be the final. And we only have one class a week, so that sounds longer than it really is.
Question Quigley kept getting in my way, as we were watching the movie. He did it last time, too. I hate it when you're watching a movie and the people in front of you feel the need to constantly sway their heads and move around, changing their position every second. Drives me crazy. My thoughts turned a little mean, though. I was all "Would you move your mullet-head!" Hee.
Re: the rest of my day. I finished up my studying early on in the afternoon, watched a little TV and did some laundry, and took a short nap. Because I can't get through a day without a nap, these days. I feel like an eighty year old woman.
Oh yeah, and I totally had a collections agency call me yesterday. Haha. Um, whoops? The bill is from a hospital thing, from like the beginning of last year. It was when my Dad still had his insurance from his job (he hadn't been laid off yet), and I got stuck with the deductible. Or something. I still don't really understand it. But I kept putting off paying it, because it was huge. The lady who called me was really nice, though. And she worked out a payment plan with me. I paid sixty this week, and I'll pay sixty more next month, and another sixty a month after that. I can do that.
Which reminds me, I want to see if I can do that with my tuition bill at school too.
I also scanned some of those pictures I mentioned yesterday, and hopefully dosi-san can host them for me again.
After class, I asked the guy in my class who is from Sudan (I just realized I always want to say "The Sudan." What the heck?) if I could interview him for my project in women's studies, and he agreed. Tomorrow, I'll try to come up with a list of questions and everything, and then we'll meet next Tuesday before class.
I got a little anxious at class tonight, but I dealt with it well.
Mom and Joe and I are going to see the premiere of the Matrix Reloaded (or whatever it's called) tomorrow night, at ten o'clock. Score. I hope it's not a disappointment.
While going back in my friends' list, I realized I'd missed
loftyexpert's birthday. Aw, man. Well, better late than never, right? Heh. Happy Very Late Birthday, bookworm!And while I'm giving out the Happy Birthdays, I'd like to wish a muy Feliz Cumpleanos to
goodfish, the only fish I truly love. Hee. I only like fishsticks and tuna, you know.Heh, you know what I just remembered? It's Israel's birthday too. Weird. I mean, considering I was just talking about it.
Oh, dude, I didn't even mention that it was 73 degrees out today. Yeah, jigga! Hee.
And now, the Picture of the Day: May 14th. "Storm watching is a favorite pastime of Portlanders", she says. Um, it is? Huh. Whaddya know.
